Watch me move
Subtitle: the animation show
By: edited by Greg Hilty and Alona Pardo
Contributors: Barbican Art Gallery
Publisher: Merrell; in association with Barbican [Art Gallery]; in association with Barbican [Art Gallery
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781858945583
Subjects: Animated films; Technique; Animation (Cinematography); Exhibitions; History and criticism
Description: Watch Me Move: The Animation Show is the most extensive exhibition ever mounted to present the full range of animated imagery produced in the last 150 years. It brings together industry pioneers, independent film-makers and contemporary artists including Etienne-Jules Marey, Harry Smith, Jan Svankmajer, William Kentridge and Nathalie Djurberg alongside the creative output of commercial studios such as Walt Disney, Aardman, Studio Ghibli and Pixar. Presenting animation as a highly influential force in the development of global visual culture, Watch Me Move: The Animation Show explores the relationship between animation and film and offers a timely insight into the genre as a cultural phenomenon. Cutting across generations and cultures, the show features over 170 works, from iconic clips to lesser-known masterpieces. Taking the viewer behind the dream-world of the finished film, it includes puppets, stage sets, storyboard drawings, wire-frame visualisations, cel and background images. The exhibition opens at Barbican Art Gallery, London, on 15 Jun 2011.
Notes: Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery, 15 June-11 Sept. 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 217) and index.
Table of contents: title: Object, dream and image in animation / Greg Hilty; title: The toolbox of technology and technique : animation in 100 objects / Paul Wells; title: Ghosts in the machine : experiencing animation / Suzanne Buchan; title: Apparitions; title: Characters; title: Superhumans; title: Fables; title: Fragments; title: Structures; title: Visions.