Watch Me Move: The Animation Show
Sunday, October 06, 2013 – Sunday, January 05, 2014
Discover animation like never before. Suspend belief and let the magic of animation reveal imaginary worlds and experimental imagery.
With Watch Me Move, the Detroit Institute of Arts brings to metro Detroit the most extensive animation show ever mounted, featuring both iconic moments and lesser-known masterpieces from the last 150 years. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to see an incredible array of animation techniques in over 100 animated film segments from across generations and cultures. The exhibition includes animation’s great inventors, innovators, and artists, from Georges Méliès and Chuck Jones to William Kentridge and Tim Burton, as well as animation studios such as Walt Disney, Aardman, Studio Ghibli, and Pixar.
With Watch Me Move, the Detroit Institute of Arts brings to metro Detroit the most extensive animation show ever mounted, featuring both iconic moments and lesser-known masterpieces from the last 150 years. Visitors will have the rare opportunity to see an incredible array of animation techniques in over 100 animated film segments from across generations and cultures. The exhibition includes animation’s great inventors, innovators, and artists, from Georges Méliès and Chuck Jones to William Kentridge and Tim Burton, as well as animation studios such as Walt Disney, Aardman, Studio Ghibli, and Pixar.
This immersive exhibition invites visitors to discover animation—from the familiar to the eccentric—through large-scale projections and intimate viewing spaces. The experience extends into the Detroit Film Theatre which will be showing a selection of feature-length animation, festival compilations and personal appearances by contemporary animators over the course of the exhibition.
Exhibition will be ticketed.
This exhibition has been organized by Barbican Centre, London. The Barbican Centre is provided by the City of London Corporation as part of its contribution to the cultural life in London and the nation. In Detroit, generous support has been provided by the GM Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the City of Detroit.
