ANIMATION FESTIVAL WOLVERHAMPTON 1/2/3 NOVEMBER FLIPFESTIVAL.CO.UK
WELCOME TO
FLIP 2012 Hello and welcome to FLIP Festival 2012. We were lucky enough to be awarded Arts Council funding this year to create some exciting animation themed events around Wolverhampton city centre and continue screening the works of indie animators from around the world. We are working with a theme of the Art in Activism, as we feel that being an independent artist or animator and continuing to tell your own personal stories in your own personal style, deserves praise. These don’t have to be politically charged, but it’s great to see some people using the power of animation to inform and educate us in food and environmental issues.
So you will see some temporary graffiti in the form of Gif the City: Wolverhampton, live art battles with The People Vs The Machines, carefully curated experimental and moving-image pieces in The Shop Around The Corner inhabiting disused space, as well as Workshops that will expose you to some new techniques and the Hackimation project that will run throughout the festival, plus the favourites; Talks from some of the best UK animators and graphic designers and of course screenings of your shorts. It’s always a pleasure to work with and talk to so many people that are extremely enthusiastic about FLIP, but especially a big thank you to all the students that continue to; submit, volunteer and promote us year on year.
Special Thanks to: Samantha Moore, Fiona Kolontari, Kathryn Klizsat, Nathan Wilkes, Charlotte McCabe, Mija Gwyn, Kristy Walters, Sam Tiffin, Lindsay Wiggin, Adam Guy, Antonio Roberts, Sam Groves, Rev. David Wright, Kelly Jeffs, Frank Challenger, Steve Harrington, Rachael Peacock, Daniel Waterman, Johnny Hardstaff, Susan Young, Cyriak Harris, Peta Murphy-Burke, Guy Dawson, Hannah Wood, James Islip, Katie Yates.
Design by: Sister Minor www.sisterminor.co.uk
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SUSAN YOUNG: IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GROW YOUNG
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LIGHT HOUSE
QUIZ - O -RAMA
9PM - LATE
LIGHT HOUSE
HACKIMATION DROP IN WORKSHOP
11AM - 8PM
LIGHT HOUSE
PURE DATA PLAY
12PM - 2PM
LIGHT HOUSE
THE METAMORPHOSIS
12.30PM - 1.35PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
OPEN SHORTS 1
2PM - 4.30PM
LIGHT HOUSE
INNOVATE AND CREATE: A WORKSHOP IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION
5PM - 7PM
LIGHT HOUSE
A BRAND NEW VIEW
5.30PM - 6.35PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
OPEN SHORTS 2
5PM - 7.05PM
LIGHT HOUSE
CRASH TESTS: ART AND COMMERCE IN MODERN STORYTELLING with JOHNNY HARDSTAFF
7.45PM - 9PM
LIGHT HOUSE
GIF THE CITY: WOLVERHAMPTON
9.30PM - 10PM
ST PETER’S CHURCH
LATE NIGHT TALES
10PM - 11.20PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
GROMIT CLAY MODEL MAKING WORKSHOP WITH AARDMAN
9.30AM - 11AM
WULFRUN SHOPPING CENTRE
HACKIMATION DROP IN WORKSHOP
11AM - 8PM
LIGHT HOUSE
YOUNG PEOPLE’S ANIMATION
11AM - 12.30PM
LIGHT HOUSE
SO YOU WANT TO BE A PIRATE?
12.30PM - 12.50PM
LIGHT HOUSE
JIM PARKYN ON AARDMAN
1PM - 2PM
LIGHT HOUSE
YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORKSHOPS
1.30PM - 4PM
WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY
PERMUTATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
1.30PM -2.35PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
THE RISE OF CARSE & WATERMAN
2PM - 3PM
LIGHT HOUSE
OKO DIRECT FILM & FOUND FOOTAGE WORKSHOP
3PM - 5PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
OPEN SHORTS 3
3PM - 5.10PM
LIGHT HOUSE
OPEN SHORTS 4
5.30PM - 7.30PM
LIGHT HOUSE
P.O.V - INSTALLATION BY OKO
6.30PM - 8PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
CYRIAK HARRIS: WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT DO AND HOW DOES IT DO IT?
8.15PM - 9.15PM
LIGHT HOUSE
PERMUTATIONS AND INNOVATIONS
8.30PM - 9.35PM
THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
THE PEOPLE VERSUS THE MACHINES
9.30PM - LATE
FIXXION WAREHOUSE PROJECT
2D ARTWORK EXHIBITION
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SUSAN YOUNG: IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GROW YOUNG 7 / 7.30PM – 9PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others Presenting a retrospective of works by animator Susan Young who will discuss inspiration and political barriers in the UK, Young’s interest in animation was first inspired by maverick filmmaker Ray Fields whilst studying Graphic Design at Liverpool Polytechnic. Young will enlighten us and take us on her own personal journey from trying to work out how to animate a walk convincingly to how she fought to retain integrity being forced to work in a corporate and commercial world that was England in the 1980s. Young’s work always contained socio-political themes present in the world surrounding her. Hendrix : Fire Footage of Hendrix performing at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival is combined with metamorphic animation hinting at pagan and elemental themes and the interconnectedness of living things.
Beleza Tropical : Umbabarauma set to music by Jorge Ben, working with David Byrne to promote music published by Brazilian artists during the repressive military regime of the 1960’s-1980’s. Carnival is a lyrical and kinetic evocation of the Notting Hill Carnival. Thin Blue Lines a non-narrative observational film is partly drawn from life, illustrating personal experiences of the 1981 Liverpool 8 uprising, (the ‘Toxteth riots’), and their aftermath. Tempting Fate A cut-out film exploring feelings of shame, guilt, and impending doom.
QUIZ-O-RAMA 9PM – LATE @ Light House Admission free Light House’s Film & TV Quiz in conjunction with Flip brings you Quiz-o-Rama, a special one-off animation only edition of the popular monthly quiz held in Lock Works cafe/bar. So if you love animation make sure to be there at 9pm to take part in this special event hosted by quiz master Kimberly Forlini-Softley. Entry is FREE so you have no excuse, get a team together (max 4 players) & put your animation knowledge to the test.
2D ARTWORK
Shorts will be interspersed with some of the varied commercial work Young created. You can join us at 7pm for drinks before the screening.
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FROM 12PM @ St Peter’s Church Admission free From an open call for submissions we have selected some of the best images which depict movement and animation of life, we hope you enjoy the beautiful surroundings and of course the artwork itself.
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2D ARTWORK
HACKIMATION
PURE DATA PLAY
FROM 12PM @ St Peter’s Church Admission free
11AM – 8PM (DROP IN SESSION) @ Light House Admission free
12PM – 2PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others
From an open call for submissions we have selected some of the best images which depict movement and animation of life, we hope you enjoy the beautiful surroundings and of course the artwork itself.
Calling all animators, artists, developers and interested parties! Feel free to drop in and use the equipment or skills of those around you to take part in this experiment in which we hope to see an animation created using the latest web technologies during the course of the festival. Experts will be on hand to turn your doodles into web ready animations, but like we say it’s an experiment so we really don’t know what the outcome will be.
Pure Data is a dataflow programming language that is utilised for a wide variety of purposes including making generative electronic music, creating glitch visuals, interactive live performance and VJing (Video Jockeying). Antonio Roberts (aka hellocatfood) will guide participants through the basics of Pure Data - including general usage, playing and manipulating videos and creating generative visuals that respond to different inputs. No experience of Pure Data is necessary, only a laptop and a willingness to experiment and learn!
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THE METAMORPHOSIS 12.30PM – 1.35PM @ The Shop Around The Corner Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £4 all others Mixing experimental, narrative, and documentary films, this programme of animation takes Franz Kafka’s famous story The Metamorphosis as its title, to represent a selection of films which feature characters and ideas which morph and transmute in one way or another. Bird World (dir. Alastair McColl) UK, 2012, 6min Sparrow is struck by a plane and lands wounded in a mysterious city inhabited by anthropomorphised birds. The Making of Longbird (dir. Will Anderson), UK, 2011, 15min An animator/filmmaker attempts to make its mysteriously long character relevant in the modern world. An extreme close-up ‘behind-the-scenes’ look as this animator/filmmaker struggles with his character. In Dreams (dir. Samuel Bain) UK, 2011, 4min In Dreams is a profound and experimental documentary focusing on the weirdest and most vivid dreams of normal individuals. Doctor Jekyll & Mr Hyde (Episodes from the Life of) (dir. Paul Bush) UK, 2001, 5min What happens when the camera is possessed with a psychosis similar to human schizophrenia. Suppose this disease subtly changes every single frame of the film while leaving the narative superficially intact. Suppose these ‘symptoms’ arise as the result of recording horrific events...
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Rear Window Timelapse (dir. Jeff Desom) Luxembourg, 2010, 3min Jeff Desom takes footage from the original Rear Window (1954) directed by Alfred Hitchcock and re-appropriates it. Ferment (dir. Tim MacMillan) UK, 1999, 5min In a quiet city square an old man clutches his chest and falls to the ground, and time stands still. We travel from the square, down streets, through buildings – the human condition unfolds in glimpses of frozen moments. Teclopolis (dir. Javier Mrad) Argentina, 2009, 12min A whole civilization runs towards its inevitable destiny, while a Super 8 camera searches for a lost love. A Finnish Fable 2011 (dir. Niina Suominen) Finland, 2011, 6min Snapshots of the life of a mannequin in the countryside. Dictaphone Parcel (dir. Lauri Warsta) UK, 2009, 3min Dictaphone Parcel is based on a real sound recorded with a dictaphone travelling secretly inside a parcel. As the hidden recorder travels through the global mail system, from London to Helsinki, it captures the unexpected.
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8 OPEN SHORTS 1 2PM – 4.30PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others There will be a 10 minute break halfway through the screening Une Petite Historie Des Changements Climatiques
How do you explain in a completely offbeat, cheeky and funny way that the world has gone cold, and then hot, then cold, then hot? How do you bring together in one film a clyptodon, Erik the Red and Louis XIV, all in one minute? Well, see for yourself in A Brief History of Climate Change.
Le Foble Del Guardrail
The story deals with themselves without filters of one child's mental escapes. The characters, cryptic and absorbed lean out over the guardrail, metaphoric representation if the interior universe of the child.
The Fraiser Werp
A mixed media documentary about a create we chose to believe doesn't exist. A creative that feeds from soundwaves and has been instrumental in shaping history as we know it. Without us knowing it.
Friction
Stop motion animation about robot who tries to find his place in society. Sonorism music and mechanical world.
Mucha Buncha Lunch!
Based on a childrens poem by Andrew Davidson, Muncha Buncha Lunch tells the story of a boy who loves eating his classmate's lunches. One for his classmates, Sally soon gets fed up and seeks revenge!
Crossroad Blues
An animated poem, written as part of The Hidden City, an anthology published with Helix Arts in 2010. Partly autobiographical about the demons on the animators shoulder wanting him to relapse back into drink - which he hasn't.
Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road
More baffling than whether the egg came first, the answer may soon be with us. We've started an epic journey of discovery to find out why the chicken crossed the road and to understand this we must first get to know chicken whose unfortunate problems began in his childhood.
Earth
Minus is an alien that crash lands on earth. He meets a stray dog called "Zero". Follow heir comical yet moving adventure through the city streets, as they form a bonding friendship.
Soul Plantation
A music promo with a difference. Cloning, Mind Manipulation and Capitalist overload fuse in a Dali-esque landscape. Where embryos grow into confused business men only to be watched by the unknown in the sky, passing through time rooms and black holes.
The Facebook Elf
In modern life, there are constant online social media distractions preventing us from doing our work, but who is to blame for this?
I am Tom Moody
A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.
Crow Feathers
A Boy and his Mum live on an isolated farm, but one day a Crow man crashes into their world.
Animator: Philippe Massonnet Director: Jons Clerte / France
Animator & Director: Maro Capellacci Italy
Animator & Director: Paul Marshall UK
Animator & Director: Michal M roz Poland
Animator & Director: Emma Cosgrove UK
Animator & Director: David Patterson UK
Animator & Director: Daniel Binns UK
Animator & Director: Toni Sian Williams UK
Animator & Director: Jon Aldersea UK
Animator & Director: Natalie Hobbs, Richard Liverance UK Animator & Director: Ainslie Henderson UK
Animator & Director: Peter Bunzl UK
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Three creatures... who is hunting who?
The Obsession
A college student rents an apartment with a strange old man who it appears is obsessed with her.
Koodo "Sitting
In “Sitting” El Tab is entrusted to babysit a little “chalupa” while whispering about Koodo’s status of most recommended national mobile phone company. “People really trust us,” says El Tab, just before he realizes that either he or the baby has pooped its pants.
Bing "Hot Yoga"
“Hot Yoga” features Yukon pulling Hermey and Rudolph through the snow on his sled. After throwing out his back Hermey suggests that Yukon try some hot yoga and utilizes Bing’s local search to find a class.
Paralaxe
Two scientists working on a major research end up facing a dilemma: Who is able to define the truth?
Heaven Can Wait
Low budget music video for the band Tender Objects
Viv and Mandy in The Big Clean Up Part 2
This is the second part of “Viv & Mandy in The Big Clean Up,” the stop motion animation that is set around a messy house. Viv & Mandy are two cleaners who work at Cleaners R “Us. Part 2 starts off from where the cliff-hanger of Part 1 left …. just what is behind that door?
Animator & Director: Song E Kim USA
Bite of the Tail
Wife is suffering from stomach pain and she firmly believes that she can find cure from Doctor. However, Doctor has no idea how. Husband goes to an empty lot in search of a snake. When he haunts, he wears a beekeeper’s hat. Sister talks but who knows if it is truth? Life is a constant struggle to find a right answer.
The Fat Cat
The Fat Cat always gets what he wants.
Piece at a Time Trailer
A trailer on my short animation. My character is trapped in a world of post it notes. She can’t get rid of the notes till she completes the tasks
Unarte
The journey of a young man that enrolls in the National University of Art, Bucharest and finds a world filled with colour and fantasy.
Spycat and the Paper Chase
Spycat hunts down Captain Chico, whose latest scheme involves robbing the world of every paper product there is. The pursuit takes Spycat to colourful Tokyo, then abroad Captain Chico’s airship for a climactic showdown between Cat and Dog.
Out of Play
A film about the relationship between the three orphan toys in a closed space of the attic.
Les Bessones del Carrer de Ponent
Ointments, elixirs and poultices. Enriqueta and Ramoneta will attend your needs with discretion, reserve and pleasant manners at Sunset Street No. 17A, Barcelona. Not sold in drugstores of chemist’s shops.
Animator & Director: Jilli Rose Australia
Animator & Director: Kyle Bennett UK
Animator & Director: Rob Shaw USA
Animators: Jerold Howard, Joe Mello Director: Ken Lidster USA Animator & Director: Vanessa Oliveira Brazil
Animator & Director: Holly May Ward UK
Animator & Director: Daniel James UK
Animator & Director: Mole Hill UK
Animator & Director: Joanne Goodchild UK
Animator & Director: Andreia Dobrota Romania
Animator & Director: Darren Lim Singapore
Animator: Tatyana Yazyna Director: Ivan Maximov Russia Animator: Nuria Riba Directors: Marc Riba & Anna Solanas Spain
10 INNOVATE AND CREATE: A WORKSHOP IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION 5PM – 7PM @ Light House Admission free There is so much more to animation than 3D animation like Shrek, the 2D world of Disney, and the amazing realm of Stop motion which is given to us by Aardman. This workshop is for the whole family and animators alike to discover the lesser known realm of experimental animation! The workshop will begin with a presentation to explain and explore what you could animate by demonstrating examples of work. Then the hands on workshop will give everybody an opportunity to animate by drawing over live action footage then colouring it in with paint, pastels, and pens, in tea, cut outs or with sweets. You will also be able to experiment with pixilation (animating with yourself or animating on a large scale). The aim is just to have fun, create something different and exciting and perhaps learn new techniques in the process. Lead by Charlotte McCabe, a recent University of Wolverhampton graduate and animator, catch Charlotte’s latest film Fragmented screening on Saturday’s Open Shorts 4 slot.
A BRAND NEW VIEW 5.30PM – 6.35PM @ The Shop Around The Corner Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £4 all others Featuring new, exciting, and innovative animation from all over the globe, A Brand New View presents award-winning work from animators who strive to do something distinctive and personal with their art. Featuring claymation like you’ve never seen before from Allison Schulnik, black comedy from Sweden with Tord and Tord, and music videos for Casiokids and Omodaka, from Norway and Japan respectively. Head Over Heels (dir. Timothy Reckart) UK, 2012, 10min After many years of marriage, Walter and Madge have grown apart: he lives on the floor and she lives on the ceiling. When Walter tries to reignite their old romance, their equilibrium comes crashing down, and the couple that can’t agree which way is up must find a way put their marriage back together. A Morning Stroll (dir. Grant Orchard) UK, 2011, 7min When a New Yorker walks past a chicken on his morning stroll, we’re left to wonder which one is the real city slicker. Partition (dir. Delia Hess, Eleonora Berra, & Shami Lang-Rinderspacher) Switzerland, 2011, 6min Unaware of each other and only separated by a fragile wall of paper, two neighbours live an isolated existence. Mound (dir. Allison Schulnik) USA, 2011, 4min Mound is a moving painting, created with traditional clay-mation techniques, over 100 puppets and in-camera effects, giving an uncertain account of what exists somewhere between tragedy and farce.
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Tap to Retry (dir. Neta Cohen) Israel, 2012, 4min Tap to Retry is a frenetic series of super-shorts, metaphors for the way we conduct ourselves in this hectic era of information overload.
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Leonard (dir. Michelle Brost) USA, 2012, 3min A burly lumberjack has a visit from an unexpected friend. Tord and Tord (dir. Niki Lindroth von Bahr) Sweden, 2010, 11min Tord accidentally walks into the apartment next to his and discovers that Tord lives there, too. An adorable, animated, post-modern fable. Hietsuki Bushi – Omodaka (dir. Ryo Hirano) Japan, 2011, 4min A traditional Japanese song meets science fiction, future agriculture, teenage story, blip music and eccentric animation in a story of quantum physics. Olympiske Leker - Casiokids (dir. Chad Blevins) Norway, 2012, 4min Beautifully simple animated music video for Norwegian snyth-pop band, Casiokids. The Great Rabbit (dir. Atsushi Wada) Japan, 2012, 7min A magical hand-drawn animation that is also a profound conundrum. “If you believe in the Rabbit, you’ll believe in anything. If you don’t believe in the Rabbit, it means that you wouldn’t believe anything.”
11 OPEN SHORTS 2 5PM – 7.05PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others There will be a 10 minute break halfway through the screening
Ecofaubourgs
Tom decided to move to an “Ecofaubourg”. He introduces us to a neighbourhood that offers a completely new kind of lifestyle! Comfortable and environmentally friendly... and right in the centre of town!
Djuma
Djuma is a wild child. Bred in the forest by a pack of wolves. He’s not so much attracted by the line of the flock even if he follows up to a certain event. The rooles and organisation, but the call of nature and freedom.
Sammy McAly
Bad boy Sammy McAly has got himself banned from the park because he shoved litter in aggravated Angus’s Gob while he was sleeping on the park bench! Will aggravated Angus and Gardener (Another Grumpy Grouch) get their own back on Sammy?
The Banshee
A young boy playing alone in the woods wonders off to chase a cute cat, but the cat is not the creature it appears to be.
Stefani i Zuczek
Story about friendship between Beetle and human called Steve.
Sarah’s Song
An animation created for the director’s fiancé, Sarah. The song was written with Beccy Owen to tell Sarah how happy she’s made him.
Niagara
Two guys in a car and one million dollars in a bag. One of them wonders how he’s going to steal it all from his lover. A road trip starts...
Anecdotes of Saadi-This episode: Inexperienced Warrior
A merchant, who had been robbed by bandits in his last journey meets a young robust man with lots of armaments, who appears to be strong and agile, the merchant chose him as his escort.
A Shadow of a Man
A shadow, fed up with the behaviour of his owner decides to punish him by stealing a “day” from his life. The main character, John is turned into his “Shadow’s shadow” and watching his dark alter ego frolic around and enjoy what he undervalued for so long-be it simple pleasures like feeding sparrows in the park or the love of a certain woman.
What we call cookies Animator & Director: Natalie Hobbs UK, 2m27s
What we call Cookies is an animated film that explores various British stereotypes held by Americans, played out by motifs that are iconically American. It is through cultural comparison that we find our own national identity, through seeing what we’re not that we discover what we are.
Its About Spending Time Together
A reconstructed moment between two brothers and their estranged father.
Trapped
Bob feels trapped in his work life both physically and emotionally. He is pushed to his breaking point and desperately tries to escape the life that holds him hostage.
Animator: Cynil Drovin Director: Pierre-Emmanuel France, 2m07s Animator & Director: Michele Bernardi Italy, 3m50s
Animator & Director: Daniel Llewellyn UK, 2m20s
Animator & Director: Kane Rose UK, 2m42s Animator & Director: Piotr Hoang Ngoc Poland, 12m00s
Animator & Director: Chris Pemberton UK, 3m03s
Animator & Director: Leopold Dewolf UK, 3m52s
Animator & Director: Soroush Khademi Iran, 12m00s Animator & Director: Roza Brozek UK, 2m15s
Animator & Director: Ainslie Henderson UK, 3m33s
Animator & Director: Katherine Goellner USA, 3m25s
12 Damned
An over-ambitious beaver goes too far when he gets the chance to realise his ultimate dream. Some dreams are just too big.
For Katy
Katy wakes up after an awesome Friday night out. She does not remember what happened last night. But she slowly realises that she has been murdered and she is actually dead.
Koodo “Tattoo”
In “Tattoo” El Tabador celebrates Koodo’s status of #1 in Canada and explains that Koodo is #1 because they ended long distance and roaming charges in Canada and has no fixed term contracts. In his exuberance, El Tab orders up a tattoo of a big number “Juan”.
Bing “Bumble-Less”
“Bumble-Less” features Bumble the Abominable Snowman who has lost his ability to scare. Humiliated by a couple of elves who laugh at his feeble roar, Bumble turns to Bing to research “scary monsters”.
BB’s World
Bb’s world is a tribute to British naturalist and children’s author, bb. The last gnome in England follows a young bb through his life observing this giant’s fascination with nature and the purple emperor butterfly in the rapidly changing English landscape.
Mass
MASS... a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size.
Genesis
Life is created from light and motion. A man and a woman are born and fall in love, but their harmony is short lived.
BG Cyclo
Feeding is a common habit amoung all us living beings. This is the Gray Whale’s living cycle. From Winter to Summer.
Munk
Munk is the only punk sheep from Paris’ suburbs. Tonight, he’s opening the concert of Rochard Albert Garmischbaden’s 3rd Sonata. Be careful.
The Box
The Box and Dox spend their entire lives sitting on the couch in front of the TV. Both are afflicted with a very powerful addiction to television. This addiction plays out in their behaviours and reactions which are polar opposites of each other.
Naked Love - Ea’s garden
“Naked Love - Ea’s Garden” is a hand drawn erotic animated art film. A sensual trip through Ea’s sexuality in a surrealistic abstract poetic atmosphere.
Happy Life
At a stormy, rainy night, a boy named EGG lays an egg from which a monster is born. The boy, terrified, throws her into the forest. However this bizarre incident repeats every night, which leads EGG to feel like a monster himself, and his life gets more isolated.
Transmission
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a creature and his dog find a radio that may lead them to new life.
Animator & Director: Richard Phelan UK, 9m15s
Animator & Director: Natalia Biegaj UK, 03m26s
Animator & Director: Rob Shaw USA, 0m30s
Animators: Jerold Howard, Joe Mello Director: Ken Lidster USA, 0m30s Animators: Alexander King, Andrew Ralston, Chloe Rodham, Filip Gronowski, Muhundan Bala, Nicole Volbeda, Rachinta Platts, Ryan Kyle, Simon Hill, Steff Lee, Terri Ellis, Valentina Grasso Directors: Steff Lee, Ryan Kyle UK, 6m14s Animators: Henning M. Lederer, Charlotte J. Vogel / Director: Henning M. Lederer Germany/UK, 5m58s Animator: Liu Yang Director: Issac Kerlow Singapore, 3m00s Animator & Director: Fermin Ramirez T Mexico, 5m25s
Animator: Jacques Girault France, 3m30s
Animator: Dario Imbrogno Director: Dadomani Studio Italy, 3m00s Animator & Director: Sara Koppel Denmark, 6m26s
Animator & Director: Xin Sun/ Yun Li Germany, 6m02s
Animator & Director: Jared D. Weiss USA, 5m25s
13 CRASH TESTS: ART AND COMMERCE IN MODERN STORYTELLING with JOHNNY HARDSTAFF 7.45PM – 9PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others Johnny Hardstaff is a director, designer and modern storyteller. Hardstaff’s recent works include trailers for Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. In this eagerly anticipated talk Hardstaff will talk freely about the hopes, dreams and ambition of the artist, why artists make work, how they work and the spectacular disasters involved. As displayed within his widely documented canon of work, Hardstaff remains firmly committed to the pursuit of post-contemporary storytelling, whether it be through advertising, short film formats, interactive media or feature films. This lively talk will be interspersed with screenings of retrospective and recent works that will be expanded upon. There will be an opportunity for everyone to ask questions at the end of the session.
GIF THE CITY: WOLVERHAMPTON 9.30PM – 10PM @ St Peter’s Church Admission free Wrap up warm and join us for the premiere of the Gif the City: Wolverhampton, an online campaign to incorporate images of the city taken by you and create artwork that will be projected onto St. Peter’s Church. Curated and performed by We Make Art.
LATE NIGHT TALES 10PM – 11.20PM @ The Shop Around the Corner Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £4 all others From the sublime to the ridiculous, Late Night Tales features four shorts that include the latest venture from legendary animator Don Hertzfeldt, Robert Morgan’s gruesome and twisted tale of Bobby Yeah, a brilliant example of pixilation from Slovakia, and the multi-award winning, thought-provoking Oh Willy. Oh Willy… (dir. Emma de Swaef & Marc James Roels) Belgium/France/Netherlands, 2012, 16min Fifty-something Willy, plump and ill-at-ease, returns to the naturist community where he grew up to visit his dying mother. This brings back memories, not all of them pleasant, which build into an emotional crisis when his mother finally passes away. It’s Such a Beautiful Day (dir. Don Hertzfeldt) USA, 2011, 23min Bill finds himself in a hospital struggling with memory problems, in this third and final chapter to Don Hertzfeldt’s “Everything will be OK” trilogy. The Last Bus (dir. Ivana Laucíková & Martin Snopek) Slovakia, 2011,16min Hunting season begins and the true nature of man and beast is revealed as a last bus shuttles forest animals out of their natural environment. Bobby Yeah (dir. Robert Morgan) UK, 2011, 23min Bobby Yeah is a petty thug who lightens his miserable existence by brawling and stealing stuff. One day, he steals the favourite pet of some very dangerous individuals, and finds himself in deep trouble. He really should learn, but he just can’t help it.
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GROMIT CLAY MODEL MAKING WORKSHOP WITH AARDMAN 9.30AM – 11AM @ Wulfrun Shopping Centre All tickets cost £6 This is a fun workshop for all ages! Participants will be able to learn how to make their own Gromit model using clay. The workshop will be led by Jim Parkyn from Aardman. Aardman is the award-winning stop-motion studio that created Wallace and Gromit. Some of their other well known productions include Flushed Away and Shaun the Sheep. Jim Parkyn has been working with Aardman since 2000 and has worked on Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were Rabbits, Shaun the Sheep and Pirates. Come and join us and make your own Gromit model that you can take home with you!
2D ARTWORK FROM 12PM @ St Peter’s Church Admission free See p.5 for more info
HACKIMATION 11AM – 8PM (DROP IN SESSION) @ Light House Admission free See p.6 for more info
YOUNG PEOPLE’S ANIMATION 11AM – 12.30PM @ Light House Admission free A selection of shorts made by and for young people. All is Fair by Edmund Cornforth/Fred Clamp-gray Dir. Edmund Cornforth (UK) A plasticine model stays loyal to a mysterious deity while fighting a rebellious armature. Angry Bird by Riverside Youth Centre Dir. Evil Twin Artworks (UK) The freak with a beak is back! Benny The Great, daredevil extraordinaire, has braved the most dangerous situations but now has finally met his match - a bird, two foot tall, fluffy and very angry. Anwylyd & The Donkey by Corris Primary School Dir. Film 15 Productions (UK) When the Prince gets turned into a Donkey, he must travel across the entire kingdom in search of a way to break the hideous spell upon him. A farmer’s daughter, a wise pig and a two headed dragon will all help him solve the riddle. Cloud Jumper by Royd Nursery Infant School Dir. C-Media – 5m08s (UK) Foggypop enjoys playing on his X-box until he falls asleep wearing his new cloud jumper. Follow him through several worlds in hs game when he returns with some flowers. Was it real or just a dream?
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Granny Mac’s Meringues by Burntisland Primary School Dir. Red Kite Productions – 4m57s (UK) The Queen had heard of Hettie McHattie, a fabulous milliner on Hisland Island. She arrives on the island to select her new hat but on the way back there is a mix up with the hat boxes. Can the mistake be rectified in time for the royal wedding? Hedgerow Tales by Buchlyvie Primary School Dir. Wintonhill Animation – 5m30s (UK) A small group of friends, a bird, mouse and family of hedgehogs sit round a campfire telling stories about their lives. Memory Train by Young & Animated Group Dir. Animated Exeter – 3m10s (UK) Passenger’s memories are brought to sparkling life whilst the train travels through Devon countryside. We meet Hazel and Johnny reminiscing about the war. Mr and Mrs Shepherd are confessing to white lies and Tony has an encounter with a Dragon lady and a dog. Pirates of the Indian Ocean by Norhthampton Bangladeshi Association Youth Club Dir. Wind and Foster – 6m02s (UK) Clumsy but lovable DJ duo Mankind and Small-Steps have built a devoted following to their pirate radio show. Raging against the machine in their own inimitable style.
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Come Together by Penn Fields School Dir. Geoff Broadway – 3m 15s (UK) As part of the BSF Public Art Programme in Wolverhampton, students from Penn Fields School worked in collaboration with artist Geoff Broadway to write and produce Come Together, telling the story of a mainstream and special school that become one. A pupil at the special school is very worried that he will be bullied at the new school but the reality is very different. Rooted by RSA Academy Tipton Dir. Year 11 & 12 Students – 2M 08S (UK) As part of their IBCC course, ten students from the RSA Academy Tipton have been working in collaboration with Performing Arts Labs (PAL) to plan, develop and produce an animation. The theme was developed by the students who wanted to express how they feel about the local area. Personal opinions and memories about Tipton form the content of the film.
SO YOU WANT TO BE A PIRATE?
JIM PARKYN ON AARDMAN
12.30 – 12.50PM @ Light House Admission free Dir. Jay Grace, based upon the book ‘The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists’ written by Gideon Defoe
1PM – 2PM @ Light House Admission free
Festival exclusive following on from the hit film The Pirates! Do you have trouble remembering where you’ve buried your treasure? Is your beard less luxuriant than you’d like? Are you uninspired in the kitchen at meal times? Well fear not lubbers! With the help of his trusty crew and a whole host of expert guests, the world famous and inimitable Pirate Captain lifts the lid of mystery off piracy as he presents his definitive guide to what it takes to become a dashing and yet sensitive terror of the high seas. This screening qualifies for entry in the open shorts competition, please remember to vote!
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Behind the scenes talk about how the nation’s favourite animation characters are created, hosted by Jim Parkyn. Aardman is the award-winning stop-motion studio that created Wallace and Gromit. Some of their other well known productions include Flushed Away and Shaun the Sheep. Jim Parkyn has been working with Aardman since 2000 and has worked on Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit and The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Shaun the Sheep and The Pirates!
YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORKSHOPS 1.30PM – 4PM @ Wolverhampton Art Gallery Admission free Head on over to Wolverhampton Art Gallery to dip your toes into the world of animation and bring your imagination to life using a range of 2D and 3D techniques, specifically for young people and families.
16 PERMUTATIONS AND INNOVATIONS 1.30PM – 2.35PM @ The Shop Around the Corner Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £4 all others Exploring how animators take something that exists, such as recorded conversations, found footage, or technological data, and breathe new life into it, this programme of experimental animated films features work from the last forty years. Including the Academy-Award winning collage animation, Frank Film, Remo Rauscher’s brilliant Google map mashup, Streets of the Invisibles, and Tim MacMillan’s unique documentary, Animal Tragic which incorporates his distinctive time-splice style.
Bradley Manning had Secrets (dir. Adam Butcher) UK, 2011, 5min Animated in a rotoscoped pixel-art style and using dialogue from Bradley Manning’s online conversations, the film explores issues of personal and political secrets, digital identity and alienation.
Z (dir. Alan Warburton) UK, 2012, 3min Is hindsight 20:20? Does history reveal or obscure the truth? Can we predict the future? Will history repeat itself? Are we in control? Numerous questions asked in Alan Warburton’s meditative animated short.
Save Me (dir. Stuart Hilton) UK, 1994, 6min The found sounds of newstime as the domestic meets disaster and survives. Collage craziness in this abstract exploration of the perils and pleasures of being and staying alive.
Streets of the Invisibles (dir. Remo Rauscher) Austria, 2010, 10min Exploring the powers of the disembodied voice inspired by the theories of the French sound thinker Michel Chion.
Shift (dir. Max Hattler) UK/Germany, 2012, 3min Using the New Age idea of a ‘dimensional shift’ as inspiration, Shift combines science fiction themes through abstract, stop motion animation of objects and colour.
Allegory of Mrs Triangle (dir. Noriko Okaku) Japan, 2011, 7min Allegory of Mrs. Triangle is an animated portrait of an imaginary character, Mrs. Triangle. The video is concerned with the complexity of one persona and the different aspects of personality.
20Hz (dir. Semiconductor) UK, 2011, 5min 20Hz observes a geo-magnetic storm occurring in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Working with data collected from the CARISMA radio array and interpreted as audio, we hear tweeting and rumbles caused by incoming solar wind, captured at the frequency of 20 Hertz. NS
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Frank Film (dir. Frank & Caroline Mouris) USA, 1973, 9min Co-creator Frank Mouris reads a list of words starting with the letter “f”. The sound track is interwoven with the sound of his reading his autobiography. The visual is an animated collage of photos collected from magazines. Album Matter (dir. Sebastian Buerkner) UK, 2010, 2min Referencing net art, cinema and 20th Century electronic music album art, Buerkner’s piece is a continuation of his investigations and examinations into the structure and syntax of filmic representation, unsettling the viewer’s physical perception for a trade off in emotional engagement.
Nihilism: Tangents (dir. Mark Prendergast) UK, 2012, 5min A film derived from working with found 16mm film. All movement is achieved by scanning, filming or pulling with a record player. At no point was a projector used in this short which asks questions of what is and isn’t ‘animation’. Animal Tragic (dir. Tim MacMillan) UK, 2003, 6min An unsettling take on the ‘natural history’ of our contemporary urban environment, recreating three reported incidents where humans and ‘friendly’ animals interact badly – a postman kills a dog, a dog attacks a child, a horse kills a cyclist.
17 THE RISE OF CARSE & WATERMAN 2PM – 3PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others We welcome Carse and Waterman back to discuss life in an animation studio, having started out as a small company whilst still studying at university; their story is one of success and it’s definitely something we can all relate to. They will candidly inform us of the difficulties they have faced being a young start-up and running the company one year on from their enlightening talk at the last festival. They will also cover tips and tricks on how to build a good showreel and interesting ways to get your work seen by the right people, as well as some of the things they have achieved in the past year.
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OKO DIRECT FILM & FOUND FOOTAGE WORKSHOP 3PM – 5PM @ The Shop Around the Corner Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £4 all others Create your own animation on 16mm film with the collective OKO. Working directly onto the surface of blank 16mm film, you’ll learn how to produce your own hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation. You’ll also be able to explore techniques for reprocessing found footage, work with optical sound, and learn how to use a 16mm projector. As well as being able to see your work projected throughout the session, the workshop will culminate in a collective screening. Materials will be provided. The screening of films produced in this workshop will start at 5pm.
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18 OPEN SHORTS 3 3PM – 5.10PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others There will be a 10 minute break halfway through the screening Petit Bateau, Du Fil Au T-Shirt
From cotton thread to t-shirt, the different stages of a t-shirt Petit Bateau
Dieci Cadure
As underground fighting that inflicts punishment that fit the crime, takes place in this painting afeciar; the image producer and the ten tyrants discuss about the assertion of and identified supremacy.
Of Months and Butterflies
Telling the dark tale of the relationship between two step-sisters; one cherished and the other neglected. Inspiration has been taken from the studies into the relationship between fairytales and adult psychology.
Animator: Leeds Animation Workshop UK, 13m0s
Getting Better In Hospital
For people with learning disabilities who need to go to hospital and for the NHS staff who care for them. Six stories about different people. All voices are actors with learning disabilities.
Bite of the Tail
Life is a constant struggle to find the right answer.
Walk on By
Walk On By is about me when I was homeless. It’s about the social exclusion I felt from people, their attitude towards me and how I felt I was perceived because I was homeless.
Zeinek Gehiago Iraun
A dangerous children’s game will disrupt the lives of Ander and his family forever.
The Living Things
A mutating cast of organisms dance, sing, bounce and explode in time to the song “The Living Things” by Spinto Band.
The New Guy
A dinosaur starts a new job, and struggles to fit in with his human colleagues.
The Duel
Evicted from his home our hero fights his way through the enemy hordes to unveil his masked nemesis and uncover the truth.
Forlorn
A sci-fi take on the tempest by Shakespeare. This short film explores the effects of slavery and colonisation from a slave’s point of view.
Emma
A young girl, called Emma, is trapped in a tower by her tormented father. She must use the power of her imagination to escape.
Animator & Director: Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet France, 2m10s
Animator & Director: Nicola Console Italy, 7m56s
Animator & Director: Sarah Jones UK, 2m03s
Animator & Director: Song E Kim USA, South Korea, 9m00s
Animator & Director: Paul Merritt UK, 1m36s
Animator: Imanol Zinkunegi, Jose Mari Morcillo, Somunga / Director: Gregorio Muro Spain, 11m55s Animator & Director: Phil Davis USA, 3m20s
Animator & Director: Darren Tate UK, 3m00s
Animator & Director: Namchild UK, 2m46s
Animator & Director: Wai Kin, Lam UK, 2m01s
Animator & Director: Matthew Lawes UK, 05m57s
19 When One Stops
The world won’t stop turning even when one stops turning with it.
Blue Petal
An emotional and inspiring interpretation of the beautiful soundtrack provided by Trilemma. A mirage of poetic imagery travel through a timeline in a beach landscape..
Bing “You Won’t Believe This”
Featuring Hermey sharing a video he finds on Bing’s video search of Santa and Mrs. Claus playing with copious amounts of bubble wrap. Yukon, Rudolph and Hermey stare speechless as Santa’s bubble wrap trousers pop for all the Internet to see.
Portiandia “Zero Rats”
Fred Rat, Carrie Rat and a third rat friend, John, plot their pillaging strategy of a zero packaging grocery store in this hilarious skit from Portlandia.
Brave New Old
Brave New Old is about trying to be creative and the implications that has in the modern world.
The Bill Bailey Animation
From Dusk 2 Dawn magazine presents an interview with Bill Bailey. A phone conversation between Bill Bailey and Dan Lamoon was recorded and obsessively listened to by a team of creatives in the midlands.
Gums
A vampire father and son encounter a lively surprise while hunting in the woods.
Democracy is to Choose
Democracy is to choose is an animated short film directed by Vid Rajin of Media Education Centre. It tells the story of a political, social and philosophical system gone wrong.
Velocity
I always thought I had a perfect memory. I wanted to show these drawings to you.
Silenziosa-Mente
Telling dreams and nightmares through a metaphor of vision by showing the shapes of the world unrealistically.
Lucky Day
Do not call it destiny. A meeting between two unusual characters. A man lost in the desert, a loneliness reaper with backache. An unlucky day, a stupid gesture, will kill a good person.
Tired of Swimming
An old man is torn between the memory of his dead wife, a fish in a jar and the reality of his lonely existence.
The Stranger Everybody Knew
The stranger everybody knew is a documentary into the sad life of Fred the Tramp, where “Facts” taken from the local people of Wolverhampton via interviews are touchingly analysed.
Animator & Director: Jenni Rahkonen Finland, 6m30s
Animator & Director: Jon Aldersea UK, 3m30s
Animator & Director: Jerold Howard, Joe Mello, Ken Lidster USA, 0m28s
Animator: Jen Prokopowicz Director: Rob Shaw USA, 3m00s
Animator & Director: Adam Wells UK, 9m30s
Animators: Dan Lamoon, Mair Perkins, Richie Phillips Directors: Dan Lamoon, Mair Perkins UK, 7m09s
Animators: Jacqui Davis, Lauren Dorling, Matt Garbutt / Director: Jacqui Davis UK, 1m30s
Animator & Director: Vid Rajin Serbia, 02m58s
Animator & Director: Karolina Glusiec UK, 6m00s
Animator & Director: Alessia Travaglini Italy, 5m06s
Animator & Director: Beatrice Ciampi Italy, 2m10s
Animator & Director: Anna Eijsbouts UK, 5m50s
Animator & Director: Thomas Massey UK, 1m57s
20 OPEN SHORTS 4 5.30PM – 7.30PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others There will be a 10 minute break halfway through the screening Rivere Autionnerre
An intense exercise of looking at a rock face shot near the waterfalls of River Autionnerre, on the north shore of the Lawrence river.
The Designer
The Designer is a lonely outsider devoted to his work constructing twin copies of his clients. He manages to lose his thoughts during his work, until one day there’s no more people to help.
The Money Tree
A Man and his dog discover a tree that grows money. The excited man grabs handfuls of the money and runs off to spend it, not knowing that nothing in life is free, even if it grows on trees.
Animator: Bridgette Foley UK, 3m45s
Inspiration
Inspiration tells the story of being in a dark place and moving to a musical fantasy world. It reflects my journey out of a deep depression that I was in for 10 years. I want the animation to inspire and help other people who are suffering from depression.
A Little Chat with God
A Little Chat with God is about the creation of life and the solar system
Cedric & Hope
Cedric’s life is just perfect. That is until his dim princess girlfriend Faith leaves him for the prospect of some battle hardened knights. Suddenly Cedric is thrust upon a journey that forces him to confront what he really wants.
Celebrare Questa Vita
The song and video represent the dark night of the soul that death can trigger. Symbolising the metaphoric rebirth and celebration of life along with all its joys and gifts. This piece is second in a series of motion painting animations by Jon Aldersea.
The Duel
Evicted from his home our hero fights his way through the enemy hordes to unveil his masked nemesis and uncover the truth.
Tender Clouds
A mother and daughter who care for poor people run into a spot of trouble on their rounds.
Putment
A selection of short films from the fortnightly series entitled Putment. Putment is a character who walks places with his trusty companion Briefcase and encounters weird and wonderful events every other week.
Instinct
A cute squirrel collects nuts for his lunch. But a nearby Fox has bigger appetites. Can the squirrel out run him?
Bing “Social Search”
In “Social Search” Hermey the Misfit Elf, Yukon Cornelius and Bumble turn to Bing’s travel search to find the perfect place for vacation. Avoiding the warm, sandy places of the tropics, the trio book an ice berg raft to the Island of Misfit Toys.
Animator: Pierre Hebert Canada, 2m20s
Animator & Director: Tessa Moult-Milewska Poland, 13m30s
Animators: May, Alex, Tom, Jon UK, 5m14s
Animator: James McDonnell UK, 2m53s
Animator: Pierce Davison Australia, 13m50s
Animator: Jon Aldersea UK, 5m00s
Animator: Namchild UK, 2m46s
Animator: Eoghan Dunne Ireland, 7m33s
Animator: EBD UK, 2m40s
Animator: Lauren Dorling UK, 2m19s
Animators: Jerold Howard, Joe Mello USA, 0m30s
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Interview with a Distraction
“What if a distraction was a real creature?” We discover in an interview what it’s like to be a distraction.
Fragmented
Fragmented is a mixed media animated documentary about bullying. It encounters various different bullying experiences that the animator has endured throughout her life. It shows the characters feelings, emotions and words literally happening.
Poppy
Poppy is 16. Uh-oh. Homework! Nagging parents! Boys! It’s all very hard. Watch just a day in her life and follow her between the strife of classroom politics, arguments at home and a university party that gets a little more out of control than Poppy originally anticipated.
Play Nice
Inuit’s Moe and Joe battle it out in a Science Experiment but things get out of hand.
Bendito Machine IV
An improbable hero embarks on a crude journey by land, sea and air-throughout all the attractions of a planet turned into a massive petrochemical park... and beyond.
Animator: Alex Amelines UK, 5m10s
Tootles
This non-verbal story takes place in blank canvas world where the main characters leave their mark. Literally. Upon meeting each other, an unexpected malady threatens to dampen their fun but the persistence of a good friend is often the best cure.
Kuhina
A child discovers life inside a dead bird and starts to play with it.
Depressure
This film represents the confrontation with the immensity of the unknown within the self. The self-overcoming. Exceed difficult situations and move along a path, steep at time with which we all ever come across.
Paul + Ich
A short reflection of childhood memories and the day two friends got separated by a tragedy.
Being Dead
A narrated mixed-media animation about where we came from and where we ultimately end up. Make the most of your life.
Animator: Patrick Fowler UK, 2m19s
Animator: Charlotte McCabe UK, 3m11s
Animator: Joshua Famaks UK, 5m31s
Animator: David Meigh Canada, 2m20s
Animator: Jossie Malis Spain, 9m51s
Finland, 7m18s
Animator: David Mourato Portugal, 7m05s
Animator: Hendrik Rost Germany, 3m40s
Animator: Richard Whillock UK, 2m22s
22 P.O.V - INSTALLATION BY OKO 6.30PM – 8PM @ The Shop Around the Corner Admission free The collective OKO work with the materiality of film and the performative aspects of its mechanical projection. For FLIP 2012, OKO presents an expanded cinema piece using looped 16mm film which explores the ways that we actively perceive experience and construct animated moving images. Frame, flicker, shutter; persistence of vision/ point of view.
CYRIAK HARRIS: WHAT IS IT, WHAT DOES IT DO AND HOW DOES IT DO IT? 8.15PM – 9.15PM @ Light House Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others Cyriak Harris is a freelance animator and frequenter of the comical B3ta forums. Harris is best known for his crazy everyday world style including dark zombie cats that assimilate the rest of cat run world, musings with geometry and genetic modification by creating enveloping worlds that fold in on themselves infinitely. His most recent works include a music video for internationally acclaimed Flying Lotus. In a rare display of social interaction Cyriak will be crawling forth from his hole of solitude and answering questions through the medium of PowerPoint slides and awkward mumblings, punctuated by occasional videos of weird animations.
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PERMUTATIONS AND INNOVATIONS 8.30PM – 9.35PM @ The Shop Around the Corner Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £4 all others Exploring how animators take something that exists, such as recorded conversations, found footage, or technological data, and breathe new life into it, this programme of experimental animated films features work from the last forty years. Including the Academy-Award winning collage animation, Frank Film, Remo Rauscher’s brilliant Google map mashup, Streets of the Invisibles, and Tim MacMillan’s documentary, Animal Tragic incorporating his distinctive time-splice style. (Please note that this is a repeat screening from 1:30PM).
THE PEOPLE VERSUS THE MACHINES 9.30PM – LATE @ Fixxion Warehouse Project Inclusive For Festival Ticket Holders / £6 all others Join us for the closing party for FLIP 2012 which will see digital artists and illustration artists battle at Fixxion Warehouse Project in Wolverhampton for an eclectic night of digitally-inspired visual art, set to a backdrop of electronic music. Artwork will be created as a response to the future of the relationship between humans and computers. Will human and machine fuse to form a race of superhuman cyborgs or will we be crushed under the weight of a robot uprising, whilst having a dance? The night will feature artwork from a range of local and nationally known artists, and music influenced by the interchange of visual elements from Silhouettes and a special guest DJ.
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FLIP 2012 VENUES: 1_ Light House The Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT 2_ The Shop Around The Corner Beat Foundry, 15 Princess Alley (off Berry Street), Wolverhampton, WV1 1HB
3_ Wolverhampton Art Gallery Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU 4_ St Peter’s Church Exchange St, Wolverhampton, WV1 1TS 5_ Wulfrun Shopping Centre Cleveland Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 3HH 6_ Fixxion Warehouse Project Skinner Street, Wolverhampton
FESTIVAL TICKET PRICES: Friday or Saturday day pass: £12 / £10 conc. Weekend pass (including Thursday night): £18 / £16 conc. Individual session pass: £4 / £6 as stated Light House Box Office: 01902 716055