Imagine an evening with everyone sitting together, the room darkening; the first picture appears on the hanging sheet and the narrator starts his or her story. The form and content of the tale are always a little different – it…
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When it’s knitted it can be also unraveled Knitting or crochet is not so soft, warm and innocent anymore
by Eliska Decka • January 12, 2015 • 0 Comments
Knitting and crocheting have always been activities strongly connected to women, understood as a part of their housekeeping duties and everyday chores. But recently, this traditional craft has started to be viewed differently. More and more contemporary (mostly female) artists…
Some thoughts about the imagined and non-imagined animation communities
by Eliska Decka • October 21, 2014 • 1 Comment
It seems like that to become an independent animator isn’t as hard as to keep being one after one leaves the safety net of your animation department. During these past 2 years while conducting my PhD research about the creative…
The importance of being an independent animator who makes music videos
by Eliska Decka • June 24, 2013 • 1 Comment
As a part of my PhD research, I recently did an interview with two young independent Slovak animators, Michaela Čopíková and Veronika Obertová, who work together as a creative duo called Ove Pictures. When I studied their webpage http://ovepictures.com/ as…