Once Upon a Time in Animation: Curatorial strategies for an exhibition on the National Centre for Computer Animation

The National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University is developing a digital collection of historical assets arising from 30 years of pioneering work. These rare assets of late 20th and early 21st century animation include high quality digital and hardcopy storyboards, animatics and completely rendered scenes. This unique collection will be presented publicly at an exhibition at Poole Museum entitled ‘Once Upon A Time in Animation’. This paper will describe the creation of the archive and collection as well as the curatorial strategy of making it accessible to the public. What are the most relevant artefacts of 30 years of Animation at this world leading institution? What are the best strategies in making Animation accessible to future talents? How can we strengthen the role of the South West of England as one of the major hubs in Animation, VFX and the Creative Industries?

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Oliver Mag Gingrich

Claudia Fasola-Moore

Eike Falk Anderson

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Publication date: July 2020

Publication date (Print): July 2020

Pages: 290-293

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[0001]National Centre for Computer Animation, London, UK

[0002]Curator, Researcher

Dorset, UK

[0003]National Centre for Computer Animation, Dorset, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2020.52

SO-VID: 288ca1c0-66d0-4fd6-98b9-28a16f47a64b

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2020

Conference acronym: EVA 2020

Conference number: 30

Conference location: London

Conference date: 6th July – 9th July 2020

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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C Bishop Artifical Hells 2012 Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship Verso books London
P ComninosL McLoughlinE. F Anderson 2010 Educating technophile artists and artophile technologists: A successful experiment in higher education Computers & Graphics: An International Journal of Systems & Applications in Computer Graphics 34 780 790
O GingrichA RenaudE EmetsA Aura 2019 Aura: A holographic brainwave interface EVA London 2019 (Electronic Visualisation and the Arts) [Cross Ref]

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[1] C Bishop Artifical Hells 2012 Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship Verso books London

[2] P ComninosL McLoughlinE. F Anderson 2010 Educating technophile artists and artophile technologists: A successful experiment in higher education Computers & Graphics: An International Journal of Systems & Applications in Computer Graphics 34 780 790

[3] O GingrichA RenaudE EmetsA Aura 2019 Aura: A holographic brainwave interface EVA London 2019 (Electronic Visualisation and the Arts) [Cross Ref]

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