Touring version of the exhibition
" Alexandre Alexeïeff: The “Cinéma épinglé”.
From engraving to animated engraving "
1901-2001.

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In June 2001 Cinedoc has designed a restropective exhibition as a tribute to Alexandre Alexeieff, for the centenary of his birth,
A touring version of this exhibition is now available, that presents the manifold dimensions of Alexandre Alexeïeff, artist, image-maker, filmmaker and inventor, from the engravings of the 20s to the "totalisations" used in his advertising films, and of course including his invention of animated engraving with the pin screen designed and finally produced in the early 30s with Claire Parker.
The exhibition, with its 26 panels of photographic enlargements, photo-montages of sequences from the films, as well as two video loops showing extracts from films and documentaries, is organised around several topics: the pin-screen or “animated engravings” the “totalised” animations, the animated advertising films. There are also several original creations including a sequence of images from the prologue made by Alexeïeff and Parker for Orson Welle’s film “The Trial” a life-size "Nez", works made on the basis of the the creator’s original photo-engravings.
Finally, a pin-screen built in 1937 by Alexandre Alexeïeff and Claire Parker is available for display, accompanied by a selection of tools devised or chosen by the filmmakers to make the animated engravings. A simplified and enlarged version of the pin-screen principle, made of wood, conceived by the creator is also available for exhibition.