When does animation become art? What remains of animation when it leaves the cinema or TV screen, and manifests itself in other spaces? The exhibition El Hotel Eléctrico – Rooms Available sets out in search of the many expressions of the phenomenon of ‘animation’ in a broader sense, starting with the medium in its earliest forms, at a time when this artistic practice was not yet constrained by the conventions and clichés of the film industry. Posters were commissioned for the exhibition, as well as a flipbook, containing an animation of Marcel Duchamp's famous atelier door.
Yann Sérandour, Complet, 2007. Courtesy gb agency, Paris.