We met while attending the Art Institute of Pittsburgh where we became best friends. Eventually we moved to New York to further our studies at the School of Visual Arts and that is where we officially began working together as "Reed + Rader".

We found out living in Pittsburgh that we also lived in the same building. When we moved to New York we were already together. Creatively we flow and connect almost as if we're 1 person.

New York has played a role in inspiration and provided access to outlets that you wouldn't have anywhere else in the United States.

Brooklyn specifically has our heart.

To us it makes sense in a multi tasking world to mix different mediums together. When we work on a project we like to take many different elements and merge them together. We often mix animation with collage and graphic design to create moving images.

It's dead.

Interactive is a key to our future and is something that we're currently exploring more. We have a new project called "Naptime" (http://reedandrader.com/naptime.html) that lets the viewer control the scene by their mouse and keyboard. We are trying to incorporate inactivity in our work so the viewer is no longer passive but instead is participatory.

It's a constant flow of ideas, laughs and crazy cats running around. We wouldn't ask for anything differently.

www.reedandrader.com

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