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LESLIE BISHKO
PO Box 5087 VMPO Vancouver, BC V6B 4A9 Canada Phone: +1 (604) 434-9129 Fax: +1 (604) 434-9129 E-mail: lbishko@eciad.bc.ca Web-Page: www.eciad.bc.ca/~lbishko |
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| Leslie Bishko is an experimental
computer animator. Her work combines abstraction and symbolism, exploring
themes of rhythm, pattern and the relationship of sound and image.
Leslie received a BFA from the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA), and an MA from the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design at Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio, USA). She moved to Canada to research the design of a computer animation interface based on Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia). As an outgrowth of her interest in combining animation and dance, she became certified as a Laban Movement Analyst and continues to apply this movement theory to her work and teaching. Leslie lectured in Classical Animation at Ohio State University and the Centre for Digital Imaging and Sound (Burnaby). She directed the Computer Animation Program at VanArts and is now a member of the animation faculty at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (Vancouver). Leslie has published articles on animation in Animation Journal, Animation World Magazine, FPS and the ASIFA Canada magazine. She is also on the board of ASIFA Canada |
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| Gasping for Air (1993)
Synopsis: In a late summer landscape where trees and grass grow amidst industrial decay, a rusted autombile muffler flounders in a stream struggling for breath, while a stainless steel kitchen pot flies playfully through the air. This piece is an expression of the desire for harmony, within oneself and within one's environment, and the play of tensions between the body and mind. Works in progress
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Screenings - Gasping for Air Holland International Animation Festival Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgar Images du Futur, Lisbon American International Film/Video Festival, Los Angeles Palm Springs International Short Film Festival WRO 95 Festival, Poland Onion City Film Festival, Chicago Video Shorts, Seattle Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema Ann Arbor Film Festival The Second Annual Moving Pictures Travelling Canadian Film Festival Cleveland International Film Festival Medicine Wheel Animation Festival, Massechusetts Humboldt International Film Festival, California 8.Videofest Mediopolis, Berlin Metropolitan Film Festival, Detroit Shameless Shorts - Women's Television Network Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland Berkeley Video Festival, California Nomad Video Festival, Seattle Vermont International Film Festival< New York Expo of Short Film and Video Dutch Electronic Art Festival, Rotterdam Festival du Cinema International en Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec Golden Knight International Amateur Film and Video Festival, Malta New York Video Festival St. John's Women's Film and Video Festival, New Foundland Metroland International Film Festival, New York Antennacinema Cartoon `94, 18th International Festival of Animated Film and TV Series, Italy Vancouver International Film and Video Festival 23rd International Film Festival of Figueira Da Foz, Portugal Wellington and Auckland Film and Video Festivals, New Zealand Canadian International Annual Film Fiestival, Ontario Image Union, WTTW/Chicago ASIFA - San Francisco SYNAESTHETICA 94 - A Symposium on Computer Animation and Computer Music, Australia Video Rampage `94, Video In Studios, Vancouver Light Fantastic, Bath Fringe Festival `94, UK Florida Film Festival Graphics Interface `94, Banff The 21st Athens Film and Video Festival, Ohio Art Show, Imagination `94 - Royal Dutch Trade Fair, Utrecht Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival and Market, Saskatchewan Youth Arts Festival, National Gallery of Victoria, Australia Seriality/Randomness - Kalisher Computer Art Exhibition, Israel< Computerkunst `94, Golden Plotter Awards, Gladbeck, Karlsruhe Hong Kong International Film Festival Computer Animation Exhibition 1994 - Machida City Museum of Graphic Arts, Japan 16th Annual Big Muddy Film Festival, Illinois Computer Worlds 2, London Film Festival International Audio Visual Experimental Festival, Arnhem FISEA 1993 Electronic Theater, Minneapolis SIGGRAPH 93 Small Animation Theater, Los Angeles Included in the Washington State school system's video art collection. Ongoing international screenings through Blackchair Productions' Independent Exposure program. |
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Articles "The Celebration of BC Animation," fps, Issue #19, Spring 2000 "It's Raining Pegbars! A Profile of Animation in Vancouver," Animation World Magazine, April 2000 "Vancouver Effects and Animation Festival: you'd better be there next year!" fps, Issue #17, Fall 1999 "Tip of the Iceberg: A Conversation with Lee Mishkin," fps, Issue #16 "From Ghosts to Gargoyles: Interview with David Bowes," ASIFA Canada magazine, March, 1999 "Power Tools: A look at how three Vancouver film animators have explored digital media" ASIFA Canada Magazine, Summer 1997 "Vancouver Animation," The Independent, November 1996. "Expressive Technology: The Tool as Metaphor of Aesthetic Sensibility," Animation Journal, Kingsboro Press, CA, Fall 1994 Issue |
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