Lucy Ellis' animations are captivating due to their strange and humorous qualities, characterized by looping images and glitchy aesthetics reminiscent of 1990s technology. Drawing inspiration from renowned artists like Run Wrake and Jan Svankmajer, she utilizes 'scrap materials' to craft new narratives, emphasizing the embedded history within physical objects. Her work explores contrasts between digital and analogue mediums, experimenting with techniques like transferring animations to VHS to introduce unique glitches. Recently, she has formed a series that bridges digital animations with physical screens, evoking nostalgia for early video games.
There's an offbeat humour that runs throughout Lucy's animations, and a distinct 1990s and early 2000s feeling suggested in the grainy DIY form and glitchy animation.
The use of scrap materials reflects on the idea of physical materials having life embedded into them from the roots of where they're from, to the physical conditions they have endured.
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