The Team
The Artist - Marc Silver
As one of the pioneer directors to use DV as a means of telling stories that otherwise could not be told, Marc made a seminal film on the Anti-Globalisation movement for the BBC called Global Protest. Marc went on to direct films for other broadcasters including the first critical film on the Burning Man festival commissioned by Channel 4.
As a visual artist Marc has collaborated with some of the world’s most interesting contemporary artists including Matthew Herbert, Faithless, the Beastie Boys, Michael Nyman, Ben Okri, Nitin Sawhney, Cirque du Soleil and Jamie Cullum.
He is currently directing a feature length documentary and online project with Gael Garcia Bernal on political resistance around the world.
The Production Company - Germination
Political. Social. Cultural.
Germination produces experiences that help people improve public life – through live events, film and digital media. Previous projects include Night-Flight, an overnight walking adventure game that explored the refugee’s flight, and work for Creative Links, Creative Partnership and the Arts Council.
Germination are co-producers of the 2gether Festival, a 2-day annual festival of ideas and action on digital technologies and social change, and European Producers for Cut and Paste, the global digital design tournament.
2008 features Eye of the Storm as Germination’s major public art project, plus events at London Design Festival and London Games Festival.
Find out more at www.germination.co.uk or follow us on twitter www.twitter.com/germination
The Producer - Jess Tyrrell
A trained theatre director and with a strong interest and experience in social change, Jess founded Germination in 2004 to combine entertaining and creative projects with meaningful social content.
Jess has a background in the creative industries and politics. She co-founded Icon, a music and live promotions agency in Manchester, then went on to run promotions and events for charities in London, including the Kiss 100 House Challenge for homelessness.
In 1998 she joined ippr, then the UK’s leading think-tank, and ran all kinds of public events exploring our biggest social challenges. In 2001 she worked with then Prime Minister Tony Blair as part of his election campaign team.
Since 2004 she has focused on producing highly participative and interactive public events through Germination.