Motion Picture Purgatory: The Animation of Alexeïeff
This week’s MPP takes us on a bit of an educational journey, introducing us to Russian-born artist, filmmaker, and illustrator Alexandre Alexeïeff; his wife, Claire Parker; and the pinscreen animation technique they developed along with Alexeïeff’s first wife, Alexandra Alexandrovna Grinevskya.
Per Wikipedia: Pinscreen animation makes use of a screen filled with movable pins, which can be moved in or out by pressing an object onto the screen. The screen is lit from the side so that the pins cast shadows. Alexeïeff and Parker made a total of 6 very short films with it over a period of fifty years. Despite the short running time and the monochrome nature of these films, they won numerous awards over the years.
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