Frame:Work | About

WHY FRAME:WORK

frame:work exists because the digital labor of our work is distinctly human. The screens, the wires, and the racks of gear are the visible layer; underneath is the judgment, craft, and collaboration of the people who make pixels perform in physical space. We built this organization so those people have a home: a place to be recognized, to learn from each other, and to remind the industry that what we do is beyond what our technology represents.

Community Values

Stay Human

Tech is our common language. but humanity is ultimately our common cause. It is imperative that we embrace honest failure over performative success.

Be Useful

Human creativity is a precious resource that should be nurtured and shared, not because it is scarce, but because when catalysized through collaboration it becomes ever more substanive and abundant.

Don’t Stop

Stay curious, ambitious, generative and generous. We work hard to make LIVE easy.

Break Boundaries

We work outside the 16:9 box; we play at the edges of possibility. We leverage technology in service of human creativity.

Current Leadership

JT Rooney

Silent Partners Studio

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J.T. Rooney is a Partner and Executive Producer at Silent Partners Studio, a visual design and production studio known for its work across live entertainment, installations, broadcasts, concerts, events, and cutting-edge virtual production. J.T. has led major projects including the 2020 MTV VMAs; concerts with Billie Eilish, Camila Cabello, and Kid Cudi; commercial projects with BMW, Ricoh, ESPN, NBA, and other global brands; and film and television projects with Disney+, Apple TV, Amazon, and more. A pioneer in the virtual production space, he has helped establish Silent Partners Studio as a leader in creative producing, technical consulting, and virtual art department work, and is recognized as a prominent voice in this rapidly evolving area of the industry. In addition to producing, J.T. is deeply involved in the development of new tools and technologies for touring and live experiences. He actively contributes to industry boards, working groups, and innovation-focused initiatives that continue to shape the future of immersive media.

Matthew Ward

Fuse Technical Group

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Founded boutique company Tekamaki and co-founded Element Labs, establishing the intersection of lighting and video. Products won awards at PLASA, Lightfair, and LDI. Released innovative LED products between 2003–2008 (Versa TILE, Versa TUBE, Stealth, Cobra) that defined entirely new market segments. Currently focused on emerging technologies at Fuse Technical Group.

Cesar Caceres

MegapixelVR

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Bio coming

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Our History

frame:work was founded in 2019 around a piece of gear: the media server. The people who worked with these systems bonded with each other on show sites. Designers whose content lived on the servers. Engineers who took signals from them. The programmers, producers, and content managers who ran them day to day. We were mostly live event professionals solving similar problems on different shows, with limited shared places to compare notes. frame:work gave that community a home, somewhere to learn from each other, to demystify our work for the clients who hire us, and to mentor the people who wanted to build these skills themselves.

Oct 2019

frame:work founded

Jun 2020

First frame:work conference online

Sep 2020

Second online conference

Dec 2020

4 day frame:work
festival online

May 2021

First New Talent List

Jul 2021

First online meetups

Nov 2022

frame:work:london

April 2023

frame:work:losangeles

Sept 2023

frame:work @ PLASA

Dec 2023

frame:work @ LDI

April 2024

frame:work Europe Council Established

Spring 2024

Community AMAs,
USITT & ISE Meetups

June 2024

frame:work @ InfoComm, London Meetup

June 2024

Community Census

Fall 2024

Unreal Fest, LA & LDI Meetups

Feb 2025

frame:work @ ISE

May 2025

frame:work North America Council Established

Nov 2025

frame:work:nyc

July 2026

Membership launched

Nov 2026

frame:work:london

Future

More Goodness

As media servers found their way into partner industries, our community grew with them. Virtual production brought entertainment playback and tracking onto film sets. Architectural and experiential installations called for entertainment-grade show control and playback infrastructure. Our community had the knowledge base and the skill set to drive that work, and our numbers widened with every new market.

Media servers have never existed in a vacuum. The craft demands an understanding of video signal infrastructure, networking, and the show control systems that surround the server, as well as the ability to collaborate with the partner disciplines of creative video production. Video display doesn't exist without sound, light, architecture, and audience. Our reach extends to pixel arts beyond the 16:9 frame.

We call ourselves the home of live pixel people, but at the root we are the community that understands how pixels operate in space, whether that space is a stage, an airport lobby, or a film set.

Pixels, Practice and possibility.

The professional society for the people who combine pixels with physical space.