Wednesday, May 25, 2011

the prioritisation of illogical, irrational

Well, Wells, you sure know how to lay things out. you're very smart, thoughtful, edumacated. And to me, nearly inspiring. You used one word that got my ticker beating a little faster, and my brain gears churning - materiality. yes. That is what separates orthodox animation from experimental animation for me. I don't really give a darn whether something is hand drawn, made from clay or from cut outs. I don't really give a darn if it has a narrative or if it has a hidden deeper meaning. I want the texture, the decision to explore the means of creation, the choice to go about something the wrong way, I want the results to give the human sixth sense a little tap on the shoulder. So, yeah, Disney movies are orthodox, normal, commercialized, blabbityblah, but I believe, and I think/I hope Wells believes that a Disney movie could be taken by a boundary-less artist, an animator with no limits, no signed contract to do as she or he is told, just the priority to be a little irrational, and it could be transformed, it could find a new musicality, reach a high level of abstraction, and most importantly embrace the way in which it was created over the why for which it was created.... pride in materiality. illogical creation. the prioritisation of animation.

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