Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam has a new permanent exhibition dedicated to artwork: the animation gallery. Presenting artwork by leading Dutch animators, the exhibition highlights five analogue animation forms: puppet films, cel animation, rotoscoping, direct-on-film animation, and mosaic animation. Eye’s animation collection has grown enormously in recent years, with a significant donation of animation cels from the …
by Sharon Connell, Rosie Shepley, Olivia Weekes. This article will outline steps taken by University of Leeds Special Collections to assess the condition of animation artworks in the Leeds Animation Workshop archive and develop long-term preservation and storage solutions. The Leeds Animation Workshop Archive Leeds Animation Workshop (LAW) is a women’s collective set up in …
The Cosgrove Hall Films Archive is a small animation archive operating out of Waterside Art inSale, Manchester in the borough of Trafford. We are custodians of the animation archive and look afterall the physical assets leftover from Cosgrove Hall Films / Productions. Cosgrove Hall Films producedmodel animation and hand-drawn animation, so our collection comprises stop …
Collectors are often way ahead of the curve when it comes to pop culture materials whose significance is not always readily apparent. Their foresight can lead them to the acquisition of items that will become quite valuable but every so often, we meet a collector who has the means to seek a way to keep …
Welcome to Materials in Motion 2021. With lockdowns continuing throughout the world we still believe it is important for our global community to regularly catch up and share news, information and practices in our field. With this in mind Cosgrove Hall Films Archive, Creative Industries Trafford, EYE Filmmuseum, Manchester Animation Festival and Musées d’Annecy have …
Put your wallet away and stop racking your brain for your PayPal password, this is the town of Sale in Greater Manchester, home of the second Materials in Motion conference. Kicking off the month of November a group of archivists, academics, conservators, students and enthusiasts from across the globe gathered in the theatre of the Waterside Arts Centre to continue the debate on the preservation of animation heritage.
We are happy to present the programme of the Materials in Motion Manchester Meeting (1 & 2 November). For more information on the Symposium check out the Manchester Meeting page. For more information about how to purchase tickets you can visit the website of the venue: Waterside Arts in Sale (Greater Manchester). Materials in Motion …
In 2017 Steve Henderson completed a PhD research into animation archiving. His research looked into the creation of a system of archive management for animation materials and British children’s television animation, at Loughborough University, UK. One of his observations was that the important actors working with animation artwork collections do not talk to each other …
Let’s retrieve an obscure and long forgotten video-taped documentary about the making of a Dutch animation film. After all, some of its scenes would surely align smoothly and favourably with Materials in Motion’s current animation artwork conservation thrust! Alas, there was to be a Stately Sting in this would-be Holy Grail tale. Press “Fast Rewind” …
Throughout our research project we experienced a lot of enthusiasm and willingness to share ideas and experiences about animation artwork preservation. Now, after we consulted many different experts and visited several archives, we are looking forward to bring some of these experts and representatives of these archives together in a joint meeting at Eye. The …
