Global Animation Theory

Franziska Bruckner is a lecturer in animation theory at the University of Vienna, Austria, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany, and the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria. Holger Lang is an Austrian researcher, artist and filmmaker, living and working in Vienna. For over 20 years he has been teaching animation, media arts and aesthetics for an American university at one of their satellite locations in Austria and also their main campus in St. Louis, USA.Nikica Gilic is an associate professor in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, where he teaches history and theory of cinema. Daniel Šuljic is an animation film director and a musician.Hrvoje Turkovic is a Croatian film theorist, film critic and university professor.

We have in Global Animation Theory a welcome expansion of the recent scholarship that has focused on the international development of animation practices. The editors and authors delve deeply into genres, techniques, and national cultures to reveal the complex and contested world of animation analysis, critical thinking, and new theoretical approaches. Often the discussions bring personal and artistic perspectives to the subject, enlivening this liveliest medium all the more.

• Giannalberto Bendazzi (Independent Scholar, Genoa, Italy) ForewordAnthology EditorsIntroductionSection 1: Historical and Theoretical Approaches from International Animation Studies1. Marcin Gizycki (Academy of Information Technology, Warsaw, Poland / Rhode Island School of Design, USA) Animation Since 1980: A Personal Journey2. Paul Wells (Animation Academy at Loughborough University, UK) Animation in the Gallery and the Gestalt: György Kovásznai and William Kentridge3. Mareike Sera (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)On Analogical Thinking: Jan Švankmajer and Franco “Bifo” Beradi4. Chunning Guo (Maggie) (Renmin University of China, Beijing, China)The Successful Chorus of “The Second Wave”: An examination of Feminism's "Manifesto" of Digital Art5. Olga Bobrowska (Jagiellonian University, Poland) Seeking Truth in Facts. Historicizing Chinese Animation. 6. Holger Lang (Webster Vienna Private University, Austria) Austria Unlimited. Limitations and Chances within a Small Production Environment7. Mihat Ajanovic-Ajan (University West, Trollhättan, Sweden) Beyond the self-images: The Context and Development of Animated Documentaries, the Cornerstones of Modern Animation in SwedenSection 2: Case Studies from Around the World8. Edwin Carels (School of Arts KASK/HoGent, Belgium) Short Circuits. On the Impact of the Flipbook in the Work of Robert Breer9. Mikhail Gurevich (Independent Scholar, Chicago, USA) “…The film is not about that”. Notes on (re)reading Tale of Tales10. Andrijana Ružic (Independent Scholar, Milan, Italy)The Importance of Ranko Munitic´s Work on Zagreb School of Animation.11. Irena Paulus (Independent Scholar, Zagreb, Croatia)Animation Experienced through Music: Tomislav Simovic and Zagreb School of Animation12. Fatemeh Hosseini-Shakib (Tehran Art University, Iran) Puppet as Not-Puppet: the Notion of 'Puppet' and its Many Connotations in the Works of Barry Purves (the case of Screen Play)13. Michal Bobrowski (UMCS University, Poland) Subversive Machinery: DIY Philosophy in Films of Julian Antonisz14. Dirk de Bruyn (Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia)Lynsey Martin: A Case study in 1970s Australian Experimental AnimationList of ContributorsAbstracts