I move therefore I am vol1

The independent animated film industry packs immense talents and 𝗔𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗲 is an example of what can happen when one doesn't shy away from tokenizing their work. Easily fitting within one webpage, its quality triumphs over quantity.

He makes no compromises in his craft, dedication and attention to illusion of life.

Ainslie

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I move,

therefore I am

vol 1

𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮 (or Animus) means 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭, 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵, 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Usage of word "animation" is broad, often used interchangeably with anything posted as a GIF or video.

However, in this gallery series I invite you to observe 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮-tion as an Art of infusing life, traversing time, storytelling and expressing character.

Huw Messie

𝗛𝘂𝘄 channels the ideas of cold automation and procedural computation into the warmth of fabrics and textile. The concepts and process creates an intriguing conflict against the aesthetics of embroidery that are inherently more organic, flexible and often hand made.

While his loops only last several seconds, they funnel concepts much larger than that - of endless ticking machinery and cycles, repetition that is both reassuringly reliable and intimidatingly confining.

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Thanks for looking, keep on moving, and until text time! 🤸

While generetave art and collectibles are largely stealing the show of NFTs, I'd argue it is huge for any moving art. Artistic animation for the most part has been stuck on the big screens of festivals or fueling the infinite instagram feeds, neither of which are reliably sustainable for majority of independent, non-commercial animation and video artists.

Uncapturable on canvas or print, moving image can finally participate in art economies, which static traditional mediums have been occupying for so long.

Images of the week (Leon Vilhena)

𝗟𝗲𝗼𝗻 extends erratic nature of collage into the dimension of time to create shouting loops. However, there is also care, cohesiveness and some eerie credibility that you feel, coming from the way Leon processes and unifies the compositions with printing and scanning.

To me, each jittery loop holds some sort of spirit, dying to tell you something. It is trying over and over again, but for speech it can only manage to flash disconnected words and phrases, like some sort of Frankenstein's being, cobbled from newspapers, excerpts, photographs and modern motion design.

Most of animated imagery is created shortform, which is a symptom of hosting restrictions, labor involved, and our attention spans.

Therefore, seamless looping is one of the most powerful devices the Animator can employ. It can project and imply infinitely vast (but cyclic) timescapes, or simply disguise the seams and prolong your focus and amusement far beyond the first playthrough.

I will return to implications of looping many times throughout this series, it's integral to animation!

Puppet animation dates back to beginning of 20th century, with films such as "Dreams of Toyland" (1908) and "Dolly's toys" (1902). Amusingly, just like Pixar's "Toy story" from 1995 was pioneering CG animation through animated toys, the first puppet animation films were depicting the very same things - toys coming into motion and life, being animated.

Puppetry and puppet animation is probably the most pure version of "𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮". Ignition of life into inanimate objects, an irresistible illusion in the hands of skilled animators and puppet makers, channeled through the stop-motion camera process.

𝗔𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗲's series "𝗥𝗲𝗰𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗢𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀" demonstrate both wonders (stages) of puppet animation.

Firstly, he picks ordinary, yet history-rich inanimate objects, and reconstructs them into anthropomorphized characters.

Then, the animation and sound complete the picture of imagined life. With just few seconds of audiovisual motion they become relatable, charming, or anything else we prescribe to people.

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Only once I've tackled true puppet animation myself. Having had no experience, It was an endlessly exhausting process. However playing back the frames in sequence to gradually reveal the life you just created is a feeling of magic.

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also featured: Dave Kiehl, Igor Tsvetkov, Sam Burton, Tomba Animation, aulerius, itsaherring.

Claymation is a form of stop-motion that lets go the idea of puppet partially or entirely, allowing complete form fluidity. Even a bouncing ball can be a character!

See more artworks on this theme in my Objkt.com curation