projects in animation and projections

MA4314.01
Course System Home Terms Spring 2026 projects in animation and projections

Course Description

Summary

The course will be for sustained work on an animation or design project, and should be a space for both experimentation, ambition and a consistent endeavor.  Students will be expected to create a complete animation, a series of experiments, projection or interactive project.  The expectation is that students will be fully engaged in all aspects of the class from critiques, to experimenting with ideas, undertaking research and being present. Locations may be explored for showing of work including investigating digital projections on different surfaces and forms.

A public showing will be required.

Learning Outcomes

  • • Experience taking a narrative and giving it physical form and movement
    • Experimenting with different ways to achieve a sequence of events
    • Exhibit their work in an end-of-the-term exhibition/screening.
    • Learning a mixture of digital and analogue methods
    • Seeing how the juxtaposition of scale/narratives/forms can shift perspectives
    • Complete a project by time management

Prerequisites

Please contact the faculty member with a statement of interest as well as relevant experience by November 1st.

Please contact the faculty member : srees@bennington.edu

Cross List

  • Drama

Instructor

  • Sue Rees

Day and Time

TH 8:30am-12:10pm

Delivery Method

Fully in-person

Length of Course

Full Term

Academic Term

Spring 2026

Area of Study

Credits

4

Course Level

4000

Maximum Enrollment

14

Course Frequency

Every term