TOOLS: Workshop for children and young people ANIMATION
On Saturday, March 9, we arranged an artistic workshop for children about animation. The workshop was conducted together with visual artist David Lamignan Larsen, and in collaboration with Kulturskolen i Sokndal and UKM.
The participants learned how to make animated films using the stop motion method. The children painted their own backgrounds for their scenes and made moving figures out of plasticine. In the course, they used smartphones to create the animation with the Stop Motion app.
Several of the finished films were shown at UKM in Sokndal on March 10.
WHY ANIMATION?
Through animation, you learn about how static images in sequence become living moving images. This is an important understanding for those who want to work with animation and film, but also exciting in itself! In a world where we take in so much media in the form of TV, video and film, it's fun to see how the images are brought to life; it's interesting and it opens up the imagination and for what is possible to create yourself, without advanced equipment!
WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ARTIST?
David Lamignan Larsen is an artist from Nigeria and Norway with a master's degree in visual arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim (KiT), part of NTNU.
In addition to this education, David has Practical Pedagogical Education (PPU) at the University of Stavanger (UiS) and currently works as a lecturer in Art Design and Architecture at Bergeland Videregående Skole and has done this since 2016.
Even though David has a busy day at school, he is an active artist.
In his spare time, David practices a Kung Fu style called Qwan Ki Do. Something that is a great inspiration when he plans / performs performances.
David primarily works with painting, drawing, sculpture, print, photography, text, performance, sound and video. David often mixes the media and has exhibitions with a common thread between the works that often turn into a large installation, and has a tradition where he does something performative at his openings.
Website: www.lamignan.com
