Malcolm Le Grice's Threshold
(1972) Bits in Motion:
Early British Computer Animation features rare and little-known works from the beginnings of British computer
animation as well as onstage
discussions with pioneers from the early days of this field
will include discussions with leading practitioners of the
time.
This event marks the culmination of CACHe, an
extensive research
project at Birkbeck into the untold stories behind
the early days of
British computer arts. The screening and discussion
will take audiences on
a journey through previously lost or obscure
material, from the first
computer animation made in Britain, to the
appearance of computer graphics
in commercial TV and film. Artists and
practitioners who were active at
the time, including Stan Hayward
(creator of Henry's Cat) and
Malcolm Le Grice, Dr Charlie
Gere and Dr George Mallen will introduce the work and take part in panel
discussions with pioneers.
In conjunction with this event, the NFT will
also present two related
programmes: a screening of
Early American Computer Generated Film on 2 March, and hands-on 'obsolete'
computer animation workshops
on 4 March.
Tickets
£8.20, concs £6.25, NFT members
£7.20, members' concs £5.25
Box
Office 020 7928 3232
www.bfi.org.uk/nft
Early British Computer-Generated Art Film is
presented in partnership
with School of History of Art, Film and
Visual Media, Birkbeck, supported
by AHRC and LCACE.
Bits In Motion takes place
as part of NODE.L, a series of
events related to technology and art
taking place throughout March in
venues across London. For more
information, see http://nodel.org | 
