Computer Animation Arts

Drawing with markers inside giant inflatable vinyl balloons, multidisciplinary artist  Oscar Oiwa   creates black and white illustrations that surround observers. Above:  Paradise , a  2018 Japan House São Paulo 360° installation  that took Oiwa and his five assistants two weeks and 120 markers to complete...  http://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/oscar-oiwa-draws-360-marker-illustrations-inside-giant-vinyl-balloons

Okay, so not technically an animation , but this is a wonderful thing! EYES from Lucas Zanotto on Vimeo .

Filharmonia Śląska, Katowice, Poland On Friday, January 27th, CAA's celebrated visualisation of Darius Milhaud's ballet, La création du monde was screened in Katowice, Poland, with live accompaniment by the musicians of the  Filharmonia Śląska .   Milosz Kula   was their conductor, and in the grand surroundings of their concert hall, our sixteen minutes-or-so cascade of shape, colour and form illuminated the fascinated faces of a full house.  This is the sixth screening for our animation, which began life as a multi-participant speed paint challenge, in which the students, alumni and staff of Computer Animation Arts were invited to visualise Milhaud's jazz-inspired ballet as a series of abstract digital paintings . CAA alumni Tom Beg and Jordan Buckner then worked with the resulting paintings, translating them into moving image. In common with previous screenings, the experience of watching the animation accompanied by the full bombast and beauty of...

Simon Chalk conducting the Slovak Sinfonietta during a rehearsal for the screening of   La création du monde  On December 6th, CAA's celebrated visualisation of Darius Milhaud's ballet,  La création du monde was screened to a full house at Zilina's concert hall, Slovakia, with live accompaniment by the musicians of the Slovak Sinfonietta .   Simon Chalk was their conductor and master of ceremonies, and following a short presentation explaining the provenance of our animation , the lights dimmed, the musicians began to play, and shapes and colours began pulsing across the screen. This is the fifth screening for our animation, which began life as a multi-participant speed paint challenge, in which the students, alumni and staff of Computer Animation Arts were invited to visualise Milhaud's jazz-inspired ballet as a series of abstract digital paintings .  CAA alumni Tom Beg and Jordan Buckner then worked with the resulting paintings, translating the...