Class Hybrid Spaces

This course module offers a theoretical and practical exploration of animation as a broad artistic field, extending beyond the conventional boundaries of the screen, narrative or the linearity of the script. The course takes as its starting point an expanded approach to animation as an artistic practice situated at the intersection of cinema, contemporary art, installation and exhibition space, with a view to exploring the critical potential of animation as a conceptual, material and relational device. The course unit approaches animation not merely as a technique for producing moving images, but as a means of activating relationships between image, body, object, sound, space and audience. In this sense, it focuses directly on the transformation of space through image and sound, creating an experience of direct interaction between the viewer and the space.

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1. Genealogies of expanded animation 2. Matter, object and agency 3. Drawing and palimpsest 4. Disruption, fragmentation, repetition and loops in animation: image and sound 5. Documentary animation: found footage and documentary fiction 6. Animation, performance and the body 7. Audiovisual installation: space, projection, spectator 8. Animation and interactive environments: artificial intelligence, augmented reality and responsive installations 9. Final project

The classes are organised around four main methodologies: 1. Historical and conceptual framework - Presentation of key references from the history of animation, experimental cinema, contemporary art, expanded cinema, installation, performance, video art, music videos and media art. 2. Viewing and critical analysis - Analysis of films, installations, multi-channel works, performances and other projects representative of expanded animation. The discussion will focus on historical context, technique, medium, spatiality, sound, the relationship with the viewer and critical inquiry. 3. Experimental exercises - Exercises in animation, composition and spatial projection. 4. Project development - Supervision of the final project, including concept definition, reference research, sketches, technical tests, model-making, assembly, organisation of documentation and critical presentation.

Beckman, Karen (ed.). Animating Film Theory. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014. Bishop, Claire. Installation Art: A Critical History. London: Tate Publishing, 2005. Bourriaud, Nicolas. Esthétique relationnelle. Dijon: Les Presses du réel, 1998. Buchan, Suzanne. Pervasive Animation. New York/London: Routledge, 2013. Douglas, Stan, and Christopher Eamon (eds.). Art of Projection. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009. Elwes, Catherine. Installation and the Moving Image. London: Wallflower Press, 2015. Gehman, Chris, and Steve Reinke (eds.). The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema. Toronto: YYZ Books / Ottawa International Animation Festival / Images Festival, 2005. Hagler, Jürgen, Michael Lankes, and Alexander Wilhelm (eds.). Expanded Animation: Mapping an Unlimited Landscape. Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2019. Hamlyn, Nicky, and Vicky Smith (eds.). Experimental and Expanded Animation: New Perspectives and Practices. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.