Waliczky: Pictures

Tamás Waliczky: Pictures, 1988, excerpt

PICTURES

For me, a computer is like a photo camera or a film camera. For years I have been working on an ATARI 520 ST and since I have this type of computer, I have been using it to realise my ideas for graphics and animated films. The artistic quality of a work of art does not depend primarily on the technical background, but on the artistic inspiration of the artist. In realising my ideas, I have consciously used the low resolution and limited colour palette of this machine. For me, it is always the subject that determines the software I choose. I am interested in all kinds of visuals that can be seen on the monitor, from digital images to 3D animation. And my themes are the eternal human problems.

Tamás Waliczky, 1988

In 1988, after completing the "Mobiles" series, Waliczky made a five minute computer animation which he called PICTURES. Based on a set of digitally manipulated snapshots from a family photo album, the work is like a slide show in virtual form: details from the first photograph are enlarged by an imaginary camera, and each enlargement generates a new "picture". Thus the viewer sees an ever-receding sequence of moments from the story of a person's life. The first and last image in the animation are identical; the circle is complete and the story comes to an end.

Anna Szepesi, 1995

"PICTURES" 1988

Computer animation, 4 min. 55 sec.

Master: U-Matic

Design and animation: Tamás Waliczky

The "Pictures" were made with the help of the Caesar Computer Software studio

In-house softwares: Art Director, Art Expander, Film Director, Scroll Up I., II., Expshow

Studio director: András Császár

Special thanks to: Nándor Czeiner, Anna Szepesi, Vilmos Thernesz, György Pálos

Software support: Zoltán Császár, Nándor Czeiner, Emil Venyercsán

Copyright © 1988 Tamás Waliczky and Anna Szepesi

Distributors: Tamás Waliczky, Anna Szepesi, Wallada Bioscop Ltd.