Sand animation

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Sand animation is a term which has two meanings. It is the name given to a style of live performance art, and also to a type of animation. In the former, an artist creates a series of images using sand, a process which is achieved by applying sand to a surface and then rendering images by drawing lines and figures in the sand with one's hands. To increase visibility and to add further artistic aesthetic, a sand animation performer will often use the aid of an overhead projector or lightboard. In the latter, animators move around sand on a backlighted or frontlighted piece of glass to create each frame for their animated films. Caroline Leaf is a pioneer of this type of animation. It has also been intermittently used in recent years by Belarusfilm.

Contents 1 Popular artists 1.1 Performance artists 1.2 Animators/films 2 External links 2.1 Performance art 2.2 Animation

[edit] Popular artists

[edit] Performance artists

• Ferenc Cakó is arguably one of the most popular artists of this medium. Examples of performances by Cakó and many other sand animation artists can be found readily online.
• Ilana Yahav is famous for the Qwest commercials.
• David Myriam
• Ahmad Habash is famous for the "flee" short sand animation and the performance "from the memory of the sand" at the third anniversary to commemorate the late president Yasser Arafat.

[edit] Animators/films

• Natalya Antipova
  • Lyulyaki, Люляки (2003), co-directed with Veronika Fyodorova [1]
  • The Hot-tempered Man, Вспыльчивый человек (Vspylchivyy chelovek) (2004) [2]
• Gerald Conn
• Albena Dyulgerova
  • This Bird is Mine, Птичка «Это мое» (Ptichka "Eto moyo") (2002) [3]
• Caroline Leaf
  • The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974) (watch)
• Marcos Magalhães
  • Animando (1987) (watch)
• Eli Noyes
• Vladimir Petkevich
  • The Tale of a Little Bug, Сказочка про козявочку (Skazochka pro kozyavochku) (1985) [4] [5]
  • Night, Ночь (Noch) (1986) [6] [7] (uses coffee)
• Yelena Petkevich
  • Forest Tales, Сказки леса (Skazki lesa) (1996) [8]
• Maria Procházková
• Yevgeniy Sivokon
  • Snow Will Cover the Roads, Засыплет снег дороги... (Zasyplet sneg dorogi...) (2003) [9] (uses salt rather than sand) [10]
  • Compromix, Компромикс [11]
• Mariya Stepanova
  • Tracery (2000)
  • Vasana, Васана (2006)

[edit] External links

[edit] Performance art

• The Official webpages of Ferenc Cakó
• The Official page of Ilana Yahav
• The Official page of David Myriam

[edit] Animation

• An explanation of how to make animated films with sand animation
• Marcos Magalhães' "Animando" - a visual demonstration of how to make a sand animation (also features other animation types)
• Caroline Leaf's film The Owl Who Married a Goose (watch for free)

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