TASKFind examples of animation that challenge the role of the audience. Reflect on how the audience have been included in the performance or presentation of the animation, and how this challenges ideas of audience, participation, cinema or animation. Tip: Writing a gallery proposalWhen working with galleries, whether you are making work to be shown inside […]

TASKDo some research to identify three different examples of showing work using the internet or mobile platforms or setting up animations as an installation outside of gallery or cinema spaces. Reflect on how these approaches engages an audience that might be different to conventional approaches to art or cinema. As a starting point, look at:● […]

TASKReview photographic and other documentation of animations that have beenincluded in gallery installations. Make notes on how the artist has chosen toinstall their work, thinking about the format, frame, atmosphere, and audience.Think about the practical issues of these installations in terms of the equipmentand other objects that were needed, and the duration of the screenings.Compare […]

TASK: Choose three different films or video with animated content that you have seen recently: one in the cinema and another on a phone, laptop or tablet.● Write about the difference between these three viewing experiences.● Do you think the scale of the screen affected how you understood the film and your ability to concentrate?● […]

TASKSearch online for other examples of using phénakistoscopes, optical devices, flipbooks or Arduino or Raspberry Pi software.You can watch footage of T. McLean’s optical illusions or magic panorama (1833) by performing a quick google search.Find and name a range of optical toys and devices either from the 19th and 20th century, or later if you […]