Call for Papers
The Crafty Animator:
A Conference on Handmade and Craft-based Animation
Proposals are invited for an interdisciplinary one-day conference at Rich Mix Cinema, Shoreditch, London, on Thursday 7th September 2017
Animation is famously diverse, incorporating as it does a range of production methods, techniques and practices. This one-day conference focuses on any technique that could be considered to be handmade or craft-based, from cut outs to models and puppets, from sand-on-glass to ink-on-glass, and beyond. The role of the animator is key to such techniques where we can often see her/his imprints or finger marks etc. or even hands in the animation; the 'presence of the artist' is often highly visible in such craft-based practices and is a presence this conference seeks to explore from numerous perspectives. The conference aims to consider: the kinds of animation techniques that might fall into the category of the handmade; the ways that handmade and craft-based animation might be framed as gendered practices, or not; the kinds of cultural value that handmade and craft-based might animation carry. A range of disciplinary approaches is encouraged and the conference aims to include papers from practitioners, practitioner/scholars and scholars.
I am delighted to confirm Dr Birgitta Hosea, Head of Animation at the RCA, as our Keynote Speaker.
Possible approaches include but are not limited to:
Historical examples of handmade animation
Contemporary practices
Gender politics and production practices
Audience engagement
Spectacle and visual effects
Space and place
Production cultures
Narrative and storytelling
Children's television animation
Digitising the handmade
The cultural value of craft-based/handmade animation
Craft-based practices and the community
The 'presence of the artist'
Craft-based/handmade animation and advertising
The conference will be held at the Rich Mix Cinema in Shoreditch, London on Thursday 7 September 2017. Please send abstracts of 300 words plus 100-word bio by Friday 23 June 2017 to:
Dr Caroline Ruddell ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>)
Dr Caroline Ruddell
Lecturer in Film and TV Studies
Department of Social Sciences, Media and Communications
College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences
Brunel University London
Associate Editor Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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