CREATE YOUR OWN ANIMATION FILM
- DEW ARIZA
- Jul 8, 2024
- 2 min read
Madrid is a city that offers you a thousand and one alternatives to spend the afternoon. From a walk through any of its numerous parks, to getting lost among its streets and alleys, its shops, its buildings, its bars and restaurants,... Leaving aside –once again– plans to drink or eat, the city awaits us with a thousand options under our arm with which to spend (or not) our money, and spend a particularly different afternoon.
One of my favorite activities to spend my free time with is to immerse myself in the vast world of galleries, museums and exhibitions. In addition to being an infinite world of possibilities, which seems impossible to check off at all the stops, it is a plan in which you learn a lot, see new, inspiring things, discover artists and styles and, in addition, you can meet many people with the same tastes or interests as you.
But you don't just go to see "paintings" in museums. There is much more. Specifically, the other day I was able to visit a very interesting, fun and unique interactive exhibition: La Ciencia de Pixar (The Science of Pixar).
It is an exhibition in which they will not only tell you the ins and outs of what it is like to create an animated film from scratch, but you can also see, create and experience with your own hands each step of this process. With a very creative perspective and taking into account the diversity of the public that can visit the exhibition, it brings us closer to mathematics and science from a creative, fun and very visual viewer.
You will learn about modeling, animation, what rigs or surfaces are, the importance of lighting, set design, how long it takes to make, how many people they need, and you can even create your own stop-motion animated film using the classic Pixar lamp.
An experience that at first may seem like an exhibition focused on the little ones, but assuming that would be wrong. In my opinion, it is an exhibition that, while being enjoyed by the youngest, is made for young people and adults who: firstly love Pixar films, and secondly have a basic knowledge of the world in general.
The exhibition can be seen from May 8th to September 8th at the Caixa Forum in Madrid. Admission costs €6 and if you are a Caixa customer you get it for free. In addition, this Saturday, May 18th is Museum Night. Don't miss it!
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