“FIGURE to FIELD” by Mones and O’Connell
Title:
- FIGURE to FIELD
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Length:
- 5:00
Director(s):
Description:
The 23 segments in this animation were produced by 18 schools in Europe and the USA. Each school developed a transition from a Muybridge figure to a geometric pattern.
Additional Contributors:
ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART London, England
FACULTY: Robin Baker
STUDENTS: Paula Vieira Ramalho, Michele Januzzi, Ruth Farrington
SUP.INFO.COM. Paris, France
FACULTY: Morie-Anne Fantenier
STUDENTS: Alexandre Dubose, David Martinez-Fernandez, Isabelle Sabaty
UTRECHT SCHOOL OF ARTS The Netherlands
FACULTY: Meis Nieuwenhoven, Wijnand Ott, Leon Wennekes
STUDENTS: Paul Boots, Simone Brinkman, Joost Smit, Harold Kuiper, Allert Aalders
SPECIAL THANKS: Gerard Ranke
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO, ELECTRONIC VISUALIZATION LABORATORY Chicago, Illinois
FACULTY: Dan Sandin
STUDENTS: Margaret B. Hallam, F. Joseph Hoy, Martin Donohue, Jason Leigh, Gary Lindahl, Alan Millman, Dana Plepys, Lewis Siegel
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN Urdana, Illinois
FACULTY: Donna Cox
STUDENTS: Steve Mclure, Alex Moore, Robert Patterson
EPSON SCHOOL OF ART AND DESIGN England
FACULTY: Anne Lloyd
STUDENTS: Gory Burchell, Donny Caoozzi, Jason lee, Matthew Porish, Nicolo Smith
RANCHO SANTIAGO COLLEGE Santo Ano, Californio
FACULTY: Sharon E. Ford
STUDENTS: Randy Debber, Lynnie Sue, Richard Tirabosso, Michael Wood
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS New York, New York
FACULTY: Bruce Wands
STUDENTS: Shirley Chin, Jill Hartley, Wichor Jiempreecho, Mikita Mikros, William Nelson, Don Raabe
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FINE AND APPLIED ARTS Eugene, Oregon
FACULTY: Ken O’Connell
STUDENTS: Bonnie Mitchell, Peter Patchen
SPECIAL THANKS: Poul Block, Gary Meyers, Carl Johnson, Tektronix
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA Orlando, Florido
FACULTY: Jacquelyn Ford Morie
STUDENTS: Eduardo Arellano, Carl Julioo, Nick Lilovois, Ted Newmon, Theresa Weber, Jason Wolbert,
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY, V.I.T. ANIMATION LAB Fairfax, Virginio
FACULTY: Barbara Mones-Hattal
STUDENTS: Tamar Cohen, David Gessell, John Rainey, Karen Thorne, Erik Kunze
UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES Balears Spain
FACULTY: Juan Montes de Oco
UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MaDRID, T.I.P.O. Madrid, Spain
FACULTY: Gerardo Alvorez, Raquel Avila, Ursula Garcia, Gabriel Ibañez, Gustavo Lopez, Hipolito Vivor
STUDENTS: Ano Amado, Miguel G. Villoroco, Francisco Gomez, Solud Gismero, David Lopez, Alicia Mortinez, Francisco Ortego, Ano Belen Sanchez, Begoño Toledano Toledano, Morta Zuñiga
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA BANDE DESSINÉE ET DE l’IMAGE: Angouleme, France
ECOLE NATIONALE SUPERIEURE DES ARTS DECORATIES, ATELIER D’IMAGE ET D’INFORMATIQUE Paris, France
FACULTY: Anne Brotot, Rodolphe Chobrier, Pierre F. Hénon, Jery Kulor
STUDENTS: Beatrice Garnier Cousin, Delhine Potevin
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, BERKELEY ELECTRONIC ARCHITECTURE RESEARCH STUDIO Berkeley, California
FACULTY: Penny Dhoemers
STUDENTS: Alonzo C. Addison, Deonon Do Silva, Ruieto Do Silva, Chris Hamilton, Yifon Moo lomes McNulty, Chinh Nguyenphuc, James Spily lisa Stewart, Kevin Gilson
SPECIAL THANKS: Roger Montgomery, Jeon-Pierre Protzen
ÉCOLE CANTONALE D’ART DE LAUSANNE, UMITE DE SYNTHESE DE L’IMagE NUMERIQUE (USINE) Switzerland
FACULTY: Gerald Garcia
STUDENTS: Giuliano Monzo, Christion Moreillon, Konrad Walder
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Camden, New Jersey: Anne Seidman
STUDENTS: J.N. Argentina Adrienne Cavazos Salvatore J.D. Paolo Bob Hallisey
MUSIC: Glenn Smith, Skyway MIDI Labs TITLES Jim Sayers, Sheridon College
SPECIAL THANKS: Svlvie Rueff, Rachael Nicole, Gray Lorig, David Potter, Zit Tver, Carol Mattusch, George Mason University
Stories:
Submitted by Bonnie Mitchell Sept 2025
I was part of the University of Oregon team and remember working on an Amiga to hand paint frames of our segment of the animation. We hired a nude model to video tape her walking up steps carrying a bowl, like in the Muybridge segment we were given, so we could rotoscope this part of the animation. She showed up and was very drunk and had chocolate all over her face but she was still able to jump off the steps without hurting herself. We worked on this animation for weeks with very little sleep and then the final week it was due, I gave sleep completely. It was completed the day before it was due but FedEx was unable to guarantee it would arrive on time. Therefore I needed to drive it to the airport 2 hours away. But first I needed to stop at Tektronix to have them put it on a betacam tape because our school did not have the equipment. When I arrived and the guys at Tektronix viewed the material that they were going to transfer and they chuckled and told me the film was very (hesitation)… academic. I was baffled so they explained that they rarely saw nudity at Tektronix. Who would have thought Muybridge would be considered porn? Anyway, I drove the video tape to the airport to send it to SIGGRAPH while hallucinating and seeing double because I had not slept for so long.
