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Flickering News

Animation content curated by me, focusing on experimental animation, history, and engaging possibilities of technology.

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Lab's Holocaust film moves audiences, draws upon unique collaboration

October 24, 2022

Written for the UTDallas Magazine this article is about the collaborative project that led to the creation of the animation "A Lasting Image." A collaborative project supervised by me and produced by the experimenta.l. lab and the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies.

https://magazine.utdallas.edu/2022/10/24/labs-holocaust-film-moves-audiences-draws-upon-unique-collaboration/

$750M UTD campaign aims to attract talent by bolstering research and the arts

September 5, 2022

I was interviewed by the Dallas Morning News and a section of my interview is featured at the end of this article. They included a picture of Graduate student Philip Martin working in the experimenta.l. lab on a stop-motion animation project that we collaborated on over the summer.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2022/09/05/750m-utd-campaign-aims-to-attract-talent-by-bolstering-research-and-the-arts/

Inu-Oh at The Modern

August 13, 2022

I was the guest speaker during the screening of Masaaki Yuasa's most recent anime at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

https://www.themodern.org/film/inu-oh

Ad "The Wheel" 

February, 2021

Volkswagen North America Advertisement showcasing the Silhouette Zoetrope 

https://johannesleonardo.com/project/thewheel 

UTD Today News Center

September 10, 2020

ATEC Focuses on Strengthening Connections with Students this Fall: Lecturer joins Tenure-Track Ranks

https://www.utdallas.edu/news/faculty-staff/atec-new-faculty-2020/

Art+Seek Spotlight

September 4, 2019

Get Some Symphonic Music With Your Space Travel

by Jerome Weeks

https://artandseek.org/2019/09/04/get-some-symphonic-music-with-your-space-travel/


RSO Project and Visual Music for the Celestial Celebration

The News Gazette

July 23, 2017

A look back at animation history

By Richard J. Leskosky

https://www.news-gazette.com/arts-entertainment/richard-j-leskosky-a-look-back-at-animation-history/article_8047f064-2b62-5ce1-b5bc-e72b326cb4b7.html


About the Presentation “Rediscovering the Zoetropic Editing” at the SAS Conference in Italy

Skwigly Online Anmation Magazine

July 12, 2017

"And Yet it Moves" Society of Animation Studies

By Steve Henderson

https://www.skwigly.co.uk/yet-moves-society-animation-studies-2017/


Mentioning the Presentation “Rediscovering the Zoetropic Editing” at the SAS Conference in Italy

The Silhouette Zoetrope has been mentioned one hundred and fifty (150) times in the international press in multiple languages. A short selection of these articles is listed below:

Leonardo Journal 

2019

Remnance of Form: Interactive Shadows as Altered Views of Objects

Sang-won Leigh, Asta Roseway, and Ann Paradiso

Leonardo 2019 52:3, 286-287.

Silhouette Zoetrope Installation

Gizmodo website (US) 

July 1, 2016

This Mind-Bending Trick Is Actually Two Illusions in One

By Ria Misra

http://gizmodo.com/this-mind-bending-trick-is-actually-two-illusions-in-on-1782953231

Sciences et Avenir (FR)

July 4, 2016

Les meilleures illusions d'optique de l'année 2016

By Lise Loumé

https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/sante/cerveau-et-psy/les-meilleures-illusions-d-optique-de-l-annee-2016_104437

CNN Español (ES) 

July 4, 2016

Estas son las tres mejores ilusiones ópticas del año

By CNN Español

http://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2016/07/04/estas-son-las-tres-mejores-ilusiones-opticas-del-ano/

The Smithsonian Magazine (US) 

July 6, 2016

Check Out the Best Illusions of 2016. Baffle your brain with these contest-winning mind-benders

By Erin Blakemore

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/check-out-best-illusions-2016-180959703/?no-ist

Scientific American: Illusion Chasers (US) 

July 6, 2016

A Review of 2016's Best Illusion of the Year Contest

By Stephen L. Macknik

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/illusion-chasers/a-review-of-2016-s-best-illusion-of-the-year-contest-video/

Washington Post (US) 

July 7, 2016

This square isn’t actually rotating. Here’s why.

By Ana Swanson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/07/five-of-the-best-optical-illusions-reveal-hidden-secrets-about-the-brain/#comments 



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