It's about time I posted. It's been a busy week with three shows on the go, two in rehearsal and a 'show and tell' session about the R&D (research and development) for Pied Piper. But I'm a firm believer in procrastination; it allows time for assimilation and for fresh ideas to appear.
So I've been doodling. I first came across Norwich based artist Sarah Beare when I saw an animation of hers at the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts. It had been made for an exhibition called 'Unearthed' which featured Japanese and European figurines from the early Stone Age. Sarah's animated figure was a response to that.
More recently she has been making small silver figures, a mere 31mm long, called Dolossies. Last year Sarah made an animation to illustrate and explore their potential. The animation was silent but, we agreed, crying out for sound. So I took Sarah's starting point - hitting a bunch of keys - and had a go. And, as it is such a short piece, I had two more attempts. My intention was to take a very different approach each time but somehow I kept mining the same vein.
If you're interested in the figures, and other larger figures being specially manufactured in China to Sarah's specifications, then she has a website. And Sarah's blog, which tells the story of the figures as it unfolds, is at http://www.sarah-beare.blogspot.co.uk/
Each clip is only 35 seconds long.
So I've been doodling. I first came across Norwich based artist Sarah Beare when I saw an animation of hers at the Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts. It had been made for an exhibition called 'Unearthed' which featured Japanese and European figurines from the early Stone Age. Sarah's animated figure was a response to that.
More recently she has been making small silver figures, a mere 31mm long, called Dolossies. Last year Sarah made an animation to illustrate and explore their potential. The animation was silent but, we agreed, crying out for sound. So I took Sarah's starting point - hitting a bunch of keys - and had a go. And, as it is such a short piece, I had two more attempts. My intention was to take a very different approach each time but somehow I kept mining the same vein.
If you're interested in the figures, and other larger figures being specially manufactured in China to Sarah's specifications, then she has a website. And Sarah's blog, which tells the story of the figures as it unfolds, is at http://www.sarah-beare.blogspot.co.uk/
Each clip is only 35 seconds long.
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Fascinating. The sounds trace a story too, from creation, to a war dance (the second animation is menacing), to a peaceful ending. A longer animation could progress along these lines?
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