Computerless Animation Workshop

Spend a Sunday with the Animation Video Lunchbox! We'll start with a quick history of this obscure analog technology with a cult following and then jump into some hand-drawn animation on paper. We'll experience the instant feedback of the "pencil test" process that the Video Lunchbox is famous for while working together to create mini animations. After a lunch break, we'll gather to capture the final animations into the Lunchbox through a security camera and enjoy a mini screening of the results. At the end of the day, you'll leave with an animated clip made in a little vestigial box from animation's past and a new experience with computer-less animation.

Provided materials: Punched paper, light boxes, animation peg bar, pens, pencils, erasers, collage materials, animation lunchbox, decommissioned b&w security camera, CRT TV