ORGANIZED BY SAS' SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP ANIMATION PaR This is a call for papers about Animation practice as research. We are planning a one-day symposium next Easter on this subject, and invite abstracts to both be presented at the symposium and also be published in a special edition of Animation: Practice, Process and Production (Intellect Press). The symposium is being organized at the Manches...
Interdisciplinary symposium at St Mary’s University: Beasts of the Sky: Strange Sightings in the Stratosphere
Taking place in the drawing room of Horace Walpole’s Gothic mansion in Strawberry Hill, this symposium will discuss the sky as space, as well as the creatures associated with it, whether monstrous or mundane, in popular culture. The sky is a privileged locale in popular genres, from science fiction, horror and dystopian film; in animation as well as live action; to natural history programming on...
Call for Imagination from 2018 SIGGRAPH Asia
Contest: Your Imagination, Our RealitySIGGRAPH Asia is now 11 years old! We would like to do a special call for submission: “Call for Imagination”. SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 is calling out to all artists, designers and friends of SIGGRAPH Asia! Submit your most imaginative character to us and you could have your masterpiece transformed into a three-dimensional, huggable, one-of-a-kind SIGGRAPH Asia...
Under the Radar 2018: The 8th International Festival & Symposium in Vienna
The 8th international festival & symposium is again taking place in Vienna, Austria. Our emphasis is on the intersection of animation, experimental media, art, exploratory filmmaking and digital culture. This event is combining the inspiring opportunities of an academic conference with the possibilities of a film festival. Since 2011, Under the Radar has been focused on transcending concept...