Foundation Degree Animation Arts at Plymouth College of Art

Chris Gorvin

Chris has been teaching at Plymouth College of Art for several years specialising in 3D CGI and Digital Media for Animation. Previous to this he spent many years successfully exhibiting as a fine art painter attracting a worldwide following, with invitations to show work alongside members of the Royal Society of Marine Arts. In addition to this Chris has run his own cabinet making business creating traditional handcrafted furniture from original designs.

Alongside Chris’s commitments at college, he has been producing work for forensic presentation in the criminal courts for several years. This has been in the field of Forensic Crime Scene Reconstruction as an Animator, Digital Modeller and Digital Artist.

Cathy Slim

Animation is generally perceived as a vehicle for humour and is associated with cartoon imagery. There is however, a rich alternative range of works that are painterly and fact based, exploring subjects such as synesthesia, electromagnetic waves, autism and Heisenbergs’ uncertainty principle.

I fell in love with animating as a student when I experienced the magic of my drawings moving! I witnessed the same delight in others I have taught over the years. Initially I worked with film and paper drawn sequences – when studying in London I incorporated live action and some computer animation. Currently, my work is produced digitally although the approach is still drawn, using a tablet and digital tools that simulate paint and drawing materials.

Through my experience of teaching and watching many films, I have gradually shifted away from Narrative. Having studied Drama, I encountered theories of Brecht that I felt had more in common with my creative aims than Aristotelian principles of catharsis and sentiment. I have become increasingly interested in communicating fact creatively. Previous works have explored autobiographical and biographical experiences, told through subjective interpretIation and metaphor. I would further like to explore how metaphor and symbolism can heighten and aid the understanding of a fact.

Works

Some of the work Cathy has produced includes:

 “Outside In” Royal College of Art 1993 (screened by Channel 4 and BFI Awards, London)

“Accident” Funded by Screen West Midlands 2000 (exhibited Edinburgh Film Festival)

“Rush Hour” funded by West Midlands Arts 1990, (screened on Channel 4, exhibited London Whitechapel Gallery).                                                               

“Transient Vision” student film 1989 exhibited at the Benson & Hedges Awards, London 

 “Sound Asleep” Royal College of Art, 1992 sold to Liquid TV.

Becalelis Brodskis

Becalelis Brodskis films have been selected for numerous international film and animation festivals, including Sundance USA, Edinburgh and Annecy. His works are included in the British Council archive. His first film won the European Cinema Critics Award and his second was shortlisted for Best British Animation at the British Animation Awards.