AESTHETICS — all episodes — Fantasy/Animation

Archive Episode - The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926) (with Caroline Ruddell - Live @ Cinema Museum)

The latest archive instalment takes Chris and Alex back to January 2020, and their first live episode recorded in front of an audience of animated fantasy fans in attendance at the Fantasy/Animation screening series in collaboration with the Cinema Museum in Kennington, London. Joining the Q&A to discuss The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, 1926) was special guest Dr Caroline Ruddell (Brunel University London), an expert on Lotte Reiniger who has published work on the filmmaker in Fantasy/Animation: Connections Between Media, Mediums and Genres (2018), and the recent anthology The Crafty Animator: Handmade, Craft-based Animation and Cultural Value (2019).

PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantJuly 15, 2024GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM, STYLE, AESTHETICS, ALLEGORYComment

Episode 126 - ParaNorman (Sam Fell & Chris Butler, 2012) (with Stacey Abbott)

As Halloween rolls around once more, things take a positively spooky turn as Chris and Alex discuss the stop-motion animated horror film ParaNorman (Sam Fell & Chris Butler, 2012) with very special guest Professor Stacey Abbott, who is incoming Professor of Film at Northumbria University and an expert in histories of gothic and horror in film and television.

PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantOctober 23, 2023HALLOWEEN, STOP-MOTION, HORROR, CHILDREN, AESTHETICSComment

Episode 103 - Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021) (with Cristina Formenti)

he acclaimed animated documentary Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021), which tells the story of Amin Nawabi and his journey from from Afghanistan to Denmark as a refugee, is the subject of Episode 103 of the podcast that reflects on the shared ability of animation, fantasy and the documentary format to ‘reveal.’

PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantAugust 8, 2022DOCUMENTARY, AESTHETICS, TRAUMA, HISTORYComment

Episode 58 - Roobarb (and Custard) (Grange Calveley, 1974) (with Birgitta Hosea)

The anarchy and artistry of British television animation provides the springboard for Episode 58 of the Fantasy/Animation podcast, which welcomes London-based media artist, animator and curator Professor Birgitta Hosea (who is also the Director of the Animation Research Centre at the University for the Creative Arts) to talk about Roobarb (Grange Calveley, 1974) directed by English animator Bob Godfrey.

PODCASTChristopher Holliday and Alexander SergeantOctober 12, 2020STYLE, TELEVISION, BRITISH, AESTHETICS, BOILING, FANTASY, REFLEXIVITYComment