[['<'} . . . van sowerwine: animation

This section details screen-based animations I've created. Installation-based animation can be found in the installation section.

Clara
Doll Stories: Mary
Gillian
Snow White
Roller Coaster
Leg People
At Night
Visitors

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Clara

Clara Clara Clara

Clara has her own web site.

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Doll Stories: Mary

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Quicktime (5.5Mb)

A stop motion animation about a girl trapped in a boarding school. Originally an excerpt from a longer work.

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Gillian

gillian still

Quicktime: 12.9Mb (better quality) | 3.9Mb (faster)

2001
dur: 7'
A doll dreams of escape from a world she can't control

- 1st place, Animation Category, 2001 National Student Film and Video Festival
- Highly Commended, Yoram Gross Animation Award, 2001 Dendy Short Film Awards.
- Official Selection Auburn Internation Film and Video Festival for Children and Young Adults.

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Snow White

snow white still

Quicktime: 2.6Mb

2000
dur: 3'46"
A re-take on the fairytale. Nat Bates created a soundscape to which pixellated drawings and photos were animated.

Snow White was screened at Revolver as part of eMpTY Vee. I also created 2 animated logos for eMpTY Vee:

emptyvee logo still

Logo 1 - Quicktime: 151KB
Logo 2 - Quicktime: 128KB

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Roller Coaster

roller coaster still

Quicktime: 2.3 Mb

2000
dur: 3 minutes 40 seconds
Two people are riding on an endless roller coaster. But all is not as it seems and their journey is full of surprise...

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Leg People

leg people still
1998
dur: 3'40"
Three small people crawl out of a leg and set up camp.