Re-imagining the place of puppets in contemporary animation
Presented at ‘Bringing Legacy to Life’ Stop Motion Conference 2021 Animation Research Network Scotland
Masterclass – Cinanima 2021 – ESAD talk Portugal
As part of CINANIMA – Espinho International Animation Film Festival, where renowned names of cinema, animation and illustration pass through every year, Lea Vidakovic presents the masterclass Storytelling Approaches for Expanded Animation.
Animanima Talks: Spatial storytelling and puppet animation
In this masterclass, spatial storytelling approaches of several animated installations will be discussed, including Sisters (2012), Splendid Isolation (2010) as well as a glimpse of a new work in progress.
Alternative Narrative Structures in a Spatial Context: New Approaches in Animation Storytelling
Presented at The cosmos of Animation, 28th Annual Conference of the Society of Animation Studies, ADM/NTU, Singapore, 2016.
Telling Without Telling: Animated Stories Beyond The Screen
What happens to the story when animation expands beyond the screen, beyond the cinema venue? Do the new sites (both physical and virtual) call for different content, different form of presentation? What kind of stories would we tell in these immersive environments, that alternate the screen space?
Handwoven tales in contemporary context: the transformation and transposition of traditional animation techniques to environments beyond the screen
Presente at the 31th Annual Conference of the Society of Animation Studies: Animation is a place, Lusofona University, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019.
Animation installation and spatial storytelling
Presented at the Symposium Narrative Structures and Visual Storytelling, Literaturhaus Stuttgart, Germany, 2016.