OFFF Milano 2017 (2017)

In the latest title sequence produced for creative festival OFFF, Director Onur Senturk presents an Art Deco-laced vision of a dark and twisting future where metallic figures contort into patterns and glowing machines operate with mystical serenity.

Like a cross between the smooth Kris Kuksi-inspired tableaux of Black Sails and the black ooze of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, with a dash of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the sequence is a rotating world of mechanical forms on hollow, desolate lands and gleaming cityscapes. A series of textured cubes are reminiscent of the Transformers allspark, slowly spinning and repeating, while an android sports a projector oculus and a zoetrope hosts human figures leaping in infinite circles. Designer Craig Ward’s bespoke typography infuses the scenes with Art Deco flair as the obligatory names of festival speakers appear, providing cohesion and stabilization. The letters feature crossbars at their extremes, raised high and dropped low, giving them a lean and lanky appearance. The Os are perfect circles, gaping wide against the dark while the Ms shrug their wide shoulders.

In the world of festival title sequences, there is no budget, the work created through the good will and dedicated time of talented, hardworking craftspeople compensated only in exposure and travel stipends. It’s a privilege to be invited to create these sequences and a further privilege to have the resources to execute them. That these works are possible at all is a wonder, a testament to collaboration, the drive of a hungry heart, and the allure of an open brief.

A discussion with OFFF Milano 2017 title sequence director ONUR SENTURK and typeface designer CRAIG WARD.



Onur, this isn’t the first time you’ve created a title sequence for OFFF. In 2013, you created the opening for OFFF Cincinnati. How did you come to work on another for the fest?

Onur: These new titles exist because of a casual conversation between our sound designer Gavin Little and the event organizers. Other potential artists did not have time to do it and he mentioned me. Also, I was looking for an excuse to collaborate with Gavin again. So it was the perfect…

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