What is is? What is the use of is? When you think about it, the enemy of is might just be if. And, perhaps, the antidote to the power of is is how. This probably rushes right past English scholars but animators understand this stuff at an instinctual level . That’s what makes them such advanced … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: From Absurd to Zany
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LIAF 2022 Article: Playing with Emotion
It turns out that - in animation the problem with ‘orthodox’ might just be that real is not real enough. If you have never heard of Gunther Anders you are far from alone – and it probably also means you don’t speak German. And yet, Anders was remarkable in so many ways. He referred to … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Playing with Emotion
LIAF 2022 Article: Abstract Showcase
Let’s take a different approach to introducing LIAF’s annual showcase of abstract and experimental animation this year. We want you to meet somebody who helped get us to where we are right now. Valé Leonard Lipton. A lot of you probably do not recognise the name but all of you will know of at … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Abstract Showcase
LIAF 2022 Article: Animated Documentaries
Three quid – couldn’t believe it. Rummaging through the deepest entrails of a second-hand book store a couple of years ago there was a copy of the 1951 edition of 'Documentary Film' by Paul Rotha in excellent condition. This was the third updated edition of a book widely regarded as the authority … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Animated Documentaries
LIAF 2022 Article: Long Shorts
“Since there are no solutions, there are no problems.” Ahhhh yes, it’s hard to have a LIAF in which we don’t invoke the mutterings of the great R Mutt, Marcel Duchamp. It’s not really a rule here at LIAF HQ but if you’re talking about an artform that requires a gymnastical imagination to conjure … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Long Shorts
LIAF 2022 Article: Figures in Focus – The Magical World by Abigail Addison
Everyone who loves the art of animation knows that there is some sorcery in its making, conjuring up impossible worlds from one’s imagination onto the screen. Having spent the last few years working on an animation with artist Elizabeth Hobbs, based on 'The Debutante', a wicked, short story by … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Figures in Focus – The Magical World by Abigail Addison