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Reexamining the Independence of Independent Animation in China: Literature Review and Knowledge Gap from a Production Perspective
By Wang Yang and Guo Baoyi Over the past decade (2011-2024), the term “independent animation” 独立动画 has been widely applied in animation production, academic research, media reports, and festivals/exhibitions in China. However, due to an overlapped context of aesthetic and production perspectives, the definition(s) of “independence” 独立 towards independent animation is(are) still unclear and polysemous, … Continue reading Reexamining the Independence of Independent Animation in China: Literature Review and Knowledge Gap from a Production Perspective
Animated Slideshows and Creative Ecologies in Socialist China
By Jie Li Thanks to Daisy Yan Du’s invitation to lecture for the Association for Chinese Animation Studies Distinguished Lecture Series, I had the opportunity to extend an underdeveloped topic in my recent book Cinematic Guerrillas: Propaganda, Projectionists, and Audiences in Socialist China (Columbia University Press, 2023). The cover image (figure 1) is a 1966 … Continue reading Animated Slideshows and Creative Ecologies in Socialist China
Goral Flying: The First CGI Ink-painting Animated Feature Film in China
By Chen Hailu; translated by Yixing Li The Shanghai Animation Film Studio only made four analog ink-painting animated films, including Little Tadpoles Look for Mama (1960), The Herd Boy’s Flute (1964), The Deer Bell (1982), and Feelings of Mountain and River (1988). Since 1988, the studio did not produce any ink-painting animated films because the … Continue reading Goral Flying: The First CGI Ink-painting Animated Feature Film in China
What Happens to the Index in Animation? The Case of The Taking of Tiger Mountain
By Cassandra Xin Guan In the opening sequence of The Taking of Tiger Mountain (Zhiqu Weihushan 智取威虎山 2014), an overseas Chinese student, “Jimmy,” walks into a karaoke parlor in Manhattan’s Chinatown trailing a suitcase. He mingles with a noisy group of young Asians, until the incongruous sound of Peking opera and the vision of a … Continue reading What Happens to the Index in Animation? The Case of The Taking of Tiger Mountain
Anime’s Knowledge Cultures: From Astro Boy to China’s Zhai Generation, book talk by Professor Jinying Li, 9-10:30am, May 16, 2024 (Thursday, HK time), Zoom
Title: Anime’s Knowledge Cultures: From Astro Boy to China’s Zhai Generation Speaker: Professor Jinying Li, Brown University, USA Moderator: Professor Baryon Posadas, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK Format: 40-50 minutes’ lecture, followed by around 30 minutes’ Q & A Time: 9:00-10:30am, May 16, 2024 (Thur, Hong Kong Time) Zoom ID: 939 9388 3522 Password: ACASSHSS ABSTRACT: … Continue reading Anime’s Knowledge Cultures: From Astro Boy to China’s Zhai Generation, book talk by Professor Jinying Li, 9-10:30am, May 16, 2024 (Thursday, HK time), Zoom
Failed Animation, Limited Theory: Feminist Reflections in a Transnational Context, lecture by Professor Karen Redrobe, 9:30-11am, Feb 7, 2024 (Wed, HK Time), Room 3301 & Zoom
Title: Failed Animation, Limited Theory: Feminist Reflections in a Transnational Context Speaker: Professor Karen Redrobe, Pennsylvania University, USA Moderator: Professor Daisy Yan Du, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HK Format: 40-50 minutes’ lecture, followed by around 30 minutes’ Q & A Time: 9:30-11am, Feb 7, 2024 (Wed, Hong Kong Time) Location: Room 3301 (Lifts … Continue reading Failed Animation, Limited Theory: Feminist Reflections in a Transnational Context, lecture by Professor Karen Redrobe, 9:30-11am, Feb 7, 2024 (Wed, HK Time), Room 3301 & Zoom
Animation, Collage, and the Afterlife of Images: Found Footage in/as Animation, online lecture by Professor Yomi Braester, 9:30-10:30am, May 10 (Wed, Hong Kong Time), Zoom
Title: Animation, Collage, and the Afterlife of Images: Found Footage in/as Animation Time: 9:30-10:30am, May 10 (Wed, Hong Kong Time), Zoom Speaker: Professor Yomi Braester, University of Washington in Seattle, USA Moderator: Professor Paola Voci, University of Otago, New Zealand Format: 40 minutes’ lecture, followed by 20 minutes’ Q & A Abstract: In this essay I … Continue reading Animation, Collage, and the Afterlife of Images: Found Footage in/as Animation, online lecture by Professor Yomi Braester, 9:30-10:30am, May 10 (Wed, Hong Kong Time), Zoom
The Nondescript: Hybridization in the Animated Feature Film The Legend of Deification (2020)
By Cui Zhou “The immortal’s saddle beast had the head of a unicorn, the tail of a wolf, and the body of a dragon.”[1] This passage describes a heavenly creature in ancient China—the nondescript “Four-Unalike” (sibuxiang), recorded in the canonized gods and demons fiction Creation of the Gods (Fengshen yanyi). In this novel, the nondescript … Continue reading The Nondescript: Hybridization in the Animated Feature Film The Legend of Deification (2020)