Branchage event featuring ‘manual animation’ by Daniel Barrow

24.02.11
Trash Spy 1 , 2008, original drawing from the performance "Every Time I See Your Picture I Cry" The next Branchage event will be taking place in March and it sounds like a very exciting one! The event will be a live performance based piece featuring ‘manual animation’ by Daniel Barrow. Winnipeg-bred, Montreal-based artist Daniel Barrow uses obsolete technologies to present written, pictorial and ...
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Animating Reality: A collection of Short Documentaries

14.02.11
A Million Movies a Minute, an independent distributor specializing in short documentaries, has announced its newest release, ANIMATING REALITY. This 13 film collection includes award-winning animated short documentaries by filmmakers from Sweden, the Netherlands, Japan, Australia, France, Finland, Canada, Belgium and the United States. “Many people think of documentaries as simply conveying information—a dowdy, overly educational experience,” said Erin Donovan, founder of A Million Movies a ...
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The Uncle Hans-Peter Party

11.02.11
This Spring, Sprint Festival will be presenting a new expanded version of Let Me Feel Your Finger First’s acclaimed performance of The Uncle Hans-Peter Party.  The event will be held on March 4th at Camden People’s Theatre and on March 25th followed by The Uncle Hans-Peter After Party with a live DJ set from DJ Fill OK. Let Me Feel Your Finger First is a comic ...
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Screening of One Minute Volume 4

03.02.11
Cloud Mime by Gordon Dawson The fourth in the series of programmes of artists’ image is curated by Kerry Baldry. The programme includes an eclectic range of techniques, media and processes including stop frame, video, Super8 and 16mm, split screen, superimposition, animation, digital and live action all constrained by a time limited of 60 seconds. This touring programme has already screened at Artspace in Sheffield, Meinblau in ...
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Len Lye at Ikon by Edwin Rostron

26.01.11
Len Lye - Free Radicals, 1958 The Body Electric runs until 13th February 2011 at Ikon. “Some nights I’d have a dream that my five senses were taken out of my skull, rinsed in a country stream, then stretched out to dry so that when I woke up they’d be as crisp as viola strings. But if they were put back wrongly I’d wake up seeing with ...
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Cartune Xprez DVD

23.12.10
The good folks at Cartune Xprez have decided to take a break from touring the globe with their experimental animation roadshow and instead created a bumper packed DVD for you to enjoy the animated insanity from the comfort of your own home. The DVD includes work by some of the most inventive filmmakers around including Sebastian Buerkner, Barry Doupe, Hooliganship and Amy Lockhart. Check out the trailer: Full ...
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Super-Whip and Galaxy by Jordan Baseman

30.11.10
Super-Whip, Jordan Baseman We are eager to present the final instalment of our five Rough Machine commissions that each premiered online this month. Jordan Baseman has created two rough machines – 16mm films that were shot using stop-frame animation techniques. The recorded material was hand-processed (using buckets) and then professionally digitised. As the surface of the emulsion on the negative was intentionally physically punctured, torn and damaged ...
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