award-winning director richard fenwick emerged from a graphic design background to become one of britain's most distinctive creators of moving image, working across music video, commercials, shorts and documentary. fenwick established his ideas lab ref:pnt [reference point] for personal exploration, and through this project has continually explored ideas relating to technology – specifically man’s interaction with it. the rnd# project [a series of experimental films that will number 100 made during his lifetime] frames his ideas – a visual notepad on this preoccupation. these short films mix animation, digital fx and live action, some lo-fi in approach others polished productions. rnd is an exploration into technology's effect on humanity as we enter the 21st century. they show fenwick’s range and diversity as a moving image maker, au fait with live action, drama, factual content, animation and use of infographics and motion graphics.

artist’s statement:
rnd – one of the programmer’s most enduring commands: the ability to add randomness to data. the rnd# project [random number] deals with this collision head on; between life and technology; between inert machinery and the chaotic nature of reality. and in the process, questions society’s hugely weird and wired reliance on technology itself.

films produced so far in the series, presented in sequential order:

rnd#00: safety procedures / germany-uk 2004
rnd#04: economic growth / uk 2003
rnd#06: underworld / usa 2000
rnd#08: within government guidelines / uk 2003
rnd#11: remix / usa 2000
rnd#16: artificial worlds v.3.0 / uk 2006
rnd#23: content provider / uk 2003
rnd#24: artificial worlds / usa 2000
rnd#39: mph / uk 2002
rnd#44: highway code / china 2003
rnd#54: where do you want to go today? / uk 2001
rnd#55: salesman / uk 2003
rnd#60: news 24 / uk 2003
rnd#67: virus / usa 2000
rnd#70: inherent complexity in dynamic systems / uk 2001
rnd#73: artificial worlds v.2.0 / uk 2003
rnd#77: user guide / usa 2000
rnd#82: vcr [parts 1 + 2] / uk 2003
rnd#88: end users / usa 2000
rnd#89: on demand / uk 2003
rnd#91: 51st state / usa 2000
rnd#94: what we’ve found out about stem cells / uk 2006

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