17.04.2012
LUX, 18 Shacklewell Lane, London E8 2EZ

Six weeks, each Wednesday night
18 April to 23 May 2012


Course fees are £85/£65 concessions
To book your place, email edwin@animateprojects.org
7-9pm

Locating the history of animation as the history of the twentieth century, the course loosely refers in its structure to revolutions in thought, namely Freud and the world of the interior; splitting the atom; man in space and the shock of the without; and the information age and the rise of the machine. Beyond a structural conceit, this prompts an interdisciplinary understanding of animation, which sites it as much as a cultural phenomenon as an artistic practice.

Each seminar will include extensive reference to films from the Animate Projects and LUX collections and elsewhere, with screenings, and recommendations for further viewing and reading. The evening will be emphatically discursive in tone, with attendees encouraged to become active participants.

The course is led by curator and writer Adam Pugh. Having worked at the National Media Museum, and as Director of Bradford Animation Festival, he set up the Norwich International Animation Festival in 2005, later transforming it into Aurora, the UK’s foremost festival for artists’ moving image, of which he was director until 2009. He was most recently research curator for Watch Me Move: The Animation Show at the Barbican Gallery. He has also delivered talks and curated programmes for various festivals and events worldwide, and in the last year has been on juries at Oberhausen, Fantoche and Courtisane film festivals.

The course is offered by Animate Projects in association with LUX.


A selection of responses to our first course:
'The vast difference of the attendees, seeing film on 16mm, group discussion on theory etc – definitely well worth the money.' – Kat
'The incredible knowledge of Adam and the very unpretentious and open way he delivered and shared the ideas of many was fantastic. I loved our group talks and the refreshing discursive and enquiring atmosphere. It felt very supportive and really made me realise and discover areas in filmmaking I feel strongly about. It was such a fantastic course for opening my eyes and introducing me to such a rich range of films and ways of exploring moving image. Also to an incredible bunch of inquisitive and interesting people!' – Zoe
'Adam was very personable and knowledgeable, and there was an interesting range of films.' – Carla