9:25 - 9.30 Welcome
9:30 - 11.10 Panel 1: Characters and Stars
David McGowan (Savannah College of Art and Design)
"I'd Like to Thank All of the Little People... That Have Made My Performance Possible": Cartoon Stars, DVD Commentary Tracks, and the Construction of Animated Acting
Rayna Denison (University of East Anglia)
Japanese Anime Stardom and the Voice Acting System
Paul Taberham (Arts University Bournemouth)
Reclaiming Character Depth in Limited Animation
Tom Livingstone (University of Kent)
“OMG the cat looks crazy real. ”Photorealism and Performative Spectation
11.10 - 11:35 Tea and Coffee
11:35 - 1:15 Panel 2: Live Bodies
Matt Nicholls (Arts University Bournemouth)
Mediatized Performance and Digital Phantasmagoria: Digital Animation, Visual Effects and the Live Concert Experience
Gabriele Jutz (University of Applied Arts, Vienna)
Bodily Traces: Scratching as Performative Art
Merlin Seller (University of Edinburgh)
Online, Everyone Can Hear You Scream: Performing Death in Virtual Environments
Sue Miller and Sarah Bowen (Leeds Beckett University)
Animating Musical Movement: An Exploration of Music and Dance Relationships Through Analysis of a Musico-Choreographic Live Performance
13:15 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:40 Panel 3: Identity and Representation
Sarah Wingrove (Independent Scholar)
Escaping the Life Fantastic: Barbie and the Femme Lesbian Body in B.
Katerina Athanasopoulou (Plymouth University)
The Performing Skeleton and the Ghost of CGI
Matias Poggini (Independent Scholar)
That'll Do, Pig: Taking Lessons from Trained Animal Performances
Maarit Kalmakurki (Aalto University, Finland)
The Role of Costume Design as a Central Performance Element in Computer-Animated Films
15.40 - 16.05 Tea and Coffee
16:05 - 17:45 Panel 4: Performance, Practice and Process
Animate Assembly (Birkbeck College/Goldsmiths)
Animate Assembly 11: Performances of the Particulate
Susan Sentler and Fanny Bratahalim (Lasalle Singapore)
Experiential Anatomy: Interdisciplinary Approach to Dance and Animation
Farzaneh Yazdandoost (Anglia Ruskin University)
The Implications of Arbitrary Movements in Puppet Animation
Brittany Biggs (University of Hawaii)
Integrating the Study of Gesture and Performance with Animation Industry Workflows in Teaching 3D Character Animation
17:45 - 17.55 Comfort Break
17:55 – 18.45 Q&A with Suzanne Andrade & Paul Barritt (1927)
Co-Artistic Directors
Suzanne Andrade and Paul Barritt in discussion about 1927‘s pioneering and award-winning work that combines animation, theatrical performance and live music.
18:45 - Conference End
