ANIMOTION
Friday, June 19, 2015
7 pm - 11 pm EDT
On Friday, June 19, 2015, the Albright-Knox presented ANIMOTION, our massive summer celebration inspired by the exhibition Screen Play: Life in an Animated World. Guests mingled under an enormous illuminated sculpture by FriendsWithYou; enjoyed video game–themed megabites created for the evening by Rich’s Catering & Special Events, along with beverages provided by Cupcake Vineyards, Magic Hat Brewing Company, and Southern Wine & Spirits; and danced on our Pac-Man dance floor to 1980s tunes spun by Nicholas Picholas from Kiss 98.5 and two sets by the legendary Lloyd Cole.
Guests turned their smartphones into controllers to battle each other in Art Invaders, created by the Canisius College Digital Media Arts Program and projected on the side of the 1905 Building by Projex. They acted out in front of the giant green screen provided by Daemen College’s International Center for Excellence in Animation and took home customized photos from Migz Media Group. They tested their gaming skills on vintage video games provided by Buffalo Game Space and battled on vintage pinball tables provided by Buffalo Pinball. The Villa Maria College Animation Department also presented “Obe: The 3D-Scanning Experience.” All guests received unique swag bags courtesy of Tony Walker & Co. at the end of the night.
Asteroids Sponsors
Pac-Man Sponsors
Sonic the Hedgehog Sponsors
Susan O’Connor Baird and Bruce Baird
Bob Bojdak and Sarah Williams
Buffalo Cardiology & Pulmonary Associates
Cannon Design
Charles F. Kreiner, Jr., UBS Financial Services Inc.
First Niagara Bank
Imagine Staffing Technology, Inc.
Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.
Kaleida Health
Paul William Beltz PC
Lisa and Ted Pierce
Christine Sabuda
Sanderson Wealth Management, LLC
UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
Leslie and Howard Zemsky
Frogger Sponsors
Barclay Damon LLP
Buffalo Bills
Canisius College
Chiampou Travis Besaw & Kershner LLP
Friends of Allison Drake
Roberta and Michael Joseph
New Era Cap
Oregon Trail Sponsors
Rachel and Jonathan Amoia
Monica Angle and Sam Magavern
Anonymous
Anonymous
Jessica and David Brason
Buffalo Hospital Supply Co., Inc.
Cipolla Holbrook Roach Group at Morgan Stanley
CrestView Business Consulting LLC
Essex Street Pub
Harter Secrest and Emery LLP
IMMCO Diagnostics
Peter Jones and Deborah Russell
Stephanie Kroth
Masiello, Martucci, Calabrese & Associates
N. Choops Painting, Inc.
Nova Site Company, LLC
Oliver’s Restaurant
University at Buffalo Neurosurgery, Inc.
Special Arrangements for the Evening
Advantage TI
Alessi
Buffalo Game Space
Buffalo Pinball
Buffalo Spree Magazine
Casady Design
Delaware Camera & Video
Department of the Visual and Performing Arts at Daemen College
Digital Media Arts Program, Canisius College
Empire Building Diagnostics Inc.
Empire Visual Effects
Good Deal Games
International Center for Excellence in Animation at Daemen College
Migz Media
North American Breweries
Projex
Janet Snyder and Nicholas Picholas, KISS 98.5
Southern Wine & Spirits
Tarantino Foods
Tony Walker & Co.
Villa Maria College Animation Department
Zenger Group