Contemporary Art Animation Studio

Federico Solmi, The Bacchanalian Ones, Virtual Reality Experience for Oculus Quest 2, 2021
Federico Solmi, The Ship of Fools, Soft pastels, white pen and ink, gouache on canvas, 2024
Federico Solmi, The Painting Class, Single channel video loop, 2024

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13 and 18 February 2025
Online on Zoom
3pm — 5pm (CET)

about

The Contemporary Art Animation Studio is a class geared toward students who wish to learn how contemporary artists use animation techniques in the context of fine art. New York-based Artist Federico Solmi will demonstrate methods used in his studio, a process which integrates gaming, digital and VR technology with traditional painting and drawing techniques to create narrative moving image works.

The class will analyse how contemporary artists and Solmi himself have taken long-standing animation techniques and placed them into the context of fine art. Topics such as storyboarding, 3D software, production planning, stop motion, rotoscoping, collage, motion capture, and more are all potential subjects. In this course, animation and art will be hybridised in a personal way to each student’s practice, with a focus on formulating an original relationship between process and concept. A section of the course will also be dedicated to exploring new digital marketplaces like NFT Platforms and the blockchain.

The course will be held in Italian.

Lecturer

Federico Solmi

Born in Italy, he lives in New York. His groundbreaking work in video and audio was recognized with the award of a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2009. From 2016 to 2019, Solmi was Visiting Professor at Yale University School of Art and Yale School of Drama, New Haven, Connecticut. He was appointed Guest Critic at the Yale University School of Art for 2022. In September 2024 his solo show Solmi: Ship of Fools was also the subject of a major exhibition in Venice at Palazzo Donà Dalle Rose, during the Venice Biennale in 2024.

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