CAAF01
1st Cologne Art & Animation Festival
Cologne Art & Animation Festival started in 2011 in order to give the artistic animation more relevance in the framework of CologneOFF on one hand, on the other hand this festival format was acting individually, as well as an integral part of the CologneOFF – Cologne International Videoart Festival.
The 1st edition is actually the result of extracting videos using artistic animation from the previous CologneOFF festival editions, only CAAF02 will release an open call for animation videos in 2012.
After CologneOFF has been discontinued after the 10th festival edition in 2014, CAAF is acting as an individual exhition format for artistic animation. In 2016, CAAF04 had been released, in 2020 a Jubilee edition will be realized.
What can be understood as artistic animation – a kind of counter position to the commercial animation films produced by the Disney Studios for instance. CAAF is encouraging artists to use the animation for creating artistic and, that’s important – non-commercial content, a type of animation following artistic concepts.
featuring videos by………… Dario Bardic (Croatia), Matthias Härenstam (Sweden) , Albert Merino (Spain), Mihai Grecu (Romania) , Nick Fox-Gieg/USA), Sarah Mock (Germany), Gabriel Shalom (USA), Susanne Wiegner (Germany), Henry Gwiazda (USA), Rafael Alcala (Puerto Rico), Robbie Rackleff (USA) , Kristian de la Riva (UK) , Ezra Wube (Ethiopia) , Barry Morse (USA), Sheldon Brown (USA) , Stine Gonsholt (Norway) , Kaspars Groshevs (Latvia) , Adele Raczkövi (Austria) , Heidi Kumao (USA) , Ulf Kristinansen (Norway) , Ellen Wetmore (USA) , Sergio Sotomayor (Spain) , Pablo Fernandez-Pujol (Spain), Doug Williams (USA)………. curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne
Dario Bardic (Croatia) – Etude, 3:17, 2007
Matthias Härenstam (Sweden) – Closed Circuit, 2011, 3:01
Albert Merino (Spain) – The City and The Other, 2010, 3:09
Mihai Grecu (Romania) – Coagulate, 5:56, 2008
Nick Fox-Gieg/USA) – Disarmed , 2002, 2:42
Sarah Mock (Germany) – Is there a Way Out, 2011, 3:47
Gabriel Shalom (USA) – Small Room Tango, 2004, 3:40
Susanne Wiegner (Germany) – Just Midnight, 2010, 3:43
Henry Gwiazda (USA) – thankfully,….finally, 2009, 3:10
Rafael Alcala (Puerto Rico) – Smoked, 3:20, 2006
Robbie Rackleff (USA) – Dark Fortress Occult Master of Space: Level 3, 2010, 4:21
Kristian de la Riva (UK) – Cut, 2009, 3:00
Ezra Wube (Ethiopia) – Amora, 2009, 2:41
Barry Morse (USA) – Mouse’s Birthday, 3:37, 2010
Sheldon Brown (USA) – Scalable City, 5.03, 2009
Stine Gonsholt (Norway) – Balance, 2009, 3:02
Kaspars Groshevs (Latvia) – Title: Tomorrow, 2007, 1:00
Adele Raczkövi (Austria) – Looking for Love, 2010, 8:25
Heidi Kumao (USA) – Hole in the Floor, 2008, 7:00
Ulf Kristinansen (Norway) – The Hope of Enduring Long- 2010, 1:00
Ellen Wetmore (USA) – Portrait After Dora Maar, 2010, 2:00
Sergio Sotomayor (Spain) – Quantum, 2009, 3:13
Pablo Fernandez-Pujol (Spain) – 142-143 – 2010, 2:10
Doug Williams (USA) – Back & Forth, 2009, 2:42