(POSTPONED) Ink and Motion #1 · International Conference on Animation and Comics

This event has been postponed. New date to be advised soon. 

Ink and Motion # 1

International Conference on Animation and Comics

23/24 April 2020

Call for papers: February 14, 2020

Keynote Speakers Confirmed:

R. Kikuo Johnson

Michaël Dudok from Wit

Ivan Maximov

Kin Wai Chu

This conference aims at constituting a pioneering cross-disciplinary platform in Portugal for a fruitful dialogue between the fields of Animation and Comics.

Responding to a growing artistic and academic interest in these two media and to the new conceptual, practical and theoretical challenges they pose, we feel the need to provide a space for academics and artists to share ideas about these subjects.

These are very dynamic, and often under recognized areas in the arts, even though they often underlie some of the most successful cinematic productions of our time. As such, they are moving more and more into the mainstream consciousness, and attracting extensive audience and critical acclaim.

Papers discussing the following topics will be accepted:

2D, 3D and mixed-media animation

Experimental Animation and Emerging Formats

Subsidiary Animation (Interactive Games and Media)

Animation / Comics Genres and Narratives

Characters in Animation / Comics

Sound and speech in Animation / Comic Book

Mainstream vs. Independent Animation / Comic Book

Political and gender issues in Animation / Comic Book

Animation, / Comic book and cinematic adaptations

Technological problems and production processes in Animation

Uncanny valley

Aesthetic Languages ​​in Animation / Comics - From Stylization to Realism

Animation / Comics drawing and line

Color & Lighting in Animation / Comics

Animation History

Contemporary Affairs in Animation / Comics

Animation Styles Around the World

Rhythm, Anment and Motion in Animation

Pop Culture & Animation / Comics

Animation Documentary

Standards animation and subversion

Animation as a language of resistance

(I) Animation materialities

Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Animation / Comics

Author Voice vs. Market Hegemony in Animation / Comics

New ways to watch / read Animation / Comics

Medial Specificity of Animation / Comics

Organizing Committee:
Ekaterina Smirnova - School of Arts - Catholic University of Portugal
David Pinho Barros - School of Arts - Catholic University of Portugal / University of Porto (PT)
Jorge Ribeiro - School of Arts - Catholic University of Portugal
Ricardo Megre - School of Arts - Catholic University of Portugal
Sahra Kunz - School of Arts - Catholic University of Portugal

Calendar:
Abstract Submission / Biographical Note - February 14, 2020
Acceptance Notice - February 28, 2020
Conference - 23/24 April 2020
Submission to CITAR Magazine - May 22

Publication:
Following the review process, articles will be published in a special issue of CITAR Journal

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+ info: inkandmotion@porto.ucp.pt