Ichthyopolis
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Who: Created by Andre Silva
Tickets: Free
"Ichthyopolis", a film by Andre Silva, is a "short psychedelic technomation, occupies a realm where high-camp, the absurd and the esoteric intersect".
The film has won several awards, including Grand Prize: Animation at the Black Maria Film and Video Festival, First Prize at the Carrboro Film Festival, Best Student Animation at the SoDak Animation Festival and the Bananna Slug Award for Surrealism at the Humboldt Film Festival.
From the Filmmaker
"One of my goals with this project was to consume as few resources as possible in the making of materials for costumes, set, etc. To some extent, this becomes very easy through the implementation of virtual environments, created using the 3D animation software, Maya.
"But I also wanted the film to be filled with organic textures so as to avoid the synthetic and often plasticky look of 3D animation. And so, I have employed paper bags, old mini-blinds, shells, fossils and LIVE fish in the construction of this film.
"But aside from the aesthetic reasons, the use of recycled materials complements my belief that in a world of
rapidly dwindling resources, it is necessary to learn to become junk artists."
- Andre Silva
The Website
For more information about the film Ichthyopolis, please visit the film's official website silvacine.com.
On IMDB
Visit the "Ichthyopolis" page at the Internet Movie Database.
Maya 3D Animation Software
Filmmaker Andre Silva used the 3D animation software, Maya, by Autodesk, to efficiently create his film "Ichthyopolis".
