Two Rivers Gallery is hosting a new Stop Motion Animation exhibit by the name of ‘iskocîsa’ or ‘Little Fires’ until January 3rd.
Indigenous Film Maker and Michif Interdisciplinary artist of Vancouver, Amanda Strong created the project, which previews four stop motion films along with the sets used to create them.
“Stop Motion is a method of animating by taking a series of images and in between each particular image the elements in the frame are adjusted slightly,” explained George Harris, Curator and Artistic Director at Two Rivers.
Harris included that for each second of film there are 24 photographs required, adding “they’re so detailed and complex, it really is a labour of love.”
This is the largest exhibition of Strong’s work, which focuses on Indigenous history, culture, language and knowledge.
“This painstaking film work which requires around a month of work for just one minute of animation is a terribly long process,” added Harris.
When the photographs are all put together in succession and played at a high speed, it makes the impression of movement.
“In one of our exhibition spaces we have the four films playing so everyone can appreciate them, ” he explained, “in the second exhibition space we have incorporated a series of sets, puppets and props that are used in the making of the films.”
For more information on iskocîsa, click here.
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