SAS Symposium: Animation and Science

An academic symposium at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and FMX 2019 in collaboration with the Society of Animation Studies, the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University Singapore, the Institute of Media Studies at Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, the AG Animation and the Literaturhaus Stuttgart.The symposium is aiming to be highly interdisciplinary and international in nature, bringing together scholars, students, academics and artists from diverse fields of research and professional practice.Opening keynote speaker will be Robert Seidel, a Berlin based artist, working in the field of experimental film, facade projection and video installation. He is interested in pushing the boundaries of abstracted beauty through cinematographic approaches, as well as such drawn from science.Robert Seidel and digital human pioneer Matthias Wittmann who worked in the film industry for 15 years as an animator and supervisor on groundbreaking digital humans for features will be talking about their work in the forum.Entry: 15 € Tageskassefree with accreditiation or festival pass ITFS