A large exhibition devoted to works by contemporary artists considered to be "pioneers of a new golden age of animation" has opened at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
A large portion of the Albright-Knox has been transformed by technology for "Screen Play: Life In an Animated World." It was organized by the Gallery's Deputy Director Joe Lin-Hill and it includes nearly 50 film and video installations by more than three dozen artists from 20 nations.
Lin-Hill says much of the animation is familiar, but the way it's presented he says may lead people to think a little more deeply about their relationship to screen technologies.
"It's something that is part of the world today, but we don't focus so much on the spectacular quality of this brilliant world in which we live," Lin-Hill said.
"We hope maybe this exhibition will provide viewers with the opportunity to enjoy the experience and at the same time think about the nature of the experience that they have more self-consciously."
To accompany the exhibition, the gallery developed a free catalog app with short clips of the works and stories about the artists.
"Screen Play: Life in an Animated World" is at the Albright-Knox through mid-September