Stop Motion Animism

Hideharu Fukasaku Gallery & Museum (Fei Art Museum Yokohama)

Finished

Artists

Yuichi Ito, Toshikazu Ishii, Iku Ogawa et al.

Stop motion animation, better known around the world through techniques such as Claymation or puppet animation, is one domain of the animation field, where movement is re-created by shooting frame after frame of subjects moved between each shot. In Japan, this as “frame by frame” (komadori) cinema, but by reconsidering this field through the “stop motion animation” title and point of view, this exhibition planned by animation director and instructor Yuichi Ito promotes “stop motion animism” as a creative behavior aiming to “breathe life into inanimate objects,” a human fascination toward animism long predating the history of cinema. The exhibition features works by graduate students from the Stop Motion Animation course at the Animation Department, Graduate School of Film and New Media of Tokyo University of the Arts.

Schedule

Mar 4 (Sun) 2018-Mar 19 (Mon) 2018