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Researchers Talk: Animation Research Exhibition
Friday, August 30, 2024 4pm
Free Event
Event Details
Grad student researchers participating in the “Animation Research Exhibition” will be talking about their work in the AHT Gallery (ATC 3.102) in the ATC building on Friday, August 30 at 4:00 p.m. Come celebrate their work and hear more about their research.
**Light snacks will be served**
If you haven’t seen the exhibition yet, stop by to explore our students' work through informative research posters, each featuring a QR code for easy access to their full papers. This exhibition highlights various perspectives on animation and aims to make animation research more accessible.
The selected graduate students and their research topics featured in the exhibition:
- Doctoral student Luke Hernandez: "Doom! Invader Zim as Rasquache: Its Impact on Animation and Latinx Aesthetics"
- Doctoral student Logan Acton: "Étienne-Jules Marey: Three-Dimensional Zoetrope and the Translation of Form"
- Doctoral student Rachel Catlett: "Horrifying Figures: Mad God’s (Tippett, 2022) Vast Nebula of Influences"
- MFA student Baotran Vo: "Unraveling Fischinger’s An Optical Poem: Influence and Inspiration in Contemporary New Media Art"
- MFA student Alissa Clarke: "A Critical Look at the Representation of Black Women as Main Characters in Warner Bros. Animation"
- MFA student Allanah Ahr: "Who Framed Live Action? Live Action Animated Film Shifts and Trends"
- MFA student Jonathan Max Wheeler: "Comedy Season: The Influence of Comedy in the Work of Chuck Jones"
We look forward to seeing you at the AHT Gallery.
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Cost
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free
Department
- Harry W. Bass Jr. School of Arts, Humanities, and Technology
Contact Information
- Christine Veras
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Undergraduate Students, Faculty & Staff, Alumni, General Public, Prospective Students, Graduate Students, International Students
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