Collaborative animation: possible solutions to animation production in low income economy countries like Brazil

It is well known that the technological competition and the difficulty of getting into the international exhibition market are the main difficulties that affect the production of animation movies and series in low income economy countries like Brazil. And it is hard to believe that this situation can be reverted by repeating the same production models developed by the Hollywood Cinema majors. Animation producers in these countries must seek truly viable and innovative alternatives... Read More

Unruled audiences, rogue curators: the case of Cine Falcatrua and the CortaCurtas film festival

Poster by Gabriel Menotti Abstract Media piracy play a big role in the configuration of the cultural scene of emergent countries such as Brazil, being one of the most intense points of contact between the local creative communities and global markets. Their effects are inevitably felt in national cultural institutions such as contemporary art museums and galleries on three different levels: a) in the work of artists that use these unauthorized circuits as a source of material... Read More

Babel Fiche: animating the archive

Abstract This short paper will present Babel Fiche, a participatory residency by artist Dave Griffiths (Manchester, UK), commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella (London, UK) and launching in early March 2011. Extending over 9 months, this artwork aims to form collaborative relationships within a globally distributed community of film practitioners. It aims to test the possibilities of open source production in the context of artists’ film and video, by attempting to plan and... Read More

Remix as method: reconstructing western visual discourse on the 2009 Iranian post-election crisis

Abstracts The 2009 post-election crisis in Iran positioned Iranian unrest on YouTube, Flickr, Twitter and innumerable blogs, as well as front pages, newscasts, and talk shows across the world, spurring both intense debate about the new genre of ‘snapshot’ citizen documentary and many attempts to influence the power struggle between Iranian authorities and the ‘green’ dissident movement. The combination of tight control of traditional media outlets’ access to the crisis,... Read More