Friday Late Animate: Events

All events were free and drop-in, unless otherwise indicated.

VJ set by Rbg6
Grand Entrance
18.30-21.00
Recent visual work by Swedish directing duo Joel Nordstrom and Lars Ohlin accompanied by sound of DJ Lauren Benner.

VJ set by Carolina Melis
Grand Entrance
21.00-22.00
Director and illustrator Carolina Melis' new ambient film and music piece I Love You Too.

Nexus retrospective with Smith & Foulkes: a decade of animation
Lecture Theatre
19.30- 20.30
Visitors joined the award-winning production company to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Shooting People's James Mullighan chaired a discussion on the changing face of animation through the last 10 years with Nexus directors Smith & Foulkes and company founders Chris O'Reilly and Charlotte Bavasso. Featured a selection of short films, title sequences, comedy sketches, music videos and commercials.
Tickets £5 from the Grand Entrance Information Desk

Nexus Productions Screenings
Lecture Theatre
20.45- 21.45

Films on the making of some of the most famous works by directors from the Nexus stable and a selection of their music videos.

Shadow Monsters by Philip Worthington
Grand Entrance
18.30-22.00
A magical interactive installation that conjured up dark tales inhabited by wolf-like creatures, cawing birds and fierce dragons. This installation was presented on large scale for the first time.

spectrum # 1 and spectrum # 2
Room 47g and Raphael, Room 48a
18.30-22.00 (80min loop)
onedotzero's two-part retrospective of the most influential and progressive animation from the last decade.

Animation Production Line
Raphael, Room 48a
13.00-21.45
Animation graduates from Central Saint Martins created their own cartoon based on Raphael's masterpieces. The finished cartoon was premiered at 21.00.

Flip-Book Workshop
Sculpture, Room 21
18.30-21.45
Visitors grab a pen and breathed life into their own flip-book in this workshop by graphic designers Airside. Each flip book: 50p. Subject to availability.

Phonographantasmascope by Jim Le Fevre
India, Room 41
18.30-21.45 with workshop at 19.00 and 20.00
Director Director Jim Le Fevre presented his DIY zoetrope installation and offered a chance to make your own.

Interactive Over-Head Projector and Music-Making Adventure by Brains and Hunch and Sam Morrison
Café
18.30-21.45
Visitors made up their own story and Brains and Hunch's live science-fiction jazz band created a soundtrack for it. With award-winning actor Will Adamsdale assisting with storyline.

3D Caricature Freakshow by Darren Price , Ben Cowell and Matt Clark
Café
18.30-21.45
Visitors were offered a chance to become a 3D caricature in the hands of three key artists from the Nexus studio whilst they talked through the 3D process behind the studio's award winning work.
 
Butcher's  Manipulation Disco by Stuart Doig and Reece Millidge
Tunnel Entrance
18.30-21.45
Transformed into an animated character dancing to the sound of disco in this multi-sensory environment visitors danced with themselves!

It Starts With a Drawing by Celyn
Seminar Room 3
18.30-21.45 with questions at 20.00 and 21.00
Renown illustrator and animation director Celyn gave an insight into the art of 2D design in this film and illustration piece.
Free but places were limited

Friday PixiLate by  Luke Youngman and Wendy Scott
Sculpture, Room 24
18.30-21.45
The process behind stop-frame animation explained by picking up props and submitting yourself to Luke and Wendy's instructions.

V&A and Nexus Animation Competition
Sculpture, Room 24
18.30-21.45
A display of entries to the V&A and Nexus' animation competition to design a storyboard of two fictional characters named Victoria and Albert

The Short Films of Jonas Odell and Woof Wan Bau
British Galleries, Level 2 Film Room
18.30 - 21.45
Screening of Jonas Odell's Golden Bear winning short film Never Like The First Time! and Revolver as well as Woof Wan Bau's Watermelon Love and From Nose to Mouth.
Free but places were limited

Walt Disney Talk
by V&A curator Riiki Kuitennen
National Art Library
20.00-21.00 and 21.00-21.30
Unique opportunity to see some of the Disney's drawings close-up.
Free but places were limited; tickets from the Grand Entrance Information Desk. Meet at the Meeting Point.