Artists have explored animation for years, from early motion-based cave drawings to contemporary 3D films. Its strong ties, and at times dependence, on new media technologies have made it a rich hybrid genre with its own production processes that differ from traditional video art montage. In spite of the richness of its format though, when it comes to its distribution and presentation to the public it is a genre that is often segregated from the traditional artistic institutions and most commonly found in “alternative” lines of programmes. How is it to produce and curate animation in art institutions today? Is there a need for more “alternative” contexts to promote animation or should we rather focus on its integration and further promotion at the existing art institutions?
Once Joan finished the BA Degree in Graphic Design by BAU Barcelona University , Joan studied at Massana’s School of Arts, Advanced Ilustration. Later on, and with some experience behind his back he graduated with a Master degree in 3D Animation Characters, by Nueve Zeros School. Meanwhile his was updating his School and Academic Education He created Els Altres, Graphic Design Studio & The Others TV Animation Studio. Nowadays, He runs the Others TV Studio as an Creative & Art Director and combines his position as a professional with his lecturer aspect. He imparts interaction, storytelling and Graphic Desing’s lessons in the BAU Barcelona University and Elisava Barcelona School of Design and Engineering.
Siddharth Gautam Singh is the co-founder and creative director of the boutique design firm 3 10 Studio in Barcelona, Spain. An Indian native, Siddharth is a filmmaker by education and a visual artist by passion. In recent years he has collaborated with artist Fito Conesa on various projects, the most recent being ‘Lyrebird’ exhibited as part of ‘Vivir Con Arte’ by AD Magazine in ArcoMadrid 2018. Other collaborations include ‘Jari Mari’ with Surabhi Sharma part of ‘Indian Highway’ at the Serpentine Gallery, London and Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art in Oslo, and ‘Capturing Light’ with Akhila Krishnan at Kanoria Art Center, Ahmedabad both in 2009. As an individual artist, he has exhibited as part of collective performances at the Fondation Cartier and La Generale in Paris in 2007. He is a graduate in Film and Video Communication from the National Institue of Design in Ahmedabad, India, and a postgraduate in Branding, Packaging and Design Management from BAU, Barcelona.
Carolina López has a degree in Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona and in Animation Film from the West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham, England. She is the current director of Xcèntric, the cinema at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, and Animac Lleida, the International Animated Film Festival of Catalonia. She curated Metamorphosis, fantastic visions of Starewitch, Švankmajer and the Brothers Quay, an exhibition co-produced by the CCCB (Barcelona 2014) and La Casa Encendida (Madrid 2014-2015) about the oeuvre of these four animators and their references in art and literature, with over 500 original works and 35 screens. She also devised and programmed From Doodles to Pixels: over 100 years of Spanish animation, a project that documents and recoups historic and independent films of all time. The resulting film programme was first shown at the International Animated Film Festival in Annecy and will be travelling to museums and film theatres around the world until 2018.
She has been a regular programmer for the Sitges Festival, ArtFutura and Little Histories of Cinema (MACBA), and film cycles for festivals, museums and arts centres. She has made her own audiovisuals and commissioned
works in the USA (where she worked for MTV), England, Italy (RAI), Iceland and Spain (Canal Plus, TVE, and Tesauro films).