Animation Installation: the Affect of Place

Abstract

Goosebumps, hairs stand on end, a knot in the stomach, an inexplicable feeling of chill or even panic...walking through an unfamiliar place can have a visceral impact on the human subject. This artist’s presentation will consider the experience of viewing animation within the context of a site-specific installation and, through reference to examples of exhibitions by Birgitta Hosea in which contemporary animations are displayed as an intervention in historic spaces, will investigate the affect of site and the impact of the viewing context on the embodied perception of an animation