Animation Avantgarde 01

DVD Mailorder  |  PAL 16:9  |  Dolby Digital  |  Region: free  |  77 min.  |  2011  |  English or German  |  Subtitles: English

This DVD shows Experimental Animation, Avant-garde film, Digital Media and all kind of hybrids

ANIMATION AVANTGARDE is a part of the international competition programmes at the film festival VIS Vienna Independent Shorts, which are programmatically connected to ASIFA Austria.ANIMATION AVANTGARDE presents contemporary audio-visual art:innovative animation, experimental film, digital media and all kinds of hybrid forms.ANIMATION AVANTGARDE wants to improve the dialogue between different positions and practices in art - from avantgarde to pop culture: from animation techniques based on drawings,, paintings and objects to 2D- and 3D computer animation, found footage, and many other experimental forms.Each year an international jury selects the best work for the ASIFA AUSTRIA AWARD.This DVD gathers a selection of outstanding videos and films from the ANIMATION AVANTGARDE competition programmes from 2010 and 2011, and wants to carry these films out to a wider audience. We would like to specially thank all the filmmakers – for their inspiration and their courage for experiments: To be continued! 

   

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ANIMAtION AVANTGARDE was initiated by Thomas Renoldner, developed together with Daniel Ebner and Wiktoria Pelzer, and curated by them during the years 2010 and 2011. ANIMATION AVANTGARDE is a cooperative project of ASIFA Austria and VIS -  Vienna Independent Shorts Filmfestival. 

I think it is of international importance that the ANIMATION AVANTGARDE program exists with such a strong and clear programming bias. This is not usual. Fortunately, there are now a number of festivals that give a fair share to "avantgarde", or "experimental" or "non-narrative" animation., but I don't think there is any other that specializes in "non-main stream animation" like ANIMATION AVANTGARDE at VIS does. (...)I see it as very positive that the ANIMATION AVANTGARDE programs are part of a wider short film festival where eyperimental film making seems to have a fair share. This is a personal dada but I never see it as positive when animation tries to remain enclosed in a world of its own. It inevitably leads to compromises with mainstream animation and with the tyranny of comedy and laughter. I think it is much better when it reaches across boundaries and especially when it keeps a creative connection with non-animation experimental and creative film-making as with the various contemporary practices in the visual arts.Pierre Hébert, Montréal, June 2011 

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Animation Avantgarde 01 was added to our catalog on Tuesday 10 July, 2012.