09.08. – 30.08
Invocation
Lesley Keen, 1985
5mins
An animated film on the ancient Greek creation myth, tracing the beginnings of the world from Time, Necessity and the Greek Gods through to the origins of mankind. The film manipulates abstract concepts in terms of stunning visual images.
A pioneering artist working with early computer animation, Lesley Keen (UK) graduated in graphic design from the Glasgow School of Art and trained as an animator at the Brothers-in-Tricks studios at Barrandov in Prague.
Her personal work has explored many aspects of non-narrative film making, frequently using mythology as subject matter.
Lesley’s first foray into 2D computer animation was in 1975 and this combination of technological innovation and creative expression has remained at the heart of her work.
Having worked on developing experimental 2d animation systems at both Cambridge and Glasgow Universities, Lesley later worked with a technology group in Belgium, developing a painterly animation software that sees all of these experiments finally being brought into a professional animation production platform