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· Clay Screams. Human Suffering Through Animation and Music 156 English Information · Clay Screams. Human Suffering through illustration. He has always been interested in the Animation and Music · development of new narrative forms and show ideas that are out of the ordinary. His work moves between Key words different formats, including animation, live action, Pain, plasticine, patience, social awareness, listening. design and illustration. Through various scholarships Biography he has managed to study at different universities as Adrián Encinas Salamanca (Madrid, 1986) is a Ci- the prestigious Emily Carr University (Vancouver) vil Engineer. His premature contact with the cinema and Middlesex University (London), where he and of Ray Harryhausen made outcrops on a concern his group Rabano Studio created the short film The about the how and why of animation frame by fra- Day I Killed My Best Friend. me, which materialized in 2006 in the creation of E-mail the Puppets & Clay blog, dedicated exclusively to the [email protected] world of stop-motion. He has also worked for ani- mation festivals such as Animayo, Animadrid, and 3D Wire, delivering chats about stop-motion; he has also written for the publication STOP MOTION · The Stop Motion as Resistance Army. DON’T STOP from the exhibition with the same tit- The Late Golden Age of an Anachronis- le; and he has contributed to books (El Cortometraje Español en 100 Nombres), magazines (FX Magazine, tic Technique · Stop-Motion Magazine) and fanzines (DATA, Ama- Key words zing Monsters) focusing on this centennial animation Stop Motion, feature film, Henry Selick, Tim Bur- technique from different points of view. As well, he ton, Jiři Barta, Wes Anderson, Aardman Animations. is founder of STOPMOTIA, an association of lovers Biography of stop-motion. Jordi Costa (Barcelona, 1966). He has been writing E-mail about movies, comics and other areas of popular cul- [email protected] ture since 1981. Author of numerous books, inclu- ding 100 películas clave del cine de animación (2010), he has also contributed to other collaborative work. Alongside Dario Adanti he has published the comics · Prime the Animation! The Experience of Mis problemas con Amenábar (2009) and 2.000 años de a Singular Union Between Schools · cine (2010). He has been responsible for the thematic content of Cinemanía channel. He has curated ex- Key words hibitions at the Centre of Contemporary Culture of Prime the Animation, animation, graduation film, Barcelona, and La Casa Encendida (Madrid). He has international collaboration, singularity, potential. taught at the University Pompeu Fabra, and the Ca- Biography milo José Cela University. Lecturer at Master Degree Antonio J. Busto (Seville, 1990) has a degree in in Animation UPV. He is a film critic for El País and Fine Arts from the Universitat Politècnica de Va- Fotogramas. He has directed the films Piccolo Grande lència and he is based in Spain. He is a current stu- Amore and La lava en los labios under the guidelines dent of the Master of Artistic Production of UPV. of the manifest # littlesecretfilm. He has always been interested in the development E-mail of new narrative forms and display ideas out of the [email protected] mainstream. His work moves between different for- mats, including animation, live action, design and English Information 157 · The Dark Poetry of Puppets. Starewitch, · Interview with Carles Porta. Animation Švankmajer and the Quays · Orders and Projects · Key words Key words Starewitch, Švankmajer, Quays, Stop Motion, Animation, customer, graphics, illustration, assign- puppets, animation. ment, project. Biography Biography María Trénor (Valencia, 1970). Graduated in Fine Adriana Navarro (aka Adriana Baradri) (Vizcaya, Arts at the Faculty of San Carlos, UPV, Valencia. 1986) graduated in Fine Arts from the Polytechnic She has collaborated with institutions such as Uni- University of Valencia with Specialization in Ani- versidad Carlos III, Madrid, Universidad Castilla la mation. Specialist Stop-Motion: Art and Industry, Mancha, Accademia di Belle Arti de Palermo and and graduated in both Master in Animation and Universitat Politècnica de València (Master Degree Master in Artistic Production. Her short film, Vía on Animation), taking part into conferences, mas- Tango (2012) has been selected in many national and ter classes and round tables on animation. She has international festivals and appear in the 2013 Curts also contributed to in publications by the Valencian catalogue of the Valencian Institute of Cinemato- Filmoteque and Ocho y Medio editions, specialized graphy and Audiovisual (IVAC), and she has been in film. She is currently lecturer on Audiovisual Me- nominated to the 2014 Goya Awards. She has pu- dia at the School of Art and Design in Valencia. blished research papers in Confia 2012 International E-mail Conference of Illustration & Animation, Deforma: Cul- [email protected] tura Online, International Academic Forum Animation Anima 2013, and Con A de Animación. E-mail [email protected] · Interview with David Caballer, Stop Motion Animation Director · Key words · Stop Motion Don’t Stop, the Exhibition · David Caballer, Stop Motion, commissioned anima- tion, characters, clay. Key Words Biography Stop Motion, Pablo Llorens, Clay Animation, Con- Raul G. Monaj teaches various subjects related to flictivos Productions, Stop Motion Don’t Stop, Javier animation at the Degree in Communication Studies Tostado, MuVIM. and Master in animation UPV. Specialized in com- Biography mercial preproduction, he has been involved profes- Beatriz Herráiz Zornoza (Valencia, 1975). She got sionally in nearly twenty animated TV series (Cutt- her PhD “Cum Laude” in Fine Arts, Universitat Po- las, Discworld, 2020, Bugwatch, Captain Pugwash, litècnica de València. She is Assistant Professor Doc- Little Grey Rabbit, etc.), in several feature films El( tor Degree in Audiovisual Communication and Fa- Cid, The reporter), as well as in various animated and culty of Fine Arts, UPV. She has worked as a graphic live action ads (Heineken, Nestlé, L’Oceanografic, Mc. designer for the regional television channel Canal 9 Donalds). He is the author of the book Manual para and UPVRTV, developing animated brand identity la realización de storyboards. projects and motion graphics. Her research focuses E-mail on motion graphics and animation, delivering papers [email protected] at Congreso de Tipografía 2012, and CONFIA 2013 (Portugal). She has coordinated an international cooperation project entitled Historias para compartir alongside with Conservatory Balla Fasséké Kouyate of Bamako (Mali). Moreover, she has produced the audiovisual design for different theatrical plays like 158 English Information Bonnie and Clyde (Galo Teatro Real), Dot and Conso- Illustration and Animation. She chairs the Inter- nants (Maduixa Teatre), and Harket Protocolo (Panic- national Conference on Animation and Illustration Map), some of them whit international tour. She has since 2012. also done projects for various graphic image printed E-mail media and web. [email protected] E-mail [email protected] · The Art of Selective Animation in Con- temporary Anime Series · · Antón. Diary of an Adventure in Stop- Motion · Key words Key words Anime, limited animation, selective animation, sakuga, Stop Motion, animation, Argentina, Antón. full animation. Biography Biography Maria Rosario Carlino was born in Córdoba, Argen- Antonio Horno López is Graduated in Fine Arts at tina, in 1978. She holds a Master degree in Film and Universidad de Granada, Spain. Now he is a resear- TV at the National University of Córdoba. During ching student granted by Junta de Andalucía, and the last twelve years she has been dedicated to image he works at the Department of Design at the same and animation, developing personal projects, adverti- University, as researcher and lecturer. He is currently sing and educational for children and adults. In 2012, researching in animation techniques. He also con- she directed the TV series Antón. She is currently tributed as animator to the short film The Cat Dan- working in the pre-production of a new animated se- ces with its Shadow, coordinated by María Lorenzo. ries for children; in the production of a stop motion Nowadays he is a PhD candidate, writing a thesis animated short, and working in the script of new about Japanese animation. projects. E-mail E-mail [email protected] [email protected] · Wall-E. Technologically Humans· · International Conference on Illustra- tion and Animation – CONFIA. Chair- Key words ing and Celebrating Research · Wall-E, robots, technology, humanity, nature, Pixar. Biography Key words Débora Madrid Brito (Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Research, Illustration, Animation, Conference. 1989) is Graduated in Art History at Universidad Biography de La Laguna (2012) and holds a Master Degree on Paula Tavares was born in Porto, Portugal. She holds Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture at a degree in Visual Arts – Painting, from the Faculty Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2013). She has of Fine Arts of Oporto, though she also enjoyed an delivered papers at the First International Congress of Erasmus period in Barcelona. She got her PhD at Young Researchers in Humanities at Universidad Pom- the Faculty of Fine Arts of Pontevedra, Spain, 2006, peu Fabra de Barcelona (2012), and at V Meeting of with the thesis The complex relations between art and Young Researchers in Art History at Universidad Com- politics in western culture. Political art as institutional plutense de Madrid (2013).
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