A selection of writings from the proceedings of ‘Animation Histories and Futures’, a one-day symposium set up to stimulate discussion between animation researchers, teachers and practitioners, is now available for download. ‘Animation Histories and Futures’ was hosted by the University of Technology, Sydney, Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building in collaboration with the Facultie...
Pierre Floquet, the author of "Le langage comique de Tex Avery," is the recipient of the 2011 McLaren-Lambart Award for the Best Scholarly Book on animation. This book, published in French by L'Harmattan, is a detailed analysis of the cinematic nuances at play in the cartoons directed by Tex Avery at MGM from 1942-1951. With remarkably complex insights into Avery's comic language, the author d...
The wide-ranging scope of this symposium is symptomatic of the explosive field of animation and the flexibility that digital technology is having on moving images that cross boundaries between art, technology and science. Historical precedents, contemporary art practices, and experiments in new animation media will be presented and discussed. This symposium is being organized by the...
(Proposals due November 2, 2007) We invite panel and individual-paper proposals for the Alternative Visions: Trash/Cult/Experimental/Avant-Garde/Extreme Cinema and Television Conference, to be held at Plymouth State University (Plymouth, New Hampshire) April 11-12, 2008. The members of the conference committee are seeking contributions that examine noteworthy non-, counter-, and/o...
