When a series of similar, yet progressively different still images are presented to the eye in rapid succession, we perceive the illusion of motion. That is how video and movies work. It is also how traditional and non-traditional animation toys…
In this post, I describe some of my interactive animated artworks that incorporate archival sources. In particular, I focus on three titles: Flora (2018)–which is on view at the Museum of Photographic Arts (San Diego, CA) in the exhibition Illusion:…
The absence of a memorial policy for animated films, in Tunisia and throughout Africa and the Middle East, is mainly explained by a lack of awareness of this art not only among the large audience but also among the insiders.…
The recent post by Chris Pallant on the value of archives was indeed a great rally call for the value of the hidden treasures which archives can provide. As many of you know, I am one of those Chris identifies…
Our society is either at the precipice of the most significant informational loss or the beginning of a new golden age of recorded information. The capabilities of the Internet, much like film and the printing press, has skewed our collective…
Archives are divine. They have the power to transport us back to a forgotten time; they can suggest, with tantalizing incompleteness, new revelations about a hitherto familiar subject; and they can bend, warp, break, and remake history. Archives are also…
When our late father, Arthur Humberstone, died on the eve of the millennium, we did not anticipate that we were to inherit a historical animation archive. It was ordinary everyday life for us to pass the door of his pencil-scented…
Ireland’s geographical position is an important factor to consider when taking into account the animation practices and techniques that were developing in both North America and Europe during the early-twentieth-century. Irish artists and filmmakers traveled widely for education and exhibition…
In early January 2020, Variety reported that Walt Disney’s feature film Frozen II (Jennifer Lee & Chris Buck, 2019) was now “officially the highest-grossing animated movie in history” (Rubin, 2020). In what was emphatically described as a “box-office achievement fit…
Usually, Disney villains are popular and profitable. Characters such as the Evil Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, 1937), Jafar (Aladdin, 1991), and Ursula (The Little Mermaid, 1989) are showcased in theme park attractions, clothing lines, and even have…
