[KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative

Tue Apr 17 03:19:58 EDT 2018

Dear Jasper,

thank you again!
I wasn't aware of this book, and will have a look for sure. Gathering  
any relevant links/narratives/data essential at this point.

Have a good day and all the best,
verina

Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan  
<kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>:

> The only book-length work on Japanese experimental/independent/art  
> animation that I am aware of is Chris Robinson's Japanese Animation:  
> Time Out of Mind (2010), which is less a scholarly study than a  
> personal and poetic meditation on the works of Wada, Mirai and their  
> precursors. It's not big on facts and theories, but the writing  
> style fits the subject pretty well, I think.
>
>
> Jasper
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> [cid:52f395ad-238d-48ea-b6a4-c09ce3e7c4c1]
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> Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film  
> Festival<http://www.day-for-night.org/aperture/> is a new UK-wide  
> film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and  
> launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most  
> striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between.
>
>
> The Creeping Garden<http://www.creepinggarden.com/> - A Real-Life  
> Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work  
> With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp.
> Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow  
> Films<https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-creeping-garden-dual-format/FCD1435>.
> The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial  
> Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia  
> Publishing<http://www.alchimiapublishing.com/creeping-garden/>.
> "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself",  
> Nicolas Rapold, The New York  
> Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/movies/review-the-creeping-garden-on-the-wonders-of-the-slime-mold.html>.
> "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood  
> Reporter<https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/creeping-garden-fantasia-review-724416>.
> "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The  
> Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/creeping-garden-review-slime-mould-film>.
>
> ________________________________
> From: KineJapan <kinejapan-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of  
> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan  
> <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>
> Sent: 12 April 2018 18:31:41
> To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum
> Subject: Re: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative
>
> Hi Verina!
>
> I have a chapter in the forthcoming Routledge Handbook of Japanese  
> Cinema that deals a bit with abstract Japanese animation. I haven’t  
> heard a release date yet but I expect it will be out sometime later  
> this year.
>
> Outside of a small amount of online coverage (including Jasper’s  
> interview and some of Cathy Munroe Hotes’ blog), there isn’t a lot  
> out there in English I know of. For thinking about abstract  
> animation more broadly I’ve found it helpful to look at work on  
> people like Oskar Fischinger and Len Lye, and visual music in  
> general. When teaching abstract animation in class I usually assign  
> Vivian Sobchack’s essay on “The Line and the Animorph.” There is  
> also some crossover with the more abstract end of experimental film  
> and digital media art.
>
> Best,
> Paul
>
> ----------
> Paul Roquet
> Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>
>
>
> On April 12, 2018 at 12:13:42 PM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum  
> via KineJapan  
> (kinejapan at lists.osu.edu<mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>) wrote:
>
> Dear Jasper,
>
> Super! many thanks. Any more potential references or links definitely
> appreciated.
>
> All my best,
> Verina
>
>
> Quoting Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan
> <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu<mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>>:
>
>> I'm not so sure this will help, as he doesn't directly address the
>> subject, but here's an interview I did with Mirai Mizue for the BFI
>> website about 3-4 years back which serves as a good primer for his
>> work.
>>
>>
>> http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/interviews/free-anime-mizue-mirai-wizard-blobs-blocks
>>
>>
>> all the best,
>>
>>
>> Jasper
>>
>>
>>
>> [cid:d5d25fe8-8ee3-4fb2-a6ac-5165acd6a282]
>>
>>
>> Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film
>> Festival<http://www.day-for-night.org/aperture/> is a new UK-wide
>> film festival co-founded by Sonali Joshi and Jasper Sharp and
>> launching Spring/Summer 2018 devoted to the boldest and most
>> striking movies from Azerbaijan to Vanuatu and everything in between.
>>
>>
>> The Creeping Garden<http://www.creepinggarden.com/> - A Real-Life
>> Science-Fiction Story about Slime Moulds and the People Who Work
>> With them, directed by Tim Grabham and Jasper Sharp.
>> Available now on Dual-Format Blu-ray/DVD from Arrow
>> Films<https://arrowfilms.com/product-detail/the-creeping-garden-dual-format/FCD1435>.
>> The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial
>> Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia
>> Publishing<http://www.alchimiapublishing.com/creeping-garden/>.
>> "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself",
>> Nicolas Rapold, The New York
>> Times<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/movies/review-the-creeping-garden-on-the-wonders-of-the-slime-mold.html>.
>> "An out-of-left-field nerdy delight", John DeFore, Hollywood
>> Reporter<https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/creeping-garden-fantasia-review-724416>.
>> "Strange, eccentric, diverting", Peter Bradshaw, The
>> Guardian<https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/09/creeping-garden-review-slime-mould-film>.
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: KineJapan  
>> <kinejapan-bounces at lists.osu.edu<mailto:kinejapan-bounces at lists.osu.edu>>  
>> on behalf of
>> Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan
>> <kinejapan at lists.osu.edu<mailto:kinejapan at lists.osu.edu>>
>> Sent: 11 April 2018 18:53:35
>> To: Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum
>> Subject: [KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative
>>
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I am writing with a bibliographic question, hope some of you may be
>> able to help/recommend.
>>
>> Can anyone recommend any essential - interesting (past and present)
>> writing on meaning and narrative in Abstract Animation/abstract
>> moving image; especially in and from within the East Asian context,
>> but also beyond.
>> Translated into English,due to lack of Asian language on my side.
>>
>> Most grateful for any reference or at least hint. Perhaps some of
>> your own writing ...
>>
>>
>> thank you and looking forward to hearing from you guys,
>>
>> Verina
>>
>>
>> Dr Verina Gfader
>> artist and researcher
>> Animate Assembly<http://art.gold.ac.uk/animate/>
>> Cloud Chamber<http://www.antipyrine.dk/product/verina-gfader-cloud-chamber>
>
>
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