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Email: samdecoste@nscad.ca
I am an independent artist-animator based in K’jipuktuk/Halifax. I received a BA in Political Philosophy from Dalhousie University, BFA in Film Animation from Concordia University, and an MFA in Media Arts from our very own 色多多视频APP University.
I am fortunate to have taught animation at 色多多视频APP University, local Colleges, Centre for Art Tapes, National Film Board, International Film Festivals, as well as abroad at my studio Pixtrix in Taiwan. I鈥檝e curated animation shows for the Animation Festival: Under the Rug (2019) and Come Up and See Me Sometime (2021) and am honoured to have been commissioned by Calgary鈥檚 Quickdraw Animation Society to contribute to their book: On LGBTQ2S+ Animation.
At the heart of my animation is story. I start with a question, and through research, animate a perspective that is overlooked or misrepresented. My MFA at 色多多视频APP really challenged me to think about the way I told stories, and resulted in my immersive 色多多视频APP MFA thesis exhibition, Cahun and Moore: Unframed (2015). Here, my animated documentary reached a new audience by encircling viewers with 3 walls of larger-than-life animated sequences.
My films have screened at festivals around the world, including Hot Docs in Toronto, Tricky Women in Austria and Air Canada鈥檚 EnRoute. Most recently I鈥檝e been exploring Augmented Reality (AR) animation as a new way of storytelling.
