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speaking about stopmo on march 11
by sven at 5:13 pm
On Sunday, March 11, I'll be present at the Dennis Nyback Cartoon Extravaganza to speak about puppet animation. I'll be bringing along puppets and armatures for show and tell.
The Extravaganza is a 21-day-long film series being presented at Disjecta, located at 230 E. Burnside. The series runs from Feb. 23 through March 15; all shows at start at 7:30pm and cost $6. The theme of the March 11 show is "World Puppet Animation."
Independent film archivist Dennis Nyback has organized this film series as a special fundraiser to support the Oregon Cartoon Institute, which is beginning work on a documentary about historic Oregon animators.
I met Nyback and documentarian Anne Richardson at the Feb 28th showing of Ladislav Starevitch films, at which point they invited me to speak. I am honored to be able to contribute in this small way to their efforts.
Here is what the Oregon Cartoon Institute Newsletter had to say:
On Wednesday February 28th the best crowd so far, on the fifth day of the Dennis Nyback Cartoon Extravaganza, showed up to see Ladislaw Starevitch animation at Disjecta (230 E Burnside). Among the crowd was Sven Bonnichsen, animator http:///www.scarletstarstudios.com/ . Mr. Bonnichsen generously explained to the crowd basic puppet design for animation using the armature method. Mr. Bonnichsen has graciously agreed to bring armatures and puppets to World Puppet Animation Night on March 11.
I hope that my local readers will strongly consider coming out for the "World Puppet Animation" show on the 11th. ...But even if that doesn't strike your fancy, do take a look at the calendar of shows -- there's something for everyone in this amazing, one-time-only festival.
posted by sven | March 4, 2007 5:13 PM | comments (3) | categories: exhibits & events, stopmo
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Wow, Sven, that's fantastic! The event sounds fantastic. That you will be there to share your knowledge and enthusiasm is fantastic. You never know whose life will be changed from just such a talk!
All the best with it and your future engagements.
Posted by: shelley Noble at March 5, 2007 10:05 AM
And now for how I really feel... just kidding! I meant what I said above. To be honest, my first thought at reading this post was how different our lives are. I was hoping to connect to interesting film folk at the Starevitch screening I attended in LA a few months ago but had the opposite experience of yours, cricket. cricket. I guess you just have a magical charisma and appeal to all whom you meet. Yep, I can vouch.
I'm especially interested in your impression of Lotte Reiniger's Jack and Beanstalk screening the night of your talk. I have been very curious about the experience of viewing her animations but have so far only been able to see still frames of them.
Posted by: shelley Noble at March 5, 2007 10:16 AM
Cool, I wish I could hear you.....I hate public speaking, in fact I don't speak all that much in general :) Congrats and have fun with it!
Posted by: ubatuber at March 6, 2007 1:30 PM