a special screening and public talk first curated for the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2024
Threads and Fibres: Animating Textiles
“>“>Threads and Fibres: Animating Textiles is a curated programme of 8 animated films by Canadian and international artists, who have embraced textiles in various forms as vibrant collaborators. From the soft and pliable qualities of fabric to techniques like embroidery and quilting, textiles have inspired animators for over a century. Working with materials like cotton, wool, and polyester, artists featured in this special screening embrace textiles as a layered and tactile medium. Their films use fabric to fashion textured worlds, animate compositions inspired by textile patterns, and explore the cultural politics of clothing. The hour-long programme lineup includes the following films:–>
• Color Cry (1953) Len Lye, 4 min, USA/NZ
• House of Flames (1979), Kihachiro Kawamoto, 19 min, Japan
• Oh Willy… (2012), Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, 17 min, Belgium
• Clothes (1988), Osbert Parker, 3 min, UK
• The Stitches Speak (2010), Nina Sabnani, 12 min, India
• seeing her (2020), Lindsay McIntyre, 3:30 min, Canada
• Mom’s Clothes (2018), Jordan Wong, 5:30 min, USA
• Emancipath (2017), Studio ZEITGUISED, 1 min, Germany
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still frames from: Oh Willy… (2012), Mom’s Clothes (2018), House of Flames (1979)
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still frames from: Oh Willy… (2012), Mom’s Clothes (2018), House of Flames (1979),
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still frames from: Oh Willy… (2012), Mom’s Clothes (2018), House of Flames (1979),
Following last year’s enthusiastic reception of the programme dedicated to animating ink, this year’s screening turns to animating fabric. Gadassik was eager to bring together animation artists, critics, fans, textile enthusiasts, and secret knitters! The event was introduced with a short talk and followed by audience discussion.
“Dots, Lines, Washes: Animating Ink”
Curatorial essay published in OIAF 2023 festival book.
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