ARTspace

The Animania Festival Weekend ARTspace is dedicated to a range of art activities and showcasing the creations of budding young artists entering the Doodling Art Competition.

Animania Festival is also privileged as always to support the doujinshi community in Australia. Loosely translated as "amateur work", doujinshi refers to the artwork created by fans of manga and is an important aspect of the anime culture. A range of local professional and amateur artists at the Festival showcasing their artworks, make sure to swing by the community art stalls to see these often inspiring artworks and maybe take home a souvenir!

The ARTspace will be home to the following events:
 

Asian Ball Jointed Dolls Showcase

Animania Festival Weekend will feature a display table where doll owners will be showcasing their Asian Ball Jointed Dolls. 

Check out the ABJD table in the Cosplay Exhibition area if you own a doll yourself or are just plain curious about them!  All doll owners are welcome to bring their ABJDs to join the display set-up. More information to come!

What are ABJDs? 

Asian Ball Jointed Dolls (ABJDs) are resin dolls originating from Japan, though modern dolls are now predominately made in Japan and Korea. These dolls have ball and socket joints at their necks, shoulders, elbows, wrists, torsos, hips, knees and ankles. Elastic cords are fed through each of these components, through the inside of the body and then strung together to produce a complete doll. With their ball joints and the elastic tension of their stringing, the ball-jointed dolls are fully poseable. ABJDs are sculpted and hand cast rather than mass produced.

A major attraction of ABJDs is that they are highly customisable, the most basic customisation being their easily changeable wigs and eyes. Many owners paint their own doll's face and body while others take customisation a step further by sanding away, modifying and adding to existing parts of the doll to produce a more unique aesthetic.

For more information, head on over to Den of Angels, where many doll owners from around the world come together as a community and exchange information on ABJDs. The local ABJD forum is The Faireground where you can find out more about ABJD affairs in Australia and befriend the local crowd!

Also exciting news for people attending, one of our sponsors are giving company points to all Sydney Animania Attendees!!!

Doll Survey

For those who haven't already completed this, there is an Australian BJD Survey up. Please fill it out if you have time.

Doll Talks & Panel

More information can be found on the Panel Room page.

Sponsor Company & Merchandise Panel
Location: Panel Room 2
Time: Sat | 11am to 12pm

 

Doll Competitions

There will be three Asian Ball Jointed Doll competitions this year at Animania Festival Weekend: the Doll Photography Competition, Dolls Dress to Impress Competition and the introduction of Accessorise Me! Competition. More information about these competitions can be found on the Competitions page. 

Please be sure to follow the submission dateline! For those intending to join, please note that the awards ceremony is on Sunday. Do try to attend or get someone ready to stand in for you!

Doll Competitions Prizes

We are in the process of securing some awesome prizes! Some of our sponsors are:

Cherish doll is giving ALL Animania attendees with bonus store points, whether you are a doll owner or not yet. So, check out their sites and scope out what you want, it is also a great way to get into the hobby.  Please register your email with me on the day to get your bonus points.


      

 

Art Competitions

The ARTspace will also be hosting the classic Doodling Art Competition plus the new coloured Doodling Art Competition, on its dedicated drawing tables. Find out more about the Doodling Art Competition.

Art Re-Enact! will be returning for 2011. This competition will combine comic strips, photography and get your creative juices flowing!
 

Craft Workshops

There will be a range of small workshops held in the ARTspace. Our friendly Animania Staff will guide you through all the techniques to create your very own Japanese Paper Doll, how to make your own mobile phone accessories and also how to improve your origami skills.

Places for each of these workshops will be limited, and some may require a small contribution to cover materials. The workshop schedule will be made available closer to date.

Japanese Paper Doll Workshop

Take your origami skills one step further in this workshop and learn to create your very own Japanese paper doll! Often featured on bookmarks, these cute origami dolls are a unique way of turning a simple piece of paper into a fun and decorative piece of art!

A small fee of $2 will cover all the materials needed to create your very own paper doll to take home, including decorative papers, cardboard and glue. Places will be limited. The workshop schedule will be made available closer to date.

Origami Workshop

Literally meaning “folding paper”, origami is the art of paper folding, where through the use of various geometric folds and crease patterns one is able to create any shape or object just using paper! From simple paper cranes and boats to complex inflatable boxes and moving animals, origami can be a fun and intricate hobby for all ages.

Our friendly Animania Staff will guide you through all the techniques, simple and complex, to create a variety of shapes and objects that once completed you can take with you as a souvenir of your accomplishment! Places will be limited. The workshop schedule will be made available closer to date.

Papercraft Workshop

Popular in Japan and Europe, this hobby combines origami and paper-based modelling (scale models). All the parts for any particular papercraft model can be printed or drawn to be cut, folded, glue, and put altogether to building anything from a traditional Japanese doll to a miniature Gundam! Nothing is impossible to create in the world of papercraft!

Take home your very own Japanese carp, panda or other unique papercraft model from Animania Weekend's ARTspace! A range of pre-printed patterns and kits (simple and advanced) will be available to put together during this workshop. Visitors will be welcome to join in at their own pace or be guided by Animania Staff.

Living Art Space

The Living Art Space brings a unique and popular aspect of Japanese culture to life! In 2011, we will take a look at the Natsu Matsuri/Summer Festival! Visit the Living Art Space on Saturday or Sunday and for a small fee, you will have the chance to dress up in a traditional Japanese yukata or kimono and take a photo (on your own camera) in the backdrop of our Japanese Summer Festival.

NATSU MATSURI / SUMMER FESTIVAL
The Natsu Matsuri/Summer Festival is a family-friendly event that centres on the Japanese culture. It includes traditional children’s games, Bon dance, Taiko drums, live music and performance, festive food and goods.

KIMONO [ 着物 ]
Garment typical of Japanese costume, made as loose, wide-sleeved robe, fastened around waist with broad sash. Kimono means a garment and is used by non-Japanese to refer generically to the many different forms of traditional Japanese dress. Ki comes from kiru, which means "to wear", and mono means "thing".

YUKATA [ 浴衣 ]
The yukata is a Japanese summer kimono, usually made from cotton and often worn during Summer festivals and events. It is also frequently worn after bathing at traditional Japanese inns.

Animania Passport (DIY Walking Tour)

Take the Animania Passport challenge! Follow the footprints at the Festival and complete a basic mini-game to collect a stamp. Collect all the stamps and present your completed passport at the ARTspace info Desk (Section A) to score a souvenir from Animania Festival (while stocks last). Those who have collected all the stamps will also go in the running to score the Lucky Draw Prize!

Saturday Lucky Draw Prize: A complimentary high tea session on Sunday in Cafe Luciole for you & 3 friend!

Sunday Lucky Draw Prize: An Animania Festival Hamper, full of Animania Festival goodies!

There will also be special extra stamps to be collected in specific areas and specific times - collect all of these to get an extra ticket into the prize draw and increase your chances to win the Lucky Draw Prize on each day.

Saturday Draw will be held in the ARTSpace at 3pm. The Sunday Draw will be held at 2pm. Make sure
to collect all your stamps & get your tickets in before these times for a chance to win!

ARTSPACE COLOUR’IN (new!)

Introducing ARTspace Colour’in, a fun activity that can be enjoyed by all ages, whether you're kid or a grown-up. Don't you ever just feel like grabbing a colour pencil and bring a picture to life by colour? Well here's your chance. Come Colour'in with us, show your creativity side through the colours of your choice. You can have it up on display or take it home as a souvenir. Because truth be told, everyone likes to Colour'in.

Note: Any offensive material will not be put on display, so please play nice and keep clean.

ARTspace Graffiti Wall

The ARTspace Graffiti Wall is where Animania Festival will let you go wild with a texta! Visit the ARTspace during the weekend and make your mark on the Graffiti Wall – from stick figure to anime mini-mural to wedding proposals - we want to see it. The results will be posted on the website after the Festival.

Note: Any offensive material will be removed from the wall and offenders will have textas taken away (!!), so please play nice and keep clean