Andrew Park (animator)
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Andrew Park is an English
animator
best known for making 14-part series of 10-minute animations for the Royal Society of Arts
's channel theRSAorg which became the No.1 nonprofit channel worldwide with 46 million views.
that has transferred the contents of RSA speeches and books to the medium of (hand-drawn) cartoon animations.
The first animation drawn by Andrew Park in the RSA Animate series was based on Renata Salecl
's speech delivered for RSA on her book about choice.
The most recently drawn is based on a 500-page book by psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist
on the topic of the divided (human) brain.
to illustrate his Gates Foundation lecture on the power of vaccines.
England
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animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
best known for making 14-part series of 10-minute animations for the Royal Society of Arts
Royal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
's channel theRSAorg which became the No.1 nonprofit channel worldwide with 46 million views.
RSA Animate
Andrew Park created the original concept and design for the RSA Animate cartoon seriesCartoon series
A cartoon series is a set of regularly presented animated television programs with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same characters and a basic theme...
that has transferred the contents of RSA speeches and books to the medium of (hand-drawn) cartoon animations.
The first animation drawn by Andrew Park in the RSA Animate series was based on Renata Salecl
Renata Salecl
Renata Salecl is a Slovenian philosopher, sociologist and legal theorist. She is a senior researcher at the Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana...
's speech delivered for RSA on her book about choice.
The most recently drawn is based on a 500-page book by psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist
Iain McGilchrist
Iain McGilchrist is a psychiatrist, doctor, writer, and former Oxford literary scholar. McGilchrist came to prominence after the publication of his book The Master and His Emissary, subtitled The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World....
on the topic of the divided (human) brain.
Other notable work
He was also chosen by Bill GatesBill Gates
William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen...
to illustrate his Gates Foundation lecture on the power of vaccines.
External links
- Series of 10-minute animations listed on the Royal Society of ArtsRoyal Society of ArtsThe Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
website's http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/videos/ page - About Andrew Park at Cognitive Media website
- The video on the power of vaccines (for the Gates Foundation)