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Artist Profile: Michael Scroggins William MoritzMichael Scroggins is a pioneer in the field of performance animation. The utilization of realtime visual instruments in the creation of visual compositions of absolute color, shape, and texture has been at the heart of his work for over 25 years. His absolute animation works have been widely exhibted internationally including screenings at the Centre George Pompidou, Paris; Union of Filmmakers, Moscow; Seibu Ginza, Tokyo; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. He was recently appointed Director of Computer Animation Labs at CalArts where he has been a member of the faculty since 1978. Selected Filmography:
Scroggins distributes all of his own films. Michael Scroggins California Institute of the Arts School of Film/Video 24700 McBean Pkwy. Valencia, CA 91355 USA Tel: (805) 255-1050 x 2197 e-mail: aka@emsh.calarts.edu homepage: http://emsh.calarts.edu/~aka BibliographyComputerama Video Seen: the Roots of Music Videos Moritz, William. Grammy Pulse. v.2 n.5 (Oct/Nov 1984): 4-5.Making The Soul VisibleMoritz, William; in the Kinetica™ 4 program Restoring the Aesthetics of Early Abstract FilmsA Reader In Animation Studies. Ed. Jayne Pilling. Sydney: John Libbey, 1997, 221-227. First published as Moritz, William. "Restoring the Aesthetics of Early Abstract Films." Swedish Avantgarde Film 1924-1990. New York: Anthology Film Archives, 1991. Influence and Inspiration: The Great Tradition of Visual Music Moritz, William. Exhibition catalog. KINETICA™ 2. Los Angeles: The iotaCenter, 2000. Kinetica™ 2 Catalog, 2000 Towards a Visual Music Moritz, William. Cantrills Filmnotes n47-48 (Aug 1985): 35-42. An expanded version of the text of an illustrated lecture given by William Moritz in Sydney and Melbourne, 1984. Oskar Fischinger: Artist of the Century Kinetica™ 2 Catalogue LinksAbsolute Animation and Immersive VR by Michael Scroggins |