Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: Introduction In this essay, we present the results of an artistic research project, exploring the boundaries of animation through the exhibition of, and reflection upon, a series of collaborative artworks. We will discuss a range of animation installations that share a focus on the connection between animation, human cognition, and memory. While this connection has […] PubDate: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 09:11:42 +000
Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: Introduction Soviet animation director Yefim Gamburg worked across various genres and styles, producing more than thirty films for both children and adults. While his filmography includes satirical shorts, fairytale adaptations, and musicals, he is most well-known for creating animated parodies (Bendazzi 292). Gamburg is the only Soviet animation director who produced three parody films in […] PubDate: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 07:09:13 +000
Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: The final episode of the first season of the TV anime My Dress-Up Darling (Sono bisuku dōru ha koi wo suru) (Tokyo MX, 2022) concludes with a phone call between its two protagonists, Gojo Wakana and Kitagawa Marin. The duo are high school classmates and have grown close over their collaborations on Kitagawa’s cosplay hobby, […] PubDate: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 06:42:50 +000
Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: Introduction Animation is a filmic medium that is particularly well suited for creating visual equivalents of poetic language. According to Wells, “animation accentuates the intended ‘feeling’ of the text through its very abstractness in the use of colour, form and movement…animation simultaneously literalizes and abstracts” (1999, 208). This sentiment is echoed in a remark by […] PubDate: Tue, 05 Dec 2023 14:12:57 +000
Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: The centrality of both Richard Felton Outcault and Walt Disney to the development of cartooning in the United States is difficult to overstate. R. F. Outcault, as he was known professionally, is commonly credited with being “The Father of the American Sunday Comics” (Olson). On May 1, 1895, the cartoonist published the first installment of […] PubDate: Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:22:20 +000
Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: “This is firmly a documentary, but it’s stretching the boundaries of what documentaries can do….The frame that is used around Amin’s story is so fascinating: In a way, yes, it takes us to his memories and imaginations, but it’s also so honest because the filmmaking process itself is in the film” (see Kohn 2022). […] PubDate: Fri, 01 Dec 2023 02:58:05 +000
Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: Préserver la tradition orale dans un monde moderne et transmettre l’héritage culturel de l’Afrique à des jeunes par le biais de l’audiovisuel et de la rencontre des cultures, telle est ma préoccupation fondamentale en tant que réalisateur. To preserve the oral tradition in a modern world and to transmit the cultural heritage of Africa to […] PubDate: Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:10:00 +000
Authors:
Cristina Formenti
Abstract: What Time Is It' Adventure Time! “Adventure Time, C’mon grab your friends, We’re going to very distant lands With Jake the Dog And Finn the Human The fun will never end, It’s Adventure Time!” (Adventure Time’s theme song) “A group of diverse characters roaming peculiar lands in search of never-ending adventure and fun” […] PubDate: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 02:41:14 +000
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