[KineJapan] question abstract animation and meaning/narrative

[Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan]

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

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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) 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>:

> 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]
>
>
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>
>
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> The book, The Creeping Garden: Irrational Encounters with Plasmodial
> Slime Moulds is out now from Alchimia
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> "A surprising investigation of perception, thought and life itself",
> Nicolas Rapold, The New York
> Times<
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> "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>.

>
> ________________________________
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> <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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