While the theme ‘violence in animation’ might mostly be associated with indestructible cartoon characters, here I reflect upon the capacity of non-figurative animation to directly assail the senses. Can abstraction be as effective as figurative art in communicating issues of…
Abstract animation is not included in many animations festivals or venues. [1] Yet, abstraction is not the exception in other arts, notably sculpture, painting, and most importantly, music. The language of abstraction is inherent in human nature and allows us…
A few months back, I was invited to participate in Sydney-based art collective tranSTURM, working on a raft of abstract animation projects. The first project, Light_Space (2014) made an abstract analysis of movement in Olympic sport. Commissioned by Sydney Olympic…
