SMFA Animation

Watching abstract animations reminded me heavily of trying to explain what a migraine can "look" like from the affected brain. As ...

Pixilation is a type of stop-motion animation that uses people instead of things such as objects or puppets. One of the earliest experiments...

After the screening of abstract animation, I couldn't help but think of the influence these experimental, explorative works had on speci...

The still above is from Norman McLaren's (1914-87) animation, Neighbours , from 1952. Although in itself it is not a non-objective abs...

After doing some research and coming up with nothing too remarkably sound-related, I found I couldn't focus on anything after I saw L...

Renown Canadian animator Norman McLaren made this short titled "Begone Dull Care" in 1949. Set to Oscar Peterson's jazz ensemb...

Mary Ellen Bute was one of the first female abstract animators. She first studied painting in Philadelphia but felt this medium did not enab...

John Whitney is sometimes called the father of computer animation. Although he started by making films on 8mm, and in 1939, he and his broth...

Out of the many things to love from this wondrous bit of animation I find myself drawn to how the selected muisc really complimented the ani...

The story of Momotaro is a beloved bit of folk lore in Japan. It is a story that combines a bit of Moses and a coming of age story. Momotaro...

Synesthesia is a rare, yet incredible condition, which allows the individual with said condition to literally see sound! Being somebody wi...

Being an abstract animator, Oskar Fischinger wanted a machine to help him make spectacular light arrangements to be paired up with music...