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Animation Installations
An ambitious international programme of animation installations makes up a ribbon through downtown Utrecht, from festival centre LHC to the City Hall. For example the installation Recycled by Lei Lei (China) and Thomas Sauvin, who won a Grand Prix HAFF in 2013. On the occasion of Norman McLaren’s one hundredth birthday, HAFF presents the world première of a special, experimental installation of this Scottish award-winning animator. The British artist Paul Vester presents his installation For a Clock (Blue Beat Version), in which he depicts his fascination with time. Chao Wu (China) returns to Utrecht with her installation Happen. Turkish fine artist/video artist Erdal Inci will present his digital work Patterns of Motion.

Animation is applied in a broad spectrum of audiovisual manifestations – from cartoons, music videos, TV motion graphics and special effects in feature films to games, web design and smartphone applications. On the cutting edge of fine art and film, too, exceptional animation installations have been created in recent years. The combination of the potential of animation film and spatial art yields an entirely unique visual language and a new way of presenting things.

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