Marionettes, 2007

Tamás Waliczky: Marionettes, 2006, excerpt

MARIONETTES

"Marionettes" is a seven minutes long computer animation about collapse. Marionettes are controlled by strings. If there is no string, they collapse. Nobody animates the body. If nobody animates the body, it will be animated by natural forces. Mass. Gravity. Collision. Randomization. In this animation the animator does not animate in the traditional term. Therefore we can say it is an anti-animation.

The forces which control the movements of the marionettes calculated by physical simulation algorithms. Therefore these movements are strictly mathematical ones. They are dramatic, too. They visualize collapse in physical and - amazingly enough from puppets animated by machines - psychological meaning.

"MARIONETTES", 2007

The installation version, 24 min.

Master: High Definition (1920x1080 or 1280x720) digital video files.

Direction, Animation, Editing: TAMÁS WALICZKY

Artistic Advisor: ANNA SZEPESI

© 2007 by TAMÁS WALICZKY & ANNA SZEPESI

"Marionettes" exhibited in the "Wolfgang von Kempelen - Media Art and History Exhibition", Műcsarnok / Kunsthalle, Budapest, 24 March - 28 May 2007

"MARIONETTES", 2006

The computer animation version, 7 min. 11 sec.

Master: High Definition (1920x1080 or 1280x720) digital video files.

Direction, Animation, Editing: TAMÁS WALICZKY

Artistic Advisor: ANNA SZEPESI

Music performed by STEVE SMITH and GARY CHAFFEE

Musical composition:

SEVENTH HEAVEN (For Steve & Vinnie)

By GARY CHAFFEE

© 1991, 1992 BEAM ME UP MUSIC

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© 2006 by TAMÁS WALICZKY & ANNA SZEPESI