Over there and back. Story about puppeteers' polish-czechoslovak and polish-czech-slovak contacts in Silesia.
The book relates the unprecedented presence of Czech and Slovak artists in the Polish puppet theatre of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Basic questions revolve around issues of penetration of influences and inspirations between Czech, Slovak and Polish puppet theatres, as well as the question whether or not and to what extent such a significant presence of Czech and Slovak artists in the Polish puppet theatre is conditioned by the weakening condition of the Polish theatre, the opening of the borders, a community cultural references to the united Europe, or maybe it is a result of constant fluctuations resulting from geographical and historical proximity of our nations.
The screenings of animated films will be accompanied by an interactive installation by Grzegorz Rogala.
Entering the area of camera operation the audience will turn into marionettes. Will they control their movements? Or maybe they will be controlled by some external force, as it happens with puppets? It will be possible to interact with other people.
It will be possible to change colours. It will be possible to feature on the screen in a multiple presence. The artist offers us an unusual experience which can be just fun, at the same time an opportunityto meditate on our functioning in this world.
Grzegorz Rogala is a filmmaker and multimedia artist whose art opens the audience to the unknown.
Itamar Daube, who is a head of the illustration and animation program in the Department of Visual Communication at Shenkar College of Art, Design and Engineering (Israel), an illustrator and animator will display how illustrating digitally on a computer, resembles sculpting more than drawing.
His master class will offer a unique chance to have an insight into his work on various and versatile projects. You will learn how designing computerized animated characters influences the technique he uses to draw editorial caricatures for magazines and newspapers. Itamar Daube will show various strategies and tricks which may turn out to be useful in the work of future animators and illustrators.
Those who are interested in participating in the master class are asked to send an e-mail application to film.festival@lalkatezczlowiek.eu till October 15, 2015.
For the tenth time this unusual festival carries the audience into the fantastic world of unlimited imagination. Led by one of its initiators and organizers, it is an occasion to recollect the most interesting performances and watch the archival film footage and photographs in the intimate atmosphere of our little artistic cafe.
