Translations from tom burtonwood on Vimeo.

Final cut of Translations now online complete with audio by Jacob C. Hammes remastered in the studio. Translations was originally shown at Three Walls in Chicago as part of Chasing Two Rabbits a screening / performance featuring collaborations between animators and musicians. The audio component was first performed live and Jacob produced a studio version which has now been added to the video. We will be showing this animation next week in Brooklyn at Fountain Studios as part of the exhibition Chawn-eoiserie with David Constable.  If you are in New York / Brooklyn area next week please come check it out in person.

(Live) Translations from tom burtonwood on Vimeo.

Translations, projected / performed live at Three Walls as part of Chasing Two Rabbits. Thank you to Jacob C. Hammes for his awesome musical accompaniment / score. Big thank you to Andrew Rigsby, Travis Saul and R James Healy for their help with all things animation, Maya & Final Cut. Also many thanks to Shannon Stratton and Sonia Yoon for organizing the event and asking me to take part.

first draft of the new animation for threewalls screening on friday, i’m really happy with some bits of this, other bits need to be tweaked, but i’ve got like 3-4 more sequences ready to plug in and a few more that haven’t been made in maya yet, but i’m liking the retro, glitchy feel to the visuals and loving the unfolding cubes….. now if only i could make these in real life… if you wanna see this finished and projected on a wall with awesome musical accompaniment hustle on over to threewalls on friday.

here’s a sneak preview of one of the sequences for the upcoming screening at Three Walls on friday, it cuts off a bit a the beginning and runs a bit fast but i’ll fix that for friday. Events details are as follows:

Friday February 26, 2010

Chasing Two Rabbits

Friday, February 26^th, 2010.

Doors at 6pm, Program starts at 7pm

Suggested Donation: $10.00

Chasing Two Rabbits is a special event curated by Sonia Yoon and Shannon Stratton that pairs animators with live performances by sound artists and musicians. Inspired by the experimental films of Norman McLaren, who combined abstract imagery (including scratching and painting into the film stock in earlier work, as well as paper cut-outs and live action and dance) with imaginative music and sound, Chasing Two Rabbits, acts to pair artists in both genres to produce a unique event where, rather than leaving art to illustrate a story, perhaps sound and vision will illuminate each other.

The program for the evening will include animations by Gracen Brilmyer, Peter Burr, Tom Burtonwood, Dana Carter, Jodie Mack, Tracy Taylor, and Rebecca Schoenecker with sound by The Chicago Phonographers, Chris Hammes, Eric Zeigenhagen, Steve Lacy, Frank Van Duerm, Kotoka Suzuki, Cait Stevens, George Monteleone and Broken Chooser.

“If you chase two rabbits, both will escape.”

Permutation_495 from tom burtonwood on Vimeo.

This sequence is missing a section from the end, where the cube will re-form from a spinning plane– will post this l8tr

Permutations I, time line, sketchbook page. June 2009

Working on a new project, Permutations, an animated sequence showing several variations on a unfolding cube. Sketchbook page sequence below shows a range of possible final unfolded outcomes, currently i’m working on the “master” drawings for the first full sequence. hope to have these complete by middle of week in draft format. really excited about this direction, eventually the final animation will have an audio component too.

Sketchbook sequence. June 2009

Animation sequence below shows first 7 or 8 frames from the upcoming Permutations piece….. can’t wait to get all this done and start playing with these “Containers” and adding some content!

Permutations, opening sequence, June 2009