Animate(d) Architecture : A Spatial Investigation of the Moving Image / edited by Vahid Vahdat.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vahdat, Vahid, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animation (Cinematography).

Architecture in motion pictures.

Space in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool, England : Liverpool University Press, [2024]

Summary:

At their peak, architectural marvels such as the Sagrada Família, the Tower of London, the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, and the Eiffel tower, had a combined annual visit of almost 16.4 million people. The animated icebound castle in Disney's (2019) Frozen had 116.4 million views, from one single YouTube trailer, in less than 24 hours. The spaces of such massively consumed animation have for generations informed the architectural imagination of people across the globe and from very early in their lives. Yet, not only have the architectural disciplines remained rather absent in the design of these massively consumed spaces, architectural theory has likewise failed to articulate a framework to approach the architecture of animation. To address this void, this book offers an interdisciplinary approach to survey the role of space in animation, including in creating humorous moments in early cartoon shorts, generating action and suspense in Japanese anime, and even stimulating erotic pleasure in pornographic Hentai. Exploring the imagined architecture of animation, from early motion picture to digital animation and from computer graphics to game engines, offers an analytical frame to reconceptualize space.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9781802073775

1802073779