Events
Emily Hubley's film One
Self: Fish Girl
premiered at the MOMA retrospective in
December. © Emily Hubley.
Hubley Happenings at NYC MOMA. The Museum of Modern Art in New York is presenting a two-part
exhibition on the work of The Hubley Studio and animators Faith and John
Hubley, starting on December 19, 1997 and running through February 1, 1998.
The retrospective will open with a screening of a collection of many of
the Hubley films, including world premieres of two new independent films:
Faith Hubley's Beyond the Shadow Place and Emily Hubley's One
Self: Fish Girl. Most of the artwork in the two exhibitions is curated
from a major gift of original artwork donated to the Museum by Faith Hubley.
The first exhibit will be "The Hubley Studio: A Home for Animation,"
showcasing original animation art from productions created at the studio
since 1956, and the second, "The Art of the Hubleys," includes
artwork from more than 50 independent films created by Faith, John and
Emily Hubley, including their seven Academy Award nominated films, three
of which won Oscars (Moonbird, 1960, The Hole, 1963 and Tijuana
Brass Double Feature 1966). "The exhibition will highlight the
Hubleys importance as artists of a unique and vibrant form of animation,"
said MOMA's assistant curator Mary Corliss, "their sophisticated and
enchanting fables, visualized in a vivid, impressionistic style, liberated
the [art] form from the prevailing mode of representational drawing and
rowdy humor." For information and tickets, call The MOMA at (212)
708-9400.
MIP Asia, the television industry program market for the Asia Pacific
region, was held December 4-6 in Hong Kong. Among the animated deals which
took place: Korea Broadcasting purchased a block of animation from the
Polish Telewija Polska and Italy's Mondo TV and Egypt's Areen formed an
alliance to distribute animation to Arab territories. MIP Asia is presented
by Reed Midem, organizers of the European MIPCOM, MIP and MILIA markets.
After four years in Hong Kong, next year's MIP Asia will take place in
Suntec City, Singapore, December 10-12.
Macy's Parade An Animated Affair. The 71st annual Macy's Thanksgiving
Day Parade took place on Thursday, November 27. The televised event drove,
marched, and flew animated characters in many forms through the streets
of New York. Among the appearances were giant helium balloon air sculptures
of characters from animated series, films and comics such as Arthur,
Rugrats, Dr. Seuss' The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, Bumpé,
Garfield, The Pink Panther, Sonic the Hedgehog, Spider-Man, and The
Quik Bunny, as well as floats from Anastasia and Annabelle's
Wish. However panic struck the crowd when the Cat in the Hat balloon
became entangled with a lamp post, uprooting it. Several members of the
crowd were injured and required hospital attention.
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