Tim and I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting the Quay Brothers here at Cornell a couple of weeks ago. It is at that time they recommended Suzanne Buchan as someone they considered to be an expert in Animation Research. We are delighted to welcome her.
We are also happy to welcome Paul Ward whose name was sent to us by Simon Biggs. Paul's expertise in documentary, television and animation are sure to add a new dimension to our discussion thus far. Both Suzanne and Paul are new subscribers to empyre and we are hoping that all of our subscribers will welcome them with comments and responses to "Theorizing Animation: Content and Context" Suzanne and Paul will be making introductory posts soon! Thanks again. Renate Week 2: Suzanne Buchan (UK), Paul Ward (UK) Suzanne Buchan is Professor of Animation Aesthetics and Director of the Animation Research Centre at the University for Creative Arts, England (www.ucreative.ac.uk/arc). She is the Editor of animation: an interdisciplinary journal (http://anm.sagepub.com/). Her interdisciplinary research focuses on aesthetics and theory of the manipulated moving mage in animation, digital culture, and experimental film. Publications include Trickraum : Spacetricks (Christoph Merian Publishers, 2005) that accompanied the eponymous exhibition, Animated 'Worlds' (John Libbey, 2005), and The Quay Brothers: Into the Metaphysical Playroom will be published this year by University of Minnesota Press. Paul Ward is a Principal Lecturer in the School of Media at the Arts University College at Bournemouth, UK. He teaches on the BA (Hons) Animation Production course and contributes to a cross-disciplinary MA course. His research interests are in the fields of animation and documentary film and television. Published work includes articles for the journals animation: an interdisciplinary journal, Animation Journal, and the Historical Journal for Film, Radio and Television, as well as numerous anthology essays. Paul is also the author of Documentary: The Margins of Reality (Wallflower Press, 2005) and TV Genres: Animation (Edinburgh University Press, forthcoming; co-authored with Nichola Dobson). He serves on the Editorial Boards of animation: an interdisciplinary journal and Animation Studies and is a member of the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council Peer Review College with special interest in animation and documentary research proposals. Paul is the current President of the Society for Animation Studies." Renate Ferro Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Art Cornell University, Tjaden Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 Email: <r...@cornell.edu> Website: http://www.renateferro.net Co-moderator of _empyre soft skinned space http://www.subtle.net/empyre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empyre Art Editor, diacritics http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/dia/ _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre
