STUDIO OF CHILDREN'S FILM MINIATURES

animation workshops based on "non-camera" principles and Polish 80's "magic lantern"-cartoon projectors type

what is that?

In "non-camera" film action the drawing is done directly on a 35mm film material. An important tool used by me in this workshops is old and strongly forgotten special cartoon type projectors of Polish 80's production called "ANIA". They are manually operated,  very simple magic lantern -mechanisms, friendly and easy to approach for such young kids.

Each meeting is opened by short screening of 16mm animation film. Selected copies are unique and timeless titles from the countries of the Baltic Sea, Scandinavia, Germany and Czech. The purpose is to arouse the children’s curiosity towards films.

There is a lot of experiments, use of montage and collage. I want to encourage young animators to the most spontaneous actions with film material, and to use all the possibilities of tools for painting, drawing, cutting, sticking, sewing, stamping, etc. The form of film strips is depend only on its young makers. As an artist, I want to present to these young children of digital era a new and perhaps completely unknown quality.

Each ready animation is self-displayed on a small screen by using one of friendly named "Ania" projectors. We create a moment in which small film frames are growing to the size of white canvas and are set in motion. Thus, we  create a drawing spectacle, the "non-camera" projection of the children's imagination. Popular digital children's cartoons are turned into personal quality of hand-drawn characters.

Author of each animation is able to take it home hers or his own hand-made packaging, as a form of a small analogical treasure.