[Press Release]
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is proud to announce today that it will welcome the incredible creative team of KID KOALA and JONJON to the 2019 Festival as they present FLOOR KIDS JAM, an ART X MUSIC X GAMES interactive event featuring their new game Floor Kids! The event takes place as part of The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, during its programming at The Marriott Bloor Yorkville, Conference Level (one block from Toronto Reference Library), on Saturday May 11 and Sunday May 12, from 11am-5pm each day. Admission to the event is free, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Kid Koala (Left, above) is the ground breaking Canadian Scratch DJ, music producer, composer, and award winning graphic novelist(!) who has contributed to Gorillaz and Deltron3030, toured with Arcade Fire and A Tribe Called Quest, contributed to the scores of ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’ and ‘Baby Driver’, and created the graphic novels Space Cadet and Nufonia Must Fall. JonJon (aka Jonathan Ng, right, above) is the award-winning, multi-disciplinary animation filmmaker who created the award-winning film Requiem for Romance, and is best known for his NFB film Asthma Tech. Together this incredible duo has teamed to create the original, hand-drawn animated B-boy/B-Girl Freestyle Battle Video Game FLOOR KIDS! Now they’re taking the show on the road for a two-day exhibition of the game featuring Floor Kids Arcade consoles, behind the scenes looks at the creation of Floor Kids, and even Mini Scratch DJ and Animation workshops with Kid Koala and JonJon!
This event is part of Comics X Games, TCAF’s ongoing collaboration with the Hand Eye Society to explore the crossovers between comics, video games, and new narrative experiments. Look for more Comics X Games announcements soon.
In addition to the Floor Kids Jam: Art X Music X Games, Kid Koala is also bringing his MUSIC TO DRAW TO live event to TCAF! On Sunday, May 12th, from 2pm-5pm, join Kid Koala and friends for a a chill afternoon of quiet-time records and creativity! Kid Koala will play a 3 hour all vinyl set of his favourite ‘drawing tracks’ in a very special environment–the 5th Floor ‘Red Room’ of The Masonic Temple Concert Hall, 888 Yonge Street. Bring something quiet to do… Draw, Write, Finish that Screenplay, Knit that Scarf, Cofe that video game. Join Kid Koala and a room full of creative quiet types and get some work done!
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2019, @ Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street (and surrounding neighbourhood). Saturday May 11, 9am-5pm & Sunday May 12, 10am-5pm. www.torontocomics.com
TCAF Presents: FLOOR KIDS JAM: ART X MUSIC X GAMES, @ Marriott Bloor Yorkville, Conference Level, 80 Bloor St. E.. Saturday May 11, 11am-5pm & Sunday May 12, 11am-5pm. Free.
TCAF Presents: Kid Koala: Music To Draw To, @ The Masonic Temple Concert Hall (Red Room), 888 Yonge St., Sunday May 12, 2pm-5pm. Free.
Floor Kids is out now on the Nintendo Switch E-shop, PlayStation Store, Steam and X-Box Live.
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