Press
SPEAKING / WRITING
‘Johnson showed us how now almost everyone was online, though fragmented into “interactive niches” – in reference to “Fractured Audience” presentation at Power to the Pixel – GUARDIAN (UK)
‘Fascinating & recommended’ – in reference to “What’s in a name?” essay on personal branding and online identity for creatives – FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
RADAR
‘Concise Documentaries look at the inspiring creativity of artists who stray away from the trodden path’ – FLAVORPILL
‘One of the biggest concerns amongst web content creators is that branded entertainment will destroy artistic expression as product integration increasingly compromises story and vision. However, RADAR is attempting to do just the opposite.’ – TUBEFILTER
‘As the perpetual growth of the internet continues to directly influence nearly all facts of the current zeitgeist, the modern underground artistic community has certainly taken notice’ – CBS NEWS
‘Each episode introducers a new NYC based project that approaches art in an innovative and fresh way’ – WWD
‘Amazing micro-doc’ – ZOOMDOGGLE
Also featured in: Gizmodo, Mashable, Variety, Juxtapoz, Upper Playground, Screen Daily, Associated Press, Laughing Squid, Filmmaker Magazine, USA Today’s Pop Candy, CBR, I Heart Chaos, Live Design, Limite, Make Magazine, All Facebook, Trust Movies, Daily Du Jour and featured on the front page of Digg.
SP-ARK
‘Pioneering project to revolutionize the way we access cinema’s related collections’ – VISIT LONDON
‘A unique new resource making Sally Potter’s rich archive of production materials available in a collaborative online environment to inspire scholarship with a global community of learners’ – BRITISH FILM INSTITUE
‘An innovative interactive project designed to bring together filmmakers, film scholars and film viewers’ – RE: FRAME
‘By far the most innovative and promising of any filmmakers’ websites’ – FILM STUDIES FOR FREE
Also featured in: Screen Journal (Oxford University press)
CARMEN ALIVE
‘A groundbreaking experiment in connecting artists with their audiences’ – in reference to CARMEN ALIVE – THE TIMES (UK)
Also featured in: Campaign, BBC News, Guardian, Independent, Time Out London, Vertigo Magazine
OTHER INTERVIEWS
For Johnson, the kind of buzz that once drove young people to see cult movies doesn’t happen around alternative theatrical releases so much as popular torrents…Johnson also suggests that “event-izing” a film can work for both big movies – like Twilight-watching parties – and small movies, if a group of like-minded young folks can embrace seeing a film as a social happening
- “Youthquake – Where is the Under 30s Audience For Indie Film?” FILMMAKER MAGAZINE
FilmNewsBriefs is featuring Alex Johnson as our innovator. Alex is the co-creator/creative director of RADAR. We discuss the series, creating content to live both online and off line, as well as the technologies used for a series of this kind
Also featured on: Cinemascope on KSFR 101.1 radio, Art Waves on WKCR radio
