Mutating Matter – Body Horror and Clay Motion

The lecture explores transformation, morphing, and body horror in clay animation, focusing on unstable bodies, material experimentation, and handcrafted practical effects. Working with raw textures, improvised techniques, and exclusively physical effects, the artists embrace a tactile DIY aesthetic that foregrounds the physicality of animated matter. The class offers insight into how handcrafted animation techniques can create emotionally charged, sometimes humorous, and always visually interesting scenes.