3D Zoetropes: Part 3 with Matt Reynolds

A three part workshop in which participants will salvage materials from the surrounding area for bricolage sculptures, learn the technique of “replacement animation,” and construct their own sculptural 3D zoetrope. For part one of the workshop, participants will act as urban scavengers, searching through recycling bins and business alleyways to find aesthetically intriguing and structurally sound materials for bricolage sculpture. Matt will share his techniques for using recycled materials to create the skeletons for his plaster sculptures. In the second week, participants will work individually and in groups to create “replacement animation” sequences using their collected materials, their sculptures, and the free smartphone software Stop Motion Studio. In the third and final week, participants will apply the techniques they learned from the previous two weeks to construct a cyclical sequence of sculpted objects to fasten and present as a handmade 3D zoetrope. Participants are encouraged to attend all three weeks of the workshop, though attendance of part 1 and the bricolage sculpture workshop is not compulsory for the replacement animation workshop or 3D zoetrope workshop if space is still available (though participants of the June 13th and 20th workshops take priority for spots in the June 27th workshop).

Matt Reynolds is primarily recognized for his surreal and psychosexually charged work as an animated filmmaker and sculptor. His films (Hot Dog Hands, Sport in the Land of Plenty, Bottom Feeders) have won awards at The San Francisco International Film Festival, The Anim'est International Film Festival in Romania, and the Ann Arbor Film Festival, and have screened at such festivals as SXSW, AFI Fest, and the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. He has also designed and directed commissioned work for clients like The Atlantic, Adult Swim, TED Ed, and Fox Sports. As a teaching artist he has taught experimental animation techniques and the principles of "World Building" to a diverse age range of learners (from 4th graders to graduate students at CalArts) around the greater Los Angeles area.

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