Category Archives: animation
Kachi Kachi Yama: Animation Inspiration!
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Associate Professor Nora Krug passed along the intriguing video work above as a way to inspire curiosity and creativity as the start of classes looms ever closer. Summertime is passing by and its time to refresh your imagination! This work from 1965 by Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter Tadanori Yokoo is just the ticket to get those illustration juices flowing.
Visual Music Screening on Friday at 6:30
Come and see the results of this semester’s Visual Music Studio, a
collaborative studio elective for students from the Parsons Illustration and
Communication Design/Design and Technology Programs and The New School for
Jazz and Contemporary Music. Students created audio-visual works that are
screened and critiqued in public on
Friday, May 14th, 6:30 pm
At Kellen Auditorium, 66 5th Avenue, ground floor.
Faculty: Nora Krug and Ernesto Klar
THICKER THAN WATER: 2010 Parsons Illustration Thesis Show opens on May 10th
[illustration by Júlía Hermannsdóttir; postcard design by Noël Claro]
Recent Student Work: Katie Turner and Delaney Gibbons
Parsons Illustration Senior Katie Turner recently did her first Op-Ed for the New York Times–the fantastic illustration above is the result. It ran on April 15th, 2010. See the article here.
Congrats, Katie!
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Parsons Illustration Sophomore Delaney Gibbons, a student in Lauren Redniss’s Illustrative Print Class, created the animation above. It’s called “Night People.” Fascinating, creative stuff!
Keep up the good work, Delaney!
Comics History/New York History event featuring Bob Sikoryak
The New York Center for Independent Publishing presents:
Comics History/New York History
New York City was the birthplace of the modern comic book, and the city has had a starring role in some of the greatest and most influential work the medium has produced. The New York Center for Independent Publishing will be presenting a series of events looking at the rich history of Comics and the City. Join us at our historic building at 20 West 44th Street as we explore the city through comics, from Riverdale to the Baxter Building, from Dropsie Avenue to Forest Hills, to untangle the relationship between the world’s greatest city and the comics that chronicle its history. Visit www.nycip.org for more information!
“Carousel” in New York
Tuesday, April 20th, 6:30 pm
The series closes with a multimedia presentation hosted by R. Sikoryak, Parsons faculty member and author of Masterpiece Comics. This event will feature work and performances from some the of the top comics artists working in New York.
Admission is $15, $10 for Members, and $5 for students.
Parsons Illustration Faculty featured at Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival this weekend!
PictureBox & Desert Island Present:
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Saturday December 5th 2009: 11 AM – 7 PM
Our Lady of Consolation Church
184 Metropolitan Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Free admission
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival consists of 3 components in 3 nearby locations in Williamsburg, Brooklyn:
-Over 50 exhibitors selling their zines, comics, books, prints and posters in a bustling market-style environment at Our Lady of Consolation Church, 184 Metropolitan Ave.
-Panel discussions and lectures by prominent artists, as well as an exhibition of vintage comic book artwork at Secret Project Robot, 128 River St.
-An evening of musical performances at DBA, 49 S. 2nd St.
In the cozy basement of Our Lady of Consolation Church (184 Metropolitan), exhibitors will display and sell their unique wares. Exhibitors include leading graphic book publisher Drawn & Quarterly of Montreal; famed French screenprint publisher Le Dernier Cri; artist’s book publisher Nieves of Zurich, Switzerland; Italian art book publisher Corraini; master printer David Sandlin; and tons of individual artists and publishers from Brooklyn.
Featured guests include the renowned artists Gabrielle Bell, R. O. Blechman, Charles Burns, Anya Davidson, Kim Deitch, C.F., Carlos Gonzales, Ben Katchor, Michael Kupperman, Gary Panter, Ron Rege Jr., Peter Saul, Dash Shaw, R. Sikoryak, Jillian Tamaki, Adrian Tomine, and Lauren Weinstein, among others.
FESTIVAL GUEST SIGNINGS
184 Metropolitan Ave.
1:00: Jillian Tamaki and Lauren Weinstein
2:00: Matthew Thurber, Ron Rege, Jr., C.F.
3:00: Kim Deitch, R.O. Blechman, Dash Shaw
4:00: Ben Katchor and Gary Panter
5:00: Mark Newgarden, David Sandlin, Lisa Hanawalt
6:00: Gabrielle Bell & R. Sikoryak
The commerce portion of the Festival is partnered with an active panel and lecture program nearby at Secret Project Robot, 5 minutes down the street at 128 River St. This mini symposium will run from 1 to 6 pm and is being overseen by noted comics critic Bill Kartalopolous.
PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE:
Secret Project Robot
128 River St. and Metropolitan
1:00 GARY PANTER & PETER SAUL
Two generations of painters, Gary Panter and Peter Saul, will discuss their shared history, image-making, narrative, and the joys and dilemmas of making difficult work. Moderated by Dan Nadel.
2:00 PANELS AND FRAMES: COMICS AND ANIMATION
Comics and animation operate very differently, yet retain deep historical and stylistic connections. R. O. Blechman, Kim Deitch, and Dash Shaw will discuss the relationship between the two forms with moderator Bill Kartalopoulos.
3:00 BEN KATCHOR
Ben Katchor has chronicled the pleasures of urban decay and other metropolitan phenomena in comics including Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer and The Jew of New York. Katchor will read performatively from his comics and discuss his work in this rare spotlight presentation.
4:00 FLATLANDS: COMICS ON THE PICTURE PLANE
Do comics need a third dimension? Lisa Hanawalt, Mark Newgarden, Ron Regé, Jr., and David Sandlin will consider the tension between comics’ illusionistic worlds and
their status as images on a picture plane. Moderated by Bill Kartalopoulos.
5:00 LIVE COMICS DRAWING
In a one-of-a-kind comics drawing session, Frank Santoro will present Gabrielle Bell and R. Sikoryak with a rough page layout based on his principles of composition and design. These two artists will translate Santoro’s layout into two unique pages of comics, live, before your very eyes.
Also: An exhibition of 1950s original comic book art curated by Dan Nadel
Guest artists:
Gabrielle Bell
R. O. Blechman
Mat Brinkman
Charles Burns
Anya Davidson
Kim Deitch
C.F.
Carlos Gonzales
Ben Katchor
Nora Krug
Michael Kupperman
Mark Newgarden
Gary Panter
Ron Regé, Jr.
Peter Saul
Dash Shaw
R. Sikoryak
Jillian Tamaki
Matthew Thurber
Adrian Tomine
Lauren Weinstein
PERFORMANCES
Death by Audio
49 S. 2nd Street
Finally, at the end of the day visitors can troop over to Death by Audio at 49 S. 2nd Street, for an evening of musical performances by cartoonists, organized by Paper Route, and including performances by Kites, Ambergris, Sam Gas Can, Boogie Boarder, Nick Gazin, Graffiti Monsters, Dubbknowdubb.
The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Exhibitors and Artists:
Our Lady of Consolation Church
184 Metropolitan Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11 AM – 7 PM
Panel Discussions, Lectures & Art Exhibition:
Secret Project Robot
128 River @ corner of Metropolitan Ave.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
1 PM – 6 PM
Musical Performances:
Death by Audio
49 S. 2nd St Between Kent & Wythe
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
9 PM onward
Moving Pictures: A Symposium on Illustration and Motion on Nov. 11
Moving Pictures
A Symposium on Illustration and Motion
presented by the Illustration Program at Parsons The New School for Design
NOVEMBER 11, 2009, 7:00–10:00 P.M.
Free and Open to the Public
2 WEST 13TH STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10011
The New School Jazz Performance Space
Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 5th floor, New York, NY
LAUREN REDNISS reveals a history of blind spots.
JODY ROSEN unveils The Knowledge of London taxi drivers.
JOEL SMITH maps the mind of Saul Steinberg.
RICHARD MCGUIRE screens Fears of the Dark and more.
Moderated by Lauren Redniss, assistant professor, Illustration Program, Parsons The New School for Design
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RICHARD McGUIRE is an artist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, the New York Times, McSweeney’s, Le Monde, and other publications. He is the founder and bass player of the punk-funk band Liquid Liquid. Currently a fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, McGuire is working on an illustrated book entitled HERE. His most recent animated film, Peurs du Noir, will be released on DVD this fall.
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LAUREN REDNISS is an artist and writer who recently joined the full-time faculty at Parsons The New School for Design. She is the author of Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies. Redniss was a 2008–2009 fellow at the New York Public Library’s Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. Her new book, Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie & Other Stories of Love and Fallout will be published in fall 2010.
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JODY ROSEN is the music critic for Slate and a frequent contributor to the New York Times, The Nation, and other publications. He is the author of White Christmas: The Story of an American Song and the compiler of Jewface, an acclaimed anthology of early-20th-century Jewish vaudeville recordings. Rosen is working on a new book, The Knowledge, about London, cartography, and taxi drivers.
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JOEL SMITH is the author of Steinberg at The New Yorker (2005) and Saul Steinberg: Illuminations, the catalog of a traveling retrospective of the artist that opened at the Morgan Library & Museum in 2006. Smith is the curator of photography at the Princeton University Art Museum, where he is working on exhibitions about architecture and memory, pictures of pictures, and the history of photographs of nothing.
This symposium is presented with support from…
Comics History/New York History events
The New York Center for Independent Publishing presents:
Comics History/New York History
New York City was the birthplace of the modern comic book, and the city has had a starring role in some of the greatest and most influential work the medium has produced. The New York Center for Independent Publishing will be presenting a series of events looking at the rich history of Comics and the City. Join us at our historic building at 20 West 44th Street as we explore the city through comics, from Riverdale to the Baxter Building, from Dropsie Avenue to Forest Hills, to untangle the relationship between the world’s greatest city and the comics that chronicle its history. Visit www.nycip.org for more information!
New York Comics as New York History
Tuesday, October 20, 6:30 pm
Comics historian Kent Worcester will explore the connection between the city’s familiar streetscapes and the development of the comic book from the 1930s and 1940s to the post 9/11 era – looking at the ways comics history has mirrored the ups and downs of the quintessential American metropolis.
Cartooning and New York City Politics
Tuesday, November 3rd, 6:30 pm
Boss Tweed may have been the most powerful man in the City, but he was still tormented by Thomas Nast’s biting cartoons. Parsons Illustration faculty member Bill Kartalopoulos will host a panel exploring the interaction between political cartoons, New York City politicians, and the public.
New York, the Super-City
Tuesday, March 9th, 6:30 pm
New York served as the model for Gotham City, inspired Will Eisner as he created the noirish adventures of The Spirit, and became a recurring character during the 1960s resurgence of Marvel in comics such as Spider-Man and Iron Man. ForeWord Magazine contributing editor Peter Gutiérrez will moderate a talk on the relationship between superheroes and their favorite hometown… and on how comics culture has promoted potent and memorable images of New York to readers worldwide.
“Carousel” in New York
Tuesday, April 20th, 6:30 pm
The series closes with a multimedia presentation hosted by R. Sikoryak, Parsons faculty member and author of Masterpiece Comics. This event will feature work and performances from some the of the top comics artists working in New York.
Admission is $15, $10 for Members, and $5 for students.
Passing it Along: New Sendables at JibJab
Check out the rad new Halloween-ish Sendables over at JibJab (started by Parsons Illustration alum Evan N. Spiridellis and his brother!):
Do the Monster Mash!
You and your friends will make a hell of a Monster Mash when you turn yourselves into creatures of the night using JibJab’s easy and terrifying new transformation technology! Before you’ll know it, you’ll have created a monster!
http://cts.jibjab.com/t/21132/6102286/469/0/
Night of the Living Dead’ish
Put yourself and a friend into the most classic zombie movie ever made! Braiiins!
http://cts.jibjab.com/t/21132/6102286/470/0/
Plus new pictures, videos and a whole lot more!
http://cts.jibjab.com/t/21132/6102286/469/0/