Report about the 13th Annual SAS ConferenceMontreal, Canada, 22 - 25 October 2001 "Animation, Economics and Politics" The participants to the 13th Conference of the Society for Animation Studies were greeted in Montréal by a beautiful, crisp fall day, when one could enjoy the rich colors of the maple tree across from our accommodations, the Hotel Maritime Plaza. Although there was intermittent ra...
14th SAS Conference 2002
Report about the 14th Society for Animation Studies Conference, September 2002, Glendale, USA As individuals we are a single image but together we are a movement All too often animation is addressed in the media only in regard to popular children's media or to realistic feature film special effects, but the range, scope, and impact of animation is much greater than that. We are entering an era whe...
ARC Animated ”Worlds” Conference, Farnham, UK 2003
Report about the "Animated 'Worlds' Conference", Farnham, England, July 2003Theories on Real Phantasies The Animated 'Worlds' Conference, organised by the Animation Research Centre (ARC) in the more than comfortable and picturesque Farnham Castle (UK) in July 2003, was already half a success before the first key-note speech actually was pronounced. Director of the ARC, Suzanne Buchan, managed to p...
15th SAS Conference 2004
15th Society for Animation Studies Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IllinoisSeptember 30 - October 3, 2004 Marking its 17th anniversary, the Society For Animation Studies held its 15th international conference on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, hosted in part by the Unit for Cinema Studies.Drawing historians and scholars from around the globe, the conference will focused...