A place to explore the materials that shaped animation.
A curated media catalogue dedicated to animation’s material sensibility. A workshop space that embraces materials as animate, creative collaborators.
More About the Project-
Exhibition: “Interlaced: Animation and Textiles”
Event DetailsThe first major exhibition dedicated to the reciprocal relationship between animation and textile art.
Material Exploration
How did these materials shape the industrial, cultural, and artistic history of animation? Each profile offers an in-depth look into the science and art of a key material in animation history.
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Graphite
A lightweight, versatile, and erasable material, graphite is the ultimate medium of the work-in-progress. Although graphite has been essential to planning, sketching, and note-taking for centuries, it is often dismissed and overlooked due to its impermanence.
Media Catalogue
How does animation activate the dynamic and sensory qualities of different materials? Our curated media catalogue highlights films and multimedia works that have compelling material sensibilities.
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12m 0s
2010
IndiaTanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak)
Nina Sabnani
Through textile and digital appliqué, this animated documentary maps the stories of Kutch embroidery artisans finding their footing across histories of displacement and disaster.
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13m 18s
2011
JapanWritings Fly Away
Ryo Orikasa
This animated translation of an Oscar Wilde story uses charcoal drawing and erasure to explore the graphic qualities of written and spoken language.
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5m 30s
2018
USAMom’s Clothes
Jordan Wong
This replacement animation of a personal fabric archive reflects on the proverbial queer closet.
Workshop Activities
How can animation become a dynamic and tactile process of researching materials in action? Our workshop activities include special events, artists interviews, and experiments with materials-based animation.
Get in Touch
We are eager to hear from visitors to our virtual workshop space. Send us a note. Make suggestions and film recommendations. Propose collaborations with artists, scholars, and researchers from any discipline interested in the animacy of materials.
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