Not My Type IV

BACKGROUND In animation text animation it relates to creating text that moves in some fashion across the screen, within an area, or by following a pattern of motion. A less frequently used meaning is in the context of an animation that is created using only text characters so each of the elements within the animation are made of letters, numbers, punctuation marks or other symbols, as in this work, made almost entirely of typography. Alessio Cavallaro and Emma McRae from ACMI were invited to curate a package of moving image works by contemporary Australian. Prominently featured in the physical spaces of the Australian Pavilion, the exhibit included works by well-known Australian practitioners, Daniel Von Sturmer and the Lycette Bros, which were cycled with live performances. CONTRIBUTION A black and white digital animation exhibited primarily online Not My Type IV: the Modern Courting Rituals of Potential Office Suitors was shown at festivals and galleries in other formats as the work evolved into a series. Its narrative themes explore human relationships through the technology that now defines them and continues the Lycettes' research in the field of animation. An office and its occupants, presented as typographic characters, create a theatre of emotion. The text-based flash animation plays on texting as a form of communication that can be used to convey the depth and contradictions of human emotional life. The work establishes and displays new methodologies in digital animation techniques utilising the intersection of positive and negative space in creating a sense of dimensional depth to explore minimalism and the notion of 'what is not said' and 'what is not shown'. SIGNIFICANCE This research originally established a significant aesthetic direction for graphic animation practice by utilising typographic elements and has been widely awarded and exhibited. Over 73 million visited the Expo, the Australian pavilion among the most popular.

### 背景
文本动画（text animation）指创作以特定方式在屏幕上移动、在指定区域内运动，或遵循既定运动轨迹的文本内容。另一较为鲜见的释义则指向仅使用文本字符创作的动画作品：动画中的所有构成元素均由字母、数字、标点符号或其他符号组成，正如本次展出作品几乎完全采用排版字体（typography）进行创作。来自澳大利亚移动影像中心（ACMI）的阿莱西奥·卡瓦拉罗与艾玛·麦克雷受邀策划了一组当代澳大利亚移动影像作品合集。该展览作为澳大利亚馆实体空间的核心展陈内容，收录了知名澳大利亚创作者丹尼尔·冯·斯特默（Daniel Von Sturmer）与莱塞特兄弟（Lycette Bros）的作品，并与现场表演交替展出。

### 创作贡献
本次展出的黑白数字动画作品《Not My Type IV：潜在职场追求者的现代求爱仪式》（Not My Type IV: the Modern Courting Rituals of Potential Office Suitors）主要以线上形式展出；随着该作品发展为系列作品，其还以其他形式在各类电影节与画廊中亮相。该作品的叙事主题通过当下定义人际互动的技术探讨人类关系，延续了莱塞特兄弟团队在动画领域的研究方向。以排版字符形式呈现的办公室及其职员，构建出一座情绪剧场。这款基于文本的Flash动画（Flash animation）以短信沟通为创作切入点，将短信作为一种可传递人类情感生活深度与矛盾性的沟通方式。该作品探索并确立了数字动画创作的全新方法论：利用图形正负空间（positive and negative space）的交互关系营造空间纵深感，以此探讨极简主义以及“未言之物”与“未显之物”的概念。

### 意义价值
本研究最初通过运用排版元素，为图形动画创作确立了极具影响力的美学方向，该作品也获得了广泛的奖项与展出机会。该届世博会累计接待观众超7300万人次，澳大利亚馆是其中最热门的展馆之一。