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Founding creative director of HELSINQI in Portland, Oregon — I'm offering my hands-on collaborative leadership, serious creative chops and communication skills to a larger team effort in international creative industries such as advertising and entertainment.
Portland, Oregon, USA. Since 2006.
Proven ability to lead ambitious projects, direct diverse teams, work with clients and leverage experience to solve creative, cultural and technical challenges.
Writer, director, filmmaker, performer — media, music, design +
Ability to unify diverse skills and approaches, connect across disciplines and bring out the best from diverse teams.
7 languages (some rustier than others) and counting. Ridiculously fast study.
Ability to bridge cultures, understand multiple perspectives, clarify communications and bring disparate people and ideas together.
University of Washington, B.S. cum laude 2003
Not a geek, but able to think like one. Ability to understand technical challenges and opportunities, communicate with technicians and programmers, and coordinate between techies, creatives and other team members.
"Category is Dead" is a call to arms. Stale, boxed-in thinking means missed opportunities. Media, tech, communications, culture and globalism are accelerating exponentially. Yesterday's perceptual habits won't cut it. Change has changed.
Categorical thinking is critical, but it has its place. To thrive in the new chaos we need a new vision — a dynamic, holistic systems approach to fill out the cognitive toolbox at the visionary level.
"Category is Dead" is a provocation: Let's ask the big What Ifs — and act on them. If the video raises more questions than it answers, so much the better: Let's talk!
Written, directed, performed, shot and edited by Leo Daedalus.
budget: less than US$500, including viking helmets
production assistant: Anna Daedalus
equipment: courtesy of David Sampliner & Rachel Shuman, Andrew Wade Smith and Samuel Miller
location: the legendary Daedalus living room in Portland, Oregon
Written, produced and performed by Leo Daedalus.
co-producers: Pete Remine & Anna Daedalus
engineer: Pete Remine at Dubtrain Studio, Seattle
drums: Davee C
See the Complete Credits — Thanks to all the magnificent people who made this project possible.