Andreas Karaoulanis
animator, media artist & creative technologist
Animation loops, music videos, live visuals and interactive pieces where sound, code and moving images meet.
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projects
All posts →Lightning on Saturn
with David Hahn · Cassini recordings · 2023

C. P. Cavafy — Four Poems
Onassis Foundation · 2021

Arachnesound
69-min animated film · 2021

Project Error (The Pianist)
with IRCAM – Centre Pompidou · 2019

bestbefore unu
Athens Concert Hall · live animation · 2019

Karl Marx and the Artists
Akademie der Künste, Berlin · 2018

Videodome Videoskies
Madatac, Madrid · 300 m² LED dome · 2018

Black Flow
Kühlhaus Berlin · 10×10 m floor projection · 2015

Smile for London
London Underground screens · with Aardman, onedotzero · 2011
on request
Available for commissioned art work — worldwide.
- Animation & music videosHand-made and experimental animation, from short pieces to full-length films
- Live visualsLive animation for concerts, performances and festivals
- ShortiesCommissioned animation loops, licensing, and editions on objkt
- UnpluggedGraffiti walls and original canvases on commission
- Art installations & collaborationsWith composers, musicians and other artists
hello

Andreas Karaoulanis · Berlin · working as bestbefore since 2008.
/ Animation & Media Art
After studying Computer Science at the University of Wales (2001–2003), I moved into animation and video art. Since 2008 I have worked under the name bestbefore on animation, music videos, live visuals and audiovisual performances — shown at the Athens Concert Hall, the Akademie der Künste Berlin, the Moscow Biennale and on the London Underground screens, with commissions for IRCAM – Centre Pompidou and the Onassis Foundation.
/ Live & Large-Scale Projection
From live animation alongside musicians to large-scale formats: a 300 m² LED dome (Madatac, Madrid), a 10×10 m floor projection (Kühlhaus Berlin), concert tour visuals and video mapping for events (EVA Gold Award 2013). In the video department at Eidotech (2016–2018) I gained experience across all phases of a media production — from planning and setup to the show itself.
/ Interaction & Code
I’m interested in images that react — to people, to sound, to space. I build my own real-time tools for this: patches in Max/MSP Jitter that listen to music and turn it into movement, and small programs in Java and C++. The interactive table at BYOB Prague (2014), the animation experiments of Free Radicals with piano and electronics, and my live sets with musicians all come from the same idea: animation that is not fixed, but alive and responding in the moment. I enjoy the whole path — from a first sketch on paper to a working piece in the room.
/ Unplugged
Alongside animation I paint walls and canvases — the same playful, spontaneous approach to images, by hand and in large format.
/ Network
I collaborate with composers, musicians and artists worldwide. If your project needs images that move, play and surprise — let’s talk.
selected credits
- Onassis FoundationCommissioned animation · 2019–2021
- IRCAM – Centre PompidouCommissioned animation · 2018–2019
- Athens Concert HallLive animation with prepared piano · 2019
- Akademie der Künste, BerlinAbstract animation · 2018
- Madatac Festival, Madrid300 m² LED dome · 2018
- Kühlhaus Berlin — Black FlowFloor projection + live electroacoustics · 2015
- EVA Gold AwardCorporate Event, video mapping · 2013
- LPM Rome1st place, VJ competition · 2012
- Moscow International Biennale“(UN)imation” · 2012
- London Underground screens“Smile for London”, with Aardman · onedotzero · 2011
- Cultural Olympiad Sochi 2014“Full Moon”, music dir. T. Currentzis · 2011
unplugged — graffiti & canvases
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contact
Commissions, collaborations, performances — write me a message.