Docente
Lea Vidakovic

Resume

Lea Vidakovic is a multimedia artist, educator and researcher, working in the field of animated installations, expanded media practices and traditional puppet animation. She holds a BA/MA as graphic artist and painter (Academy of Arts, Zagreb); BA in animation (Norway); MA of audio-visual arts (KASK, Belgium) and a PhD in animation studies (NTU/ADM Singapore). Her research interests include fragmented narratives and new storytelling approaches for animated installations and expanded cinema, but also materiality, and contemporary takes on traditional puppet animation technique. She has exhibited internationally on numerous solo and group exhibitions, on more than 300 animation festivals, and is a winner of several art and film awards. Her last film "The Family Portrait" was qualified for Oscars. She took part in several art residencies, conferences and animation festivals as a selector and jury member. Since 2021 she is an assistant professor at Lusofona university where she teaches puppet making, puppet animation, photography for animation and scriptwriting.

Graus

• Doktor (PhD)
  PhD in Animation studies
• Master
  MA in audio-visual arts
• Bachelor
  BA in Animation
• Bachelor
  Graphic art and painting
• Bachelor
  Animation (Glamorgan Univeristy)
• Magister
  Art installation and performance

Publicações

Journal article

• 2021-12-17, Fragmented Narratives: Exploring Storytelling approaches for Animation in Spatial Context, International Journal of Film and Media Arts
• 2021, Fragmented narratives : exploring storytelling approaches for animation in spatial context

Book chapter

• 2025, Lea (1983), Subotica, Lepota je u svemu: Životne price savremenih vizuelnih umetnica Subotice , Futura Publikacije
• 2025, Handwoven tales in a contemporary context: the transformation and transposition of traditional puppet animation technique to environments beyond the screen, The 21st Century film, TV and media school: Twenty-first Century animation - Education, Innovation and Aesthetics, 4, CILECT

Conference paper

• Narrative aspects of animated installations, Japan Society for Animation Studies 25th Anniversary Conference
• Exploring and re-articulating visual storytelling for animation in spatial context: The Family Portrait animated installation, 34th Annual Conference of Society for Animation Studies
• Emerging interactive narrative techniques, 4th Filmeu Summit
• A role for animation: enhancing well-being in Paediatric Healthcare environments, 36th Society for Animation Studies Conference 2025
• 2025-06-24, RE:ANIMA

Conference abstract

• 2025-06-16, “A role for Animation: Enhancing Well-being in Paediatric Healthcare Environments”, 36th Annual conference of Society for animation studies,
• 2022-06-07, Animated installations in hospital environment: applied animation in the service of healthcare, Animafest Scanner IX - Symposium for Contemporary Animation Studies
• 2022-05-26, On gaps and silences: sound experiments in multi-screen animated installations, Sound and Screen Conference 2022
• 2019-06, Handwoven tales in contemporary context: the transformation and transposition of traditional animation techniques to environments beyond the screen, 31st Society for Animation Studies Conference

Other output

• 2023-05-01, The Family Portrait (animated short film), Animated short film produced by Adriatic Animation (Croatia), Vivement Lundi! (France), Biberche Productions (Serbia)
• 2014-08, The Vast Landscape - Porcelain Stories, Animated short film. Produced by Adriatic Animation (Croatia)
• 2012-06, Sisters, Animated short film and animated installation for a gallery. Produced during MA of audio visual arts, KASK - Royal Academy of Arts, Ghent, Belgium
• 2010-06, Crossed Sild, Animated short film co-directed with Ivana Bosnjak Produced during BA of animation, HVO, Norway