Lan Wei-LookingOutwards-08

The lecture is given by James Paterson, a Montreal-based artist and coder who dedicates to explore the intersection of animation, art and code. James is interested in the boundary between reality and virtuality, which is also the main topic of the lecture. His projects cover a wide domain, which includes art direction, VR & AR and animation.

This lecture interests me because it unveils new possibilities for artists in creating things. Animation is not about something that just happens in computers any more, but things that can merge with everyday life and blur the boundary between real life and virtuality. The work I admire the most of James is created by a tool he created called Norman, which enables him to create 3D animation easily with only lines. In the later part of the lecture, there is even examples that Norman being integrated with real-world scenes. I totally think the tool gives drawings a new life.

James presents his work clearly by dividing his works into different categories and talking about one category at one time. This is an useful presenting method that I can learn from the lecture.

James Paterson’s website:

http://presstube.com/hello/