Animate X QUAD – All that is solid: the third Animate OPEN artist selection

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QUAD and Animate Projects are pleased to present All that is solid: the third Animate OPEN, an exhibition that sets out to celebrate, subvert and confound expectations of what animation can be.

The fifteen short films, selected from an international open call, includes work from Austria, Belgium, England, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Scotland, South Korea, the USA and Wales.

The title is taken from the Communist Manifesto:

All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and [people are] at last compelled to face with sober senses, [their] real conditions of life.

The films explore subjects that range from intimate, personal stories to wider geopolitical events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine, and the climate crisis. They consider the places we call home, and our need to connect with other humans, animals and nature. The diverse animation techniques represented include photo cut-out, Risograph, kitchen lithography, timelapse, charcoal, pinscreen, 3D, stop motion, and hand-drawn on paper.

The winner of the Animate OPEN jury prize of £1,000, will be announced in January. The jury members are: Lucia Cavalchini, producer and programmer in Mexico, American artist Martha Colburn, and Nobuaki Doi, curator and producer at New Deer in Japan.

All that is solid is a collaboration between Animate Projects and QUAD, Derby and is supported using public funding by Arts Council England and Derby City Council.

Some of the films deal with issues that may be sensitive or distressing to some viewers and may not be suitable for children.