6 new animate! tv commissions in 2004
There were 129 submissions to animate! tv’s latest commissioning round, 72 from London and 57 from rest-of-UK. Six projects have been chosen to share the annual production funding provided by Arts Council England and Channel 4 Television.
The artists in animate! tv’s new slate for 2004 are Katerina Athanasopoulou Sweet Salt, Carolina Melis & Susanne Flender As the Crow Flies, Damian Gascoigne Careful, Dryden Goodwin Flight, David Shrigley & Chris Shepherd Who I Am and What I Want and Run Wrake Rabbit.
Their projects will be completed in summer 2005 and broadcast by Channel 4 in the autumn.
The animate! selection advisory group included:
- Ben Cook Director of LUX and LUXONLINE
- Matt Hulse filmmaker, including 2 previous animate! projects
- Angela Kingston gallery curator
- St.john Walker educationalist and co-director of VJs.net
- Gary Thomas Arts Council England
- Ruth Fielding Lupus Films for Channel 4 Television