September 2024 – Expanded Animation

Holes, South Hill Park Arts Centre

September 29, 2024December 9, 2025ExpandedAnimationLeave a comment

Holes, a solo exhibition by Birgitta Hosea at South Hill Park Arts Centre

Installed within a peepshow, Holes is an abstract animation that hints at a visceral journey through the female body traced by oil pastels, milk, ink, detergent, lipstick and pomegranates using hand drawing, fingers, After Effects and a microscopic camera.

The exhibition at South Hill Park Arts Centre spread across the foyer, gallery and cafe spaces. It included production drawings used in the making of the film, and immersive drawings created after it was finished. Visitors were invited to participate by drawing their response to the show on an antique mirror.

There will also be a (free) animation workshop on Sat 19th Oct (booking required).

South Hill Park Arts Centre is Berkshire’s centre for the arts. It is situated 35 mins walk (or bus / taxi ride) from Bracknell station.

Thanks for their support to South Hill Park curator, Aurora Ulian, to Lucia Manopoulou and to sound designer Anat Ben-David.

AP3: Decolonising Animation

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The latest issue of Animation Practice, Process and Production on the theme of Decolonising Animation is now out through Intellect. Co-edited by Birgitta Hosea, Helen Starr, Pedro Serrazina, Natalie Woolf and Tereza Stehlikova with contributions from Diwas Bisht, Paula Callus, Mark Chavez, Ina Conradi, Tara Douglas, Nairy Eivazy, Liliana Conlisk Gallegos, Maybelle Peters, Susan Sloan, Helen Starr and Yijing Wang.

In their editorial article ‘Decolonizing Animation’, Birgitta Hosea and Helen Starr provide an introduction to key ideas from the decolonial thinkers who form the theoretical framework for this issue and how these ideas might enliven the thinking and making of animation.

This edition of the journal is based on the symposium Ecstatic Truth VII: Decolonising Animation, which was held at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham in 2023. Thanks to all the contributors, the publications team at Intellect, my colleagues at UCA who supported the event and also to the executive editors of the AP3 journal. Cover art courtesy of Liliana Conlisk Gallegos.

To view a live streamed webcast from Thurs 18th May 2023 of all the original presentations at Ecstatic Truth VII: Decolonizing Animation – click here

Walkcycle, Birgitta Hosea (2023-4)

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In this installation originally commissioned by Hunan Museum, an animated series of chalk footprints are projected downwards on a slate surface.

The exhibition, Wandering: Digital Art in Historical Space Time, was themed around contemporary artists responding to ancient, historical artworks. [Download catalogue essay]

This installation was subsequently included in Animation as Art: A Multi-Sensory Experience, an exhibition about the materiality of animation curated by Jorgelina Orfila, Francisco Ortega, Christine Veras for the Museum of Texas Tech, Lubbock, Texas, USA.

Download a PDF of the catalogue here.

Walk Cycle (with foot slip) (2021)

Performance by Birgitta Hosea at Hundred Years Gallery as part of her exploration of chalk as a material during her residency at the Centre for Recent Drawing (as part of the Performance Drawing 2021 exhibition events).