Over the past thirty years, the concept of agency as the ability and power to act has sparked engaging discussions across fields like Gender Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Philosophy, and Media Studies, offering unique insights for animation research. Agency…
This text is about the animation of Higher Education learning, and the learning of animation in Higher Education. I have been pulled into writing the text by footnote 21 of renowned animation theorist and ‘poststructuralist’ thinker Alan Cholodenko’s “Computer Says…
GREENBERG, SLAVA. Animated Film and Disability: Cripping Spectatorship. Indiana University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv3142v9x. Image description: The book cover is mostly white with a black, scribbled spiral dominating the center of the cover. A red-haired drawn figure, wearing brown slippers, a light-purple…
This is a media-archaeological excavation of the unique animation teaching methods of artist Sky David, formerly known as Dennis Pies, who has spent his life combining art and science, working with movement, subjectivity, tactility, and animacy—an interdisciplinary practice in the…
Figure 1. Student 1 image from lighting workshop, ADM, NTU 2024. When teachers and academics apply student-centred strategies for teaching, one of the most sought-after outcomes is to boost student confidence. The student-centred approach is designed to emphasise self-thinking and…
If you’re a parent, or you know one with a toddler, you’ll know how challenging it can be to teach practical skills to a toddler, especially brushing teeth. In my case, dealing with my daughter running away and clamping her…
Many of us watched Bob Ross make beautiful landscapes with a technique he claimed anyone could replicate. I imagine those that picked up a canvas to follow along would find it harder than he made it seem. Countless folks pursue…
Figure 1. The Animated Tea-towel by St Paul’s Animation Club (2024) I once had a rather memorable conversation with a colleague at a wrap party for a production I had worked on. This took place some years ago now, though…
Animation education today often begins not with pencils or paper, but with software. Many students arrive expecting that animation should be produced seamlessly by machine, efficient, polished, and screen-ready from the start. Manuals like Richard Williams’ The Animator’s Survival Kit…
In 2001 Nickelodeon began airing a peculiar yet profoundly intriguing animated show that caught audiences off-guard: Invader Zim (2001) created by Jhonen Vasquez. This dark animated comedy pushed the limits of how horror can be visualized in children’s programming, all…
