SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS PRESENTS “WHICH WAY DID THEY GO?”—AN EXHIBITION BY FIVE TOP ANIMATION ARTISTS WHO BEGAN AT SVA

December 15, 2005 – January 21, 2006
SVA Gallery
209 East 23rd Street
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 15, 5 – 7pm
Panel Discussion: Friday, December 16, 6pm

School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Which Way Did They Go?”, an exhibition of works by five alumni of SVA’s Film, Video & Animation Department who have created some of the most memorable images in animation history. With nearly 100 years of collective experience in the art and business of animation, exhibiting artists John R. Dilworth, Yvette Kaplan, Alex Kupershmidt, Chris Prynoski and Tom Sito have helped make animation one of the most vital and relevant entertainment media today. The exhibition will be on view from Thursday, December 15, 2005 through Saturday, January 21, 2006 at the SVA Gallery, 209 East 23rd Street, New York City. (Read the article)

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SAN JOSE, CA –– Cinequest is excited to announce its first Animation Discovery Contest which will take place on its Internet film-delivery site, Cinequest Online [ cinequestonline.org ]. The contest selected five animators from around the world to each create a series of seven animated episodic shorts, running from 10 to 60 seconds in length. For seven weeks, starting today, the episodes will compete for the number one spot until the end of the contest on November 28, 2005. (Read the article)

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by Brad Chmielewski

Last October 2003, eleven independent animators met in a large Chelsea loft. Eleven went in, “Avoid Eye Contact” came out and sold an impressive 2000 copies worldwide. This was only the beginning for the urban animation movement. Talks of volume 2 were in the works as soon as volume 1 came out. Now the new DVD is out and Avoid Eye Contact Volume 2 is sure to follow in the same path exploring the thriving contemporary independent animation scene going on in New York City. The DVD offers a new program of films from animators spanning the last five years. “Avoid Eye Contact Volume 2” contains an overwhelming number of independent animated shorts and many of the same animators that made “Avoid Eye Contact” a great DVD. Returning in volume two is Bill Plympton, PES, Michael Overback, and Patrick Smith, as well as nine other outstanding independent animators. None of the Artists on the DVD seem to follow any trends and, although savvy, are not beholden to any technology. Each film on the DVD is an international award-winner, each with a distinct look, united only by genre and the gritty soul of New York City. (Read the article)

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