Animation on the Alexeïeff-Parker pinscreen

Animator Michèle Lemieux traces the history of the pinscreen, invented by Alexandre Alexeïeff and Claire Parker in the 1930s, and shows how she used it for her film The Painting.

A rare close look at one of animation's most painstaking and magical tools.

Award-winning Canadian animator and illustrator Michèle Lemieux plunges you into the fascinating technique of pinscreen animation. Join her as she traces the history of this tool, from its invention in the 1930s by Alexa

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