In collaboration with the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus, the 8th Expanded Animation symposium carries on a process launched in 2013: to map the wide-ranging domain of animated worlds of imagery beyond well-trodden paths. The symposium stays the course originally set at its inception, and presents theoretical positions and perspectives from the art world, the R&D field and the industrial sector. Its mission: To function as a driving force advancing interdisciplinary discourse. This year’s symposium, under the title “Appeal of the Analog”, offers several panel discussions on current trends in the extended field of computer animation and addresses the attraction of animation in the context of performance, interaction, computer games, and audio.
