The students of Animated Cartoon of Kassel will contribute a special program „Kassel Interaktiv“ at The 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film http://www.itfs.de/ from 5th to 10th May 2009.
Further information will be available shortly on this site.
The film ‘weiss’ by Florian Grolig received the Goldener Reiter award for best Animated Film, National Competition at the 20th Filmfest Dresden.
Congratulations!
The class of Animated Cartoon of the Kunsthochschule Kassel shows a selection of their recent Artwork, that deals as usual with the elementary questions of life:
Will the fat penguin Q accomplish his masterpiece or will he fail miserably? Will Nils sacrifice the symbol of his masculinity, just to get his first date? Will the hand-knitted worm find his rhythm? When will I get my coffee? How can I get rid of wasted thoughts and what are the consequences? Who is going to win: Love or Hate?
The audience now has got the unique opportunity to find out and to have an enjoyable cartoon evening.
On 24th January, at 10pm, at the BALI Kino (Kulturbahnhof Kassel)
In the annual archive for the 50th anniversary of the University of Kassel, we found an archival contribution from the year 1998 about the animation class.
In 1971, the University of Fine Arts was integrated into the Gesamthochschule, as art colleges were also supposed to be part of the Gesamthochschule model and interdisciplinary collaboration was expected in some areas. […]
In view of the planned reduction from 41 to 30 professorships in their departments, the three artistic departments of Art, Product Design, and Visual Communication had already decided at the end of 1996 to strive for common partial autonomy within the university after the merger. […]
On February 3, 1998, the university’s convention voted with the necessary two-thirds majority to create a partially autonomous art college. Through partial autonomy, the art college gained more independence compared to other departments in terms of personnel, content, financial, and spatial orientation.
In 1971 the University of Fine Arts was integrated into the Gesamthochschule because art colleges were also supposed to be part of the Gesamthochschule model (comprehensive university) and interdisciplinary collaboration. […]
Source: https://uni-archiv.uni-kassel.de/jahresarchiv [translated]
In view of the planned reduction from 41 to 30 professorships in their departments, the three artistic departments of Art, Product Design and Visual Communication had already decided in 1996 to strive for common partial autonomy within the university after the merger. […]
On February 3, 1998, the university’s convetion voted with the necessary two-thirds majority to create a partially autonomous art college. Through partial autonomy, the art college gained more independence compared to other departments in terms of personnel, content, financial and spatial orientation.
More nostalgic 90s vibes and the question of why the independence of the Kassel University of Art is useful and necessary for the development and promotion of artists. Featuring, among others, Rolf Lobeck – who still remembers him? (Dean FB 23 Visual Communication)
Links:
https://uni-archiv.uni-kassel.de/quelle/selbststaendige-kunsthochschule/ (1998)
We have found a contribution from the year 1994 about the animation class in the annual archive for the 50th anniversary of the University of Kassel.
In 1994, the animation department of the Kunsthochschule Kassel celebrated its 25th anniversary. The animators are among the most successful areas of the university. In 1990, brothers Christoph and Wolfgang Lauenstein won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film with their animation “Balance”. In 1997, Thomas Stellmach, also a graduate of the animation class, brought the second Oscar to Kassel with his film “Quest”. Professor Paul Driesen, who taught animation at the Kunsthochschule Kassel from 1985 to 2005, was also nominated for an Oscar in 2000 for his film “3 Misses”.
Source: https://uni-archiv.uni-kassel.de/jahresarchiv [translated]
Nostalgic 90s vibes and some insights into the animation class. Featuring Paul Driessen, who was a professor of animation at that time. Watch the video!
Links:
https://uni-archiv.uni-kassel.de/quelle/1994-oder-1990-oder-1997-von-kassel-um-die-welt-preisverdaechtige-trickfilme/ (1994)
