Gerbaud gave an animation workshop to students of the University of Guanajuato in which they experienced with several drawing and photography techniques to make their own creations.
Guanajuato, Gto., February 12, 2016.- The visual artist and animation creator, Simon Gerbaud, was at Meson de San Antonio to teach an animation workshop within the activities for the program "Ciencia es cultura" organized by the Direction of Cultural Extension from the University of Guanajuato (UG).
In this workshop there were students from different degrees and postgraduates from the University of Guanajuato, who in three days they could learn and experience different techniques such as stop-motion animation, pixilation and the traditional flipbook.
Along his career, the French animator has given multiple workshops aimed for a specialized product. In an interview, he assured that one of the greatest satisfactions from teaching these courses is to "discover people's Imaginarium and stimulate it through the tools and techniques I provide them".
Simon Gerbaud described animation as a tool to explore the world that surrounds us, for such reason, his interest began to dedicate to such discipline, to which he describes it as an action that combines magic and on many occasions scientific research.
"I believe that animating is like doing a magic act, besides it allows us to question and explore everyday objects around us. I am also interested in science, because it is one of the domains where you can elaborate many images that allow us to see and understand the world", mentioned Gerbaud.
One of the projects in which the visual artist currently works –and has developed a while back—is "Saver", a name that combines two verbs "know" and "see" (in Spanish), and it consists in the execution of a series of animations that precisely link with magic and sciences, while showing the spectators the deconstruction of several objects.
"Saver" is an interesting initiative in which Simon Gerbaud works to show us through animation, the deconstruction or disappearance of certain everyday objects such as a chair, a shoe, a fridge among others.
"In this project I make a photo record of the destruction of an object, producing images that go beyond our eye can see. I break the objects little by little; as would an archeologist find artifacts; I break them also as someone who dissects a body to understand their function. These images provide us very clear information, but at the same time create a mystery and a promise of knowledge that everyone puts together when they see the objects disappear or break", he indicated.
It is important to mention that Simon Gerbaud is an artist and animator. After a few theoretical studies in Sorbonne, Paris, he dedicated to drawing and animation in a self-taught fashion. In his stop-motion projects he recurs to the shadow, beard hairs and other materials that are found in everyday life to animate them. He lives and works in Mexico.
To know more about Simon Gerbaud's work, you can visit the following site https://vimeo.com/simongerbaud
