Project Directors:

Matt Black: Matt with partner Jonathan More is DJ and multimedia group Coldcut. From Top of the Pops ("People hold on" with Lisa Stansfield) to the George Pompidou centre (GRIDIO installation), and round the globe, Coldcut are well known for their mixture of politics, performance, production and pop, art and activism. They founded the Ninjatune record label, rated as one of the planets leading music independents (www.ninjatune.net) and develop new software tools for creativity like VJamm (www.vjammpro.com). Their "Journeys by DJ" is regarded as the definitive mix cd, and Matt aims to make NOW! a similar milestone project: an audiovisual journey through global consciousness using all the tools and tricks evolved from 16 years of cut and paste composition. An extended Coldcut biog is at www.ninjatune.net/coldcut.

Watch "Timber", done with Hexstatic here, and also "Wavejammer", a work in progress piece for the British Antarctic survey:

Ed Gillespie: Ed started out as a marine biologist and worked in Jamaica, New Caledonia and Australia before embracing a career in the better communication of sustainable development. In 2001 he co-founded FUTERRA Sustainability Communications (www.futerracom.org) and produced his first two short films "One Minute", about the power of the individual and "The Seasons Alter" a Shakespearean piece about climate change. Since then he has worked on a number of different film and communication projects and jointly conceived NOW! with Matt Black in January 2003.

Watch FUTERRA’s films “One Minute” and “The Seasons Alter” here:

Editorial Team:

Paul Bates: Paul started out on the Alan Parsons Project as a video technical consultant and systems engineer at the famous Abbey Road Studios. As editor and researcher on the film "The Beatles at Abbey Road" Paul researched all the visual material and produced the final cut becoming a multi skilled creative director in the process. He set up the successful production and facilities company Inphase in 1984 providing all the editing facilities and acting as principle editor for the Landscape Channel on Channel 4 in the UK and also filmed for the series.

More recently Paul has been a freelancer cutting extensive promos, commercials, long forms and arts series for BBC and C4 including Blur, Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Mick Jagger, The Mission, Dave Brubeck, Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Peter Gabriel and Nigel Kennedy. In 2002 Paul created a 40 min Radiohead documetary for the band and is currently working with Kennedy on a DVD production for his latest recording.

Watch Paul’s showreel here:

Billy Rood: Billy is a graphic artist and programmer of digital imagery and animations for science documentaries, including Arthur C Clarke's award-winning "Colours of Infinity" and "Is God a Number?". He co-wrote, with Nigel Lesmoir Gordon, "The Life and Times of a Maverick Mathematician" and "Introducing Fractal Geometry"; and produced and directed, with Torsten Klimmer, the cult documentary "Liquid Crystal Vision: a mystical trip to the edge of reality" (www.liquidcrystalvision.com).

Watch Billy’s showreel here: LCV Trailer and Gods

Bongo: Bongo is an accomplished and experienced audiovisual artist and activist. She has a classical training in music theory and plays both cello and tabla as well as being a DJ. Bongo has been among the pioneers of web broadcasting and new media as co-ordinator of Pirate TV (www.piratetv.net) and has been involved in a huge range of innovative audiovisual projects for many campaigns, from community projects in Brixton to international movements such as the Friends of People Close to Nature (www.fPcN-global.org). She has also worked extensively with major partners such as the UN, ITV, C4, the Institute of Contemporary Arts and the Royal Festival Hall. www.outerbongolia.org

Watch Bongo’s showreels here: Lambentspires Edit and Papua Merdeka Edit