Sand animation

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Sand animation is a term which has two meanings. It is the name given to a style of live performance art, and also to a type of animation. In the former, an artist creates a series of images using sand, a process which is achieved by applying sand to a surface and then rendering images by drawing lines and figures in the sand with one's hands. To increase visibility and to add further artistic aesthetic, a sand animation performer will often use the aid of an overhead projector or lightboard. In the latter, animators move around sand on a backlighted or frontlighted piece of glass to create each frame for their animated films. Caroline Leaf is a pioneer of this type of animation. It has also been intermittently used in recent years by Belarusfilm.

1 Popular artists
- 1.1 Performance artists
- 1.2 Animators/films
2 External links
- 2.1 Performance art
- 2.2 Animation

[edit] Popular artists

[edit] Performance artists

Ferenc Cakó is arguably one of the most popular artists of this medium. Examples of performances by Cakó and many other sand animation artists can be found readily online.
Ilana Yahav is famous for the Qwest commercials.
David Myriam
Ahmad Habash is famous for the "flee" short sand animation and the performance "from the memory of the sand" at the third anniversary to commemorate the late president Yasser Arafat.

[edit] Animators/films

Natalya Antipova
- Lyulyaki, Люляки (2003), co-directed with Veronika Fyodorova [1]
- The Hot-tempered Man, Вспыльчивый человек (Vspylchivyy chelovek) (2004) [2]
Gerald Conn
Albena Dyulgerova
- This Bird is Mine, Птичка «Это мое» (Ptichka "Eto moyo") (2002) [3]
Caroline Leaf
- The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974) (watch)
Marcos Magalhães
- Animando (1987) (watch)
Eli Noyes
Vladimir Petkevich
- The Tale of a Little Bug, Сказочка про козявочку (Skazochka pro kozyavochku) (1985) [4] [5]
- Night, Ночь (Noch) (1986) [6] [7] (uses coffee)
Yelena Petkevich
- Forest Tales, Сказки леса (Skazki lesa) (1996) [8]
Maria Procházková
Yevgeniy Sivokon
- Snow Will Cover the Roads, Засыплет снег дороги... (Zasyplet sneg dorogi...) (2003) [9] (uses salt rather than sand) [10]
- Compromix, Компромикс [11]
Mariya Stepanova
- Tracery (2000)
- Vasana, Васана (2006)

[edit] External links

[edit] Performance art

[edit] Animation

An explanation of how to make animated films with sand animation
Marcos Magalhães' "Animando" - a visual demonstration of how to make a sand animation (also features other animation types)
Caroline Leaf's film The Owl Who Married a Goose (watch for free)

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