”Animation station” from the 70s – 80s

Thu 10 June, 3 pm – 5 pm
Screening Room
Goethe

Animation Station is back for a second screening with a collection of short animations from the 70s & 80s by three European artists and filmmakers: Jan Švankmajer (born 1934 in Czech), Zbigniew Rybczyński (born 1949 in Poland) and Lolo Zazar (born 1958 in Paris).

Jan Švankmajer is well known for his surreal and often disturbing and aggressive animations and featres, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam and many others. He has gained a reputation over several decades for his distinctive use of stop-motion technique, and his ability to make surreal, nightmarish and yet somehow funny pictures.

One of Zbigniew Rybczyński’s top achievements to date has been the 1982 American Film Academy Oscar award in the Best Short Feature Cartoon category for ‘Tango’. This is a prime example of Rybczyński’s early works in which he experimented with the synchronization of picture and music, with time and space, and with human perception.

Lolo Zazar is an artist, writer, actor and director of shorts and shorts series specially for Canal+ and France 2. What presented here are two of his early animations made in the 80s, both of which explore the endless possibilities of stop-motion and use everyday objects and situations as the cores of the films.

The screening is non-profit and aims for studies and research only.

Following the screening is Q&A session.

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