From the Black Sea to the North Sea: a workshop in stop-motion animation with film screening CAP and Quiet Centre event

Join the Centre for Art and Politics (CAP) for an unusual workshop in animation, dedicated to the legends of the seas. With invited stop-motion animation artist Viktoriia Ivanova, the event will explore the seaside to collect stories and wake up the memories of other distant shores.

A native of Crimea, Viktoriia will share her own memories of her hometown of Feodosia, which is now unreachable to her, as the peninsula is currently occupied by the Russian Federation. What does it mean to dream and remember the sea that is no longer there? Is the sea ever there, ever the same, from day to day? How do you catch that particular water you saw many moons ago in your happiest and unhappiest memories?

The waves attract tides and stories. During the workshop we will take a short walk to smell, touch and see the seaside of St Andrews in a different way, and to try to put our dreams and reveries in motion through the art of collage.

You will hear of the other, warmer sea, and will be able to discuss the role that the waterfront plays in a town. The event will also touch on tourism and fishermen, political and artistic underpinnings of home, and what a shoreline means to us.

You are welcome to bring materials, photographs or old magazines, or come and find some on our way. The basic set of materials and tools will be provided by the organisers.

The workshop is free and all are welcome.