Expanded Animation 2020: Synaesthetic Syntax, Watch Party

Expanded Animation at Ars Electronica presents Synaesthetic Syntax: Sounding Animation / Visualising Audio, a one-day symposium that brings together animators, musicians, artists, technologists and academics to discuss the interrelationships between audio and animation. Papers cover topics such as synaesthetic connections between sound and image, the role of gesture, improvisation and presence in live performance and the creative use of geometric and algorithmic patterns.

Our Keynote speaker is media artist, Rose Bond, who produces work at the juncture of cinema, animation and experiential design. She will be presenting her latest animated collaboration with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra on a live performance of Luciano Berio’s Sinfonia.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ars Electronica festival is mainly taking place online this year with a number of small events taking place at different associated venues around the world. The Expanded Animation strand will have a series of small, socially distanced ‘Watch Parties’ in Linz, London and Portland.

The London event is on Sunday 13th Sept from 10am-6pm at IKLECTIK, where a small group of attendees can watch the online symposium together at a social distance. The event is hosted by Birgitta Hosea of the Animation Research Centre. Attendees are requested to wear face coverings. Refreshments will be provided, but not lunch.

This event is supported by the University for the Creative Arts.