![]() Moving images and multimedia presentations are major forms of mass communication in our culture. It is possible that in the coming years we will see animation used as an expressive medium by individuals in the same way that painting, music, and writing have always been studied and practiced. This shift makes production acces- sible to many more people-an opportunity to make animation a more widely practiced and appreciated art. But as a result of developments in digital video and personal computing, it is now possible and prac- tical to make animation with the aid of home computers. In the past, most animation was shot on film, which made it difficult for the average person to make animation without investing in specialized equipment and film training. William Kentridge is a South African artist whose animated films grew out of an interest in recording the process of drawing. Kathy Rose is a dancer and performance artist who began animating as a way to explore her interests in both drawing and movement. Pioneer animator Alexander Alexeieff invented the pinscreen in order to emulate his earlier work as an engraver and book illustrator. Ladislas Starewich, considered the father of puppet animation, came to animation from an interest in entomology. The magic of bringing the inanimate to life has attracted people from many different back- grounds and interests to this medium. ![]() It is a wonderfully flexible and eclectic art form that combines qualities of cinema, literature, the visual arts, theater, and dance. ![]() Christine Panushka How do you think of animation? Is it funny? Serious? Entertaining? Educational? Poetic? Does it involve drawing? Sculpting? Dancing? Singing? Acting? Does animation have any- thing to do with the Thirty Years’ War? Dostoevsky? Abandoned insane asylums? Opera? UNICEF? Animation is all of these and more. ![]()
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