Matieres vives Volatile materials.Sleelbox DVD Animation

Rhythms, textures, lines and splashes of colour are the protagonists in these nine contemporary abstract animation films. Playful or flashy, mysterious or disconcerting, they clearly stand out in the landscape of current animation. Going beyond trends and conventions, the filmmakers featured inￂﾬ￢ﾀﾠVolatile Materialsￂﾬ￢ﾀﾠapproach animation from a visual arts perspective, transforming matter in order to free it from realitys illusions. These artists also share the experience of making films with a privileged and striking relationship to music. The variety of sound matches the visual diversity, andￂﾬ￢ﾀﾠVolatile Materialsￂﾬ￢ﾀﾠlays to rest the notion that abstract films are all the same.

Bonus features:
Commentaries by animation experts Marco de Blois, Pierre H￢ﾈﾚￂﾩbert and Marcel Jean and a 32-page bilingual booklet.

2006,ￂﾬ￢ﾀﾠ44 min 28 s

• Production Agency
  National Film Board of Canada