Animation Festival: ISEA GUEST PROGRAM III

Curated by Rewa Wright

The Constellations ISEA 2024 animation program reveals a mix of Indigenous and Western animation concepts, styles and methods. New artistic approaches in expanded animation come to the fore through works by Nirma Madhoo, A. Bill Miller and Gregory Bennett, deploying motion and reality capture technology.

Illuminating a new aesthetic in contemporary First Nations’ thought, works by Liliana Conlisk-Gallegos, UnCalculated Studio, Pasha Clothier, Tiare Ribeaux and Qianqian Ye and Desna Whaanga-Schollum explore traditional knowledge systems with current software tools, part of a growing movement to expand Indigenous Futures in animation. Patrick Lichty and Clinton Watkins offer experimental explorations, with Lichty investigating the intersection of animation and architecture and Watkins exploring the interplay between animation and sound.

Rewa Wright, the curator of Constellations ISEA 2024, will introduce the screening lineup.

9318, Nirma Madhoo (AU), 4’
Alone 02, A. Bill Miller (US), 3’
Metroplex, Gregory Bennett (Aotearoa/NZ), 5’
The Coyolxauhqui Imperative, Liliana Conlisk Gallegos (US/MK), Juan Carlos Portillo (US), Cory Scott McCormick (US), 5’
BioRhythms 2, UnCalculated Studio / Rewa Wright & Simon Howden (Aotearoa/NZ), 6’
Te Hihili o te Ahi (the Energy of Fire), Pasha Clothier (Aotearoa/NZ), 3’
Kai-Hai: 塑 Plastia, Tiare Ribeaux & Qianqian Ye (US), 6’
SentientPlace, Desna Whaanga-Schollum (Aotearoa/NZ), 4’
Force Fields (edit), Clinton Watkins (Aotearoa/NZ), 5’
untitled movements, A. Bill Miller (US), 3’
Patrick Lichty, Patrick Lichty (US), 3’