This class will introduce you to the basics of animation using cut-outs and experimental techniques. This is a "hands on" class where students will create their own short film while learning animation and the program FrameThief. Students will be encouraged to experiment with materials, subject matter and storytelling. Finished work will be screened at the end.
When working with physical interaction and using sensor based or camera based interaction, one is confronted with the many possibilities of handling and mapping the incoming information to sound or image generation. One way to extract complex components from sensor devices is to do high level analysis such as pattern recognition . In this session we will have an overview of the FTM library. FTM is a set of Max externals developed at the IRCAM that eases the handling of complex data structures in the max/MSP environment. We will specially focus on the MnM package included in the library, and have hands-on experiments with included abstraction MnMfollower, which allow us to do real time gesture following when used in combination with sensors, camera analysis, or a wiimote. We will look at the combination between the hardware iXKa developed by conic tetra, a wireless -accelerometer based- motion sensor, and the gesture follower to control sound that will be following our movements, but you are welcome to bring your own sensors, wiimote or other tracking device which you are familiar with.
Alain Baumann is a Barcelona based French composer and musician who has included real time sound interaction in his work using sensor based devices since the late 80s. He has been collaborating with Rosa Sanchez in the Konic thtr since 1992 and together they have created stage pieces and installation works based on interactive audiovisuals that have been seen in Europe, South America and Africa. Alain has been using Max/ MSP as his main tool to develop the creative works of Konic thtr, and working with dancers to interact both with sound and image in real time on stage. As an important part of their activity, Konic thtr is actively contributing to the dissemination of their knowledge, both by teaching in the Ramon Llull University in Barcelona and by giving workshops in many countries of Europe and Central and South America, workshops in which the emphasis is the development of creative languages based on interactive technologies.
Animation Basics
Laurie O'Brien
Tuesdays, Oct 5, 12, 19 and 26
6:30 to 9:30
$430/$490
This class will introduce you to the basics of animation using cut-outs and experimental techniques. This is a "hand on" class where students will create their own short film while learning animation and the program FrameThief. Students will be encouraged to experiment with materials, subject matter and storytelling. Finished work will be screened at the end.
Laurie O’Brien is an animator and a performer. She received her MFA from CalArts where she specialized in integrating animation with live performance and puppetery. She received the 2008 Princess Grace Award and is a resident of the Puppet Lab at St. Ann’s Warehouse where she will perform “The Collector of Lies” at the Labapalooza Festival this June.
Her film “Arithmetic” is on tour with the “Stop and Go Festival” and has been screened at dozens of galleries such as Jack Straw Foundation in Seattle, Three Walls in Chicago, OT301 in Amsterdam, and General Public in Berlin.
She has taught animation classes through Brooklyn College, the Museum of Moving Image and Intercity Arts in Los Angeles and Fort Mason Art Campus in San Francisco.
