RES (magazine)
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RES was a bi-monthly magazine chronicling the best in cutting edge film, music, art, design and culture. RES was launched with a preview issue in January 1997 at the Sundance Film Festival
. The full-length premiere issue debuted in August 1997 with music video directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
on the cover. Subsequent issues featured innovative filmmakers and artists such as Chris Cunningham
, Michel Gondry
, Spike Jonze
, Lars von Trier
, Björk
, Radiohead
, and Takagi Masakatsu
.
When the magazine first launched, it carried the tagline "The Magazine of Digital Filmmaking".
In July 2000, Holly Willis
took over as Editor-in-Chief and oversaw a redesign of the magazine by Trollback + Company
. Starting with the September/October 2002 issue, the magazine evolved into a lifestyle magazine for creators covering the fields of film, music, art and design. Since the redesign, all issues of the magazine were bundled with a DVD that was sent to subscribers. The DVDs featured short films, music videos and music. RES was the first U.S. publication to include a DVD with every issue of the print publication.
The October 2006 issue of Res was the last issue to be printed. A new hybrid magazine format was supposed to be launched by RES in 2007, and was intended to be published in several media.
RES was published by RES Media Group, which also produced the international touring film festival, RESFest
.
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
. The full-length premiere issue debuted in August 1997 with music video directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are a team of American music video directors, also husband and wife, that received critical acclaim for their feature film directorial debut, Little Miss Sunshine....
on the cover. Subsequent issues featured innovative filmmakers and artists such as Chris Cunningham
Chris Cunningham
Chris Cunningham is an English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk....
, Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry
Michel Gondry is an Academy Award winning filmmaker, whose works include being a commercial director, music video director, and a screenwriter. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. - Life and career :...
, Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze
Spike Jonze is an American director, producer and actor, whose work includes music videos, commercials, film and television...
, Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
, Björk
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
, and Takagi Masakatsu
Takagi Masakatsu
Takagi Masakatsu is a musician and filmmaker from Kameoka, Kyoto, Japan.He attended Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, graduating with English....
.
When the magazine first launched, it carried the tagline "The Magazine of Digital Filmmaking".
In July 2000, Holly Willis
Holly Willis
Holly Willis is Director of Academic Programs at USC's Institute for Multimedia Literacy. She is former editor of RES and co-curator of the RESFest and former co-founder and West Coast Editor of Filmmaker Magazine....
took over as Editor-in-Chief and oversaw a redesign of the magazine by Trollback + Company
Trollbäck + Company
Trollbäck + Company is a New York-based creative studio producing graphics, design and live action for advertising, broadcast, and entertainment...
. Starting with the September/October 2002 issue, the magazine evolved into a lifestyle magazine for creators covering the fields of film, music, art and design. Since the redesign, all issues of the magazine were bundled with a DVD that was sent to subscribers. The DVDs featured short films, music videos and music. RES was the first U.S. publication to include a DVD with every issue of the print publication.
The October 2006 issue of Res was the last issue to be printed. A new hybrid magazine format was supposed to be launched by RES in 2007, and was intended to be published in several media.
RES was published by RES Media Group, which also produced the international touring film festival, RESFest
RESFest
RESFEST was by the 2000s the most prominent digital film festival in North America. It was a leading global showcase of new digital filmmakers alongside England's Onedotzero festival. The festival toured the world and in 2005 travelled to 35 cities in the USA, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia,...
.