06.09 | 19:00 | IZONE ground floor

Embracing crude and intuitive modelling, texturing and animation methods is the main concept behind the Ugly Project. The talk will focus on the process and development of ideas leading to the final look and approach to animation. Animation in Ugly is a combination of puppeteering and computer simulation and varies between physically accurate and broken. Animating like this feels closer to real-life filmmaking: Like an actor, the computer follows the action set by the animator and produces results that are organic, unpredictable and personal.

Speaker:

Nikita Diakur is a Russian-born filmmaker based in Germany and is best known for his projects Ugly and Fest, which have received critical acclaim at film festivals around the world. His signature style is dynamic computer simulation that embraces spontaneity, randomness, and error. Diakur regularly gives talks and workshops, recently undertook a residency at Q21 in Vienna, and is a member of the European Film Academy.

Running Time 45 min. + Q&A