CRN: 15521
Credits: 3
Drawing, as a medium between process and realization, can be applied to recounting, mapping, processing, and problem-solving abstract concepts. In this course, we will ask what types of conversations are instigated when time is introduced to drawing. By incorporating tactile materials, the course will explore various innovative 2D animation techniques including lightning-sketch, pixilation, stop-action animation, cutout animation, assemblage animation, cell animation, collage animation, erasure animation, and still animation. The course combines analog and digital practices with an emphasis on process and experimentation. Pioneering and contemporary works of 2D animation will be viewed and discussed, including, Edward Muybridge, Walter Ruttmann, Alisi Telengut, Meriem Bennani, Tabaimo, Mohamadou Ndoye, Fatimah Tuggar, Tala Madani, Tommy Hartung, Robin Rhode, Amy Lockhart, Peter Burr, Brenna Murphy, William Kentridge, Kathleen Daniel, and Jacolby Satterwhite. Through thematic prompts leading up to a final project, this class welcomes work relevant to each student’s subject of interest. It will encourage spontaneity, risk-taking exploration, playfulness, and skill building, providing students with tools that can be applied to a range of platforms beyond classroom practices.
Faculty Bio:
Ezra Wube (born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) is a cross-disciplinary artist who lives and works in
New York. His works encompass video, drawing, painting, and installations. His work explores
experiences of mobility, the malleability of time and place, and the dialogical tensions between
“here” and “there”, a confluence of prior and current influences on social idealism, pluralism,
and autonomy. His exhibitions include the “Dak’Art Biennale”, Dakar, Senegal, the 21st
Contemporary Art Biennial. Sesc_Videobrasil, Brazil; The 2nd edition of the Biennale
d’Architecture d’Orléans, France; “Gwangju Biennale”, Gwangju, South Korea; Chrysler
Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, Art in General, Kim? Contemporary Art Centre, Riga, Latvia; The
Studio Museum in Harlem, NY; and Time Square Arts Midnight Moment, NY. His residencies,
commissions, and awards include The High Line, NY, NY; Education Lab, Zuckerman Institute,
Columbia University, NY, NY; Michael Richards Visual Arts Award, Lower Manhattan Cultural
Council, NY, NY; Smack Mellon Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY; Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY;
Work Space, LMCC Residency Program, NY, NY; Open Sessions Program, The Drawing
Center, NY, NY; The Africa Center, NY, NY; The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, NY;
Museum of the Moving Images, Queens, NY; Rema Hort Mann Foundation; the Triangle Arts
Association Residency, Brooklyn, NY and The Substation Artist Residency Program, University
of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 2015 he has organized the Addis Video
Art Festival in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
