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Author: Maggie Guo

Chunning (Maggie) Guo teaches New Media Art and Animation in the School of Fine Arts at Renmin University of China. In 2014, she was a visiting artist to the Master of Arts program in Character Animation at Central Saint Martins of the University of the Arts, London and she was also a resident artist at Centre Intermondes of La Rochelle in France. She holds a Master’s Degree in Digital Media Design from China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Recently she has been conducting research for her PhD paper, The Experiments and Critics of Independent Animation. Recently, she was invited to present her paper in Animafest Scanner II 2015 in Zagreb of Croatia, and International Animated Film Conference in Poland, as well as 2015 BFX Conference in Bournemouth and APES 2015 in Newcastle of the UK. From 2011 to 2012, she worked as a visiting scholar at Vancouver Film School. In addition, she visited and gave a workshop at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in 2013. She is the author of two books: Thinking Communication (Renmin University Publishing) and Digital Media Contextual Studies (China Machine Press). Her animated artwork has been exhibited and collected internationally by galleries and festivals including the White Rabbit Art Gallery in Australia, World Design Conference for Icograda IDA in Beijing, the L’abbaye de Fontevraud in France, and P.O.R.T’s opening presented by Kan-Kan Media and KoKi Freiburg in Germany. She was the recipient of the Jury Award at the 11th annual Chinese Independent Film Festival in China, as well as NETPAC Award in 2015 Busan International Short Film Festival of South Korea. Her collaborative work Ketchup was selected for several International Festivals, including the Stuttgart International Animation Festival, FANTOCHE International Animation Festival, Anima Mundi International Animation Festival, World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, A Long Week of Short Films Festival in Shanghai. Chunning Guo's email guoteacher@sina.com

22 Apr

SAS Symposium 2018: Animation and Philosophy

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News, Conferences

An academic symposium at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and FMX 2018 in collaboration with the Society of Animation Studies, the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University Singapore, the Institute of Media Studies at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, the AG Animation and the Literaturhaus Stuttgart. Due to the high number of quality submissions...

21 Apr

The 25th Anniversary of International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News, Events

The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) celebrates its 25th anniversary edition! Founded in 1982, the ITFS has evolved into one of the world’s leading events for animated film. The Festival presents a full, up-to-date spectrum of animated filmmaking and its intersections with visual effects, architecture, art, design, music and games. The ITFS offers a platform to director...

18 Apr

COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM TO PRESENT “THE SENSES: DESIGN BEYOND VISION”

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News, Events

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present “The Senses: Design Beyond Vision” exhibition, on view April 13 through Oct. 28, which examines how multisensory design amplifies everyone’s ability to receive information, explore the world, satisfy essential needs and experience joy and wonder. “The Senses” features direct sensory experiences and displays practical, innovative and e...

15 Mar

Call for papers： ANIMATION AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM 2018 (APES 18)

Posted by Maggie Guo in Animation News, Conferences, Events

APES 18 invites ground-breaking research on a plethora of areas associated to animation practice and public engagement, to offer an alternative view of the capabilities of animation and to identify new terrains in the connection of animation and the engaged public. APES 18 follows on from previous year’s highly successful symposium and this year will be taking place on Tuesday 22nd May 201...