The Third Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale, a three-month cross-regional art event showcasing videos and talks, will open at C2 in OCT-LOFT on Friday. With “Time Based, Non-Places” as this year’s theme, the biennale seeks to address the time-based experience of spatial presentation. By gathering projects from internationally renowned artists, the biennale has compiled a global collection of digital images. Through consolidating films, videos and animations into a specific spatial experience, this can be seen as an extension of traditional media based on new media. Curated by Li Zhenhua, this year’s biennale consists of five sections: “Animation in Space,” “Special Screening,” “Live Animation,” “Nominated New Works,” “Talk & Symposium.”Animation in Space
Animation works created by artists from China, the United States, Germany, Italy, Australia, Britain and Switzerland are on display.
Opening: 4:30 p.m., Dec. 2
Exhibition dates: Dec. 2-March 2
Artists: Aaajiao, Angela Washko, Catherine Biocca, David O’Reilly, Ed Fornieles, Hu Weiyi, Jeffrey Shaw, Liu Yi, Lu Yang, Pat O’Neill, Sun Xun, Yves Netzhammer, Bernd Schurer
Venue: C2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区C2)
Metro: Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A
Special Screening
Qiu Anxiong’s “New Book of Mountains and Seas (Part 3)” uses inkwash and ancient Chinese myths as the narrative form to describe the modern world as well as the various issues on the question of modern civilization. “Best of Fantoche 2016” presents the winning films from two film competitions.
Speakers: Li Zhenhua, Qiu Anxiong, Annette Schindler
Time: 8-8:30 p.m., Dec. 2
Premiere of “New Book of Mountains and Seas (Part 3)”
Time: 8:30-8:40 p.m., Dec. 2
Best of Fantoche 2016
Time: 8:40-9:30 p.m., Dec. 2
Venue: Outside of C2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区C2展厅户外)
Metro: Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A
Special Screening
Artists & institutes: Cao Fei, Zhou Xiaohu, Tian Xiaolei, Miao Xiaochun, Lei Lei, Ding Shiwei, One Minute Film Festival, Le Fresnoy, Videotage, MAN Museum, Modern Sky
Dates: Dec. 3-5
Venue: Artron Art Center, 19 Shenyun Road, Nanshan District (南山区深云路19号雅昌深圳艺术中心)
Metro: Line 2, Qiaocheng North Station (侨城北站), Exit D
Live Animation
Combining animation with music creates a unique dimension to art and they form a dynamism that positively feeds one into the other. This field is filled with many talented individuals and emphasizes on-site interaction with the audience, starting with digital mediums, physical objects, lighting while integrating seamlessly with music.
Time: 4:10-5:10 p.m., Dec. 4
Venue: Artron Art Center, 19 Shenyun Road, Nanshan District (南山区深云路19号雅昌深圳艺术中心)
Metro: Line 2, Qiaocheng North Station (侨城北站), Exit D
Talk & Symposium
“Talk & Symposium” is a forum for artists, curators and groups to discuss specific issues related to animation. It strives to initiate in-depth discussions to discover independent spirits.
Topic: Games, Animation & Feminism
Speakers: Angela Washko, Liu Yi, Zhang Moying
Time: 2:30-3 p.m., Dec. 3
Topic: New Ink Animation
Speakers: Qiu Anxiong, Ye Linghan, Sun Xun, Ding Shiwei
Time: 3:20-3:50 p.m., Dec. 3
Topic: Animation & Creative Industries
Speakers: Lu Shengzhang, David O’Reilly
Time: 4:10-4:40 p.m., Dec. 3
Topic: Extended Animation
Speakers: Siegfried Zielinski, Annette Schindler
Time: 5-5:30 p.m., Dec. 3
Venue: C2, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区C2)
Metro: Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A
Nominated New Works
Animated works produced since 2015 by artists who were born in or after 1990 can be submitted directly to the biennale. All submissions will be evaluated by the organizing committee (made up of jury members, curators and advisors) and selected works will be screened on the closing day of the biennale.
Exhibition date: March 2, 2017
Venue: A3+, North Area, OCT-LOFT, Nanshan District (南山区华侨城创意文化园北区A3+)
Metro: Line 1, Qiaocheng East Station (侨城东站), Exit A
GIF-ing
As the online project of the biennale, the “GIF-ing” section was curated by Liao Wenfeng and examines the features of GIF as a medium and its relationship with image mediums from the pre-film era before 1895. By showing individual artists’ continued use of this medium, this project will demonstrate and explore the possibilities of this medium. It will also discuss the means of proliferation for GIFs apart from the Internet as well as how GIF finds its way into our public spaces, everyday life and artistic contexts through other ways of materialization.
Artists: Anthony Antonellis, Carl Burton, Dina Kelberman, Erdal Inci, Faith Holland, James Kerr, John Karel, Liao Wenfeng, Liu Min, Manuel Fernandez, Michael Green, Rollin Leonard, Thoka Maer, Wu Junyong, Zack Dougherty
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