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ANIMATION31

Judith Uyterlinde (World Editions) - Animation fits well with the artistic and fictional nature of our novels

by Udo Prinsen
16 July 202129 March 2022
10 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, ANIMATION, ANIMATION31

As in the animation sector, the book trade is hugely diverse. Within the Netherlands, around 4,500(!) publishing houses operate. From cooking and baking to self-help, from fact to fiction, an awful lot is written and published in the Netherlands. But there is also a publisher, World Editions, which does operate from the Netherlands, but focuses on the English market. They translate existing...

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Michiel Peeters (TivoliVredenburg) - We want to make visual art a more prominent part of our programme

by Udo Prinsen
9 July 20212 July 2021
5 min read
ANIMATION, ANIMATION31, BECOME A MEMBER

Public space is dressed up with visualisation, music video and art in many places, including TivoliVredenburg. Either via projection mapping on buildings during events, or via LED panels in shop windows and abris, but also as digital art during performances and lobbies in theatres. In TivoliVredenburg, in the heart of Utrecht, they even create separate events for it. Canvas is a programme that...

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Siety Boerhave - Whether animation can be timeless and live action cannot is an interesting question

by Udo Prinsen
2 July 202129 March 2022
5 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, ANIMATION31

Motion design and animation are often used in the visualisation of a leader. Behind the scenes of television programmes, a lot of work goes unseen. We offer an insight into everything that makes a programme. This often starts with an idea that is developed into a concept. Television design Someone who is very good at developing these concepts is Siety

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Everyone is welcome to the poems of Babs Gons

by A Quattro Mani
3 June 202129 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, ANIMATION31, LITERARY

The busiest year ever in the career of word artist Babs Gons (49) gets its crowning moment with the publication of her first book of poetry, Do it anyway. A debut that, for Gons herself, feels more like a farewell than a beginning. 'For a performer like me, paper as a form is very definitive.' Erosion and sprawl Do it anyway is called

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Animation & Stephane Kaas: 'I like to give animators a certain freedom.'

by Udo Prinsen
8 February 202130 March 2022
6 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, ANIMATION31, FILM, BECOME A MEMBER

We asked him a few questions about his experiences and influences. What is your experience with animation so far? 'As a child, I liked drawing comics. I made the comic Kaas-Trek with a friend, a kind of persiflage on Star-Trek, and we would sell it to classmates and buy sweets from them. Who framed Roger Rabbit I remember as...

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Animation & Martin Koolhoven: 'With animation, I kept thinking: what don't I know? That made me insecure.'

by Udo Prinsen
26 January 202129 March 2022
6 min read
For members only, ANIMATION31, FILM, BECOME A MEMBER

Animation came under accelerated attention as a replacement option for live-action in early 2020 thanks to Covid19 measures. While many film productions came to a standstill, several animation productions continued to work solidly 'just at home' on series, short and longer films. Of course, in the industry, we very much encourage the idea of using animation more, but how simple is it really to just switch...

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