Pixar to head recruitment day at unique indie event

For more on the event, including interviews with many of the guest speakers of 2014, get the new issue of ImagineFX magazine this Friday. The first special guests announced for 2015 is Star Wars artist Iain McCaig, and Brazillian artists Mike Azevedo and Kris Costa. Words: Beren Neale
Beren Neale is commissioning editor at Creative Bloq. The digital arts festival Trojan Horse was a Unicorn (THU) has announced Pixar will be heading a 20 company-strong recruitment day in September 2015, days after early bird tickets sold out. This year’s sophomore event featured guests such as Bladerunner art legend Syd Mead and Avatar Oscar-winning Andrew R Jones, as well as lead creatives from ILM, MPC, Blizzard and Framestore. Pixar’s unprecedented recruitment at an indie event reflects THU’s steady rise as the most artist-centred event of the year, being described by Digital Domain co-founder and ex-head of Industrial Light and Magic Scott Ross as, «Burning Man meets TED». Take a look at some of the speakers of THU 2014, and get tickets for THU 2015.