Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus (AT), MAXON Computer GmbH (DE), Ars Electronica (AT)

The fourth annual Expanded Animation symposium is entitled The Alchemy of Animation in keeping with the 2016 Festival theme, RADICAL ATOMS and the alchemists of our time. The focus is once again on the fringes of the computer animation field as well as on the reciprocal interaction of animation and technology. This year’s three featured topics are science, society and industry, which will be discussed from a variety of perspectives by three panels made up of animation filmmakers, curators, scientists, VFX artists and prizewinners in the Prix Ars Electronica’s Computer Animation/Film/VFX category.

Expanded Animation is produced jointly by the Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus, the Ars Electronica Festival and Central Linz, and organized by Jeremiah Diephuis, Jürgen Hagler, Michael Lankes, Patrick Proier, Christoph Schaufler, Alexander Wilhelm / Upper Austria University of Applied Sciences’ Hagenberg Campus / Playful Interactive Environments Research Group