Experience.Computer is a slow radio show about high tech. Exploring aphantasia, creativity, and the imagination.
IN THIS INTERVIEW
Jay Springett leads director and animator Kirsten Lepore through a series of imaginative exercises.
Then they discuss:
The process of creating animation
The physicality of stop motion animation
The role of the director
The concepts of time and energy in film editing and more.
QUOTES
“Once it's done, I'm like, I can't look at it. Like, I need time. You know? Like, I need to be detached from this”
“My mind had a blueprint and I just followed it. I would sketch it out, get what I'm imagining right, and then stick to it. Then it's just about following that blueprint that's in my mind from the get-go”
“I enjoy animation maybe 10 to 15% of the time when I'm doing it. I like to dance sometimes when I'm animating and get into a really amazing state of flow”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Kirsten Lepore is an LA-based director and animator, and alumna of CalArts. She was the Animation Director on the A24 feature, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, which was nominated for an Oscar, Golden Globe, and won 3 Annie Awards, a Critics Choice Award, National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Animated Picture. She recently wrote and directed the Marvel Studios "I Am Groot" series streaming on Disney+. Previously, Kirsten's viral short “Hi Stranger” garnered upwards of 200 million views online, and her stop-motion episode of Adventure Time won a 2016 Emmy & Annie award.
IN YOUR MIND
Has this interview sparked any thoughts or questions about your own mind's eye, creative process, or inner experience? I'd love to hear your insights! Share your reflections in the comments below or on social media!
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ABOUT THE SHOW
In 2022 writer and host Jay Springett discovered he had aphantasia - the inability to voluntarily create mental images in one's mind. For 36 years he thought 'picture this' was a metaphor.
Experience.Computer is slow radio about high tech. An interview show exploring perception, experience and expression. The show examines how people perceive the world, and how they work with the creative tools they use to make their work with.
ABOUT THE HOST
Jay Springett is a strategist and writer. His work focuses on the design, administration and flourishing of worlds of all kinds He has hosted the 301 second long essay podcast Permanently Moved since 2018, and Experience.Computer since 2023. Jay is currently working on his first book ‘The Web Was a Side Quest‘ and writes online at thejaymo.net
Kirsten Lepore