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ALMOND ANIMATION
Blog about animated feature films by art historian Tatiana Almond
Much later, I had the extraordinary chance to meet Hayao Miyazaki in person — one of those rare moments when professional life briefly collides with childhood mythology.
My practice is rooted in the study of art history, particularly photography, collage, and visual culture, and I am an alumna of the New York Film Academy.
What brought me back to animation was not nostalgia, but curiosity: I wanted to understand how the world works when almost nothing is given in advance — when movement, space, time, texture, and even the laws of physics can be invented rather than recorded.
My practice is rooted in the study of art history, particularly photography, collage, and visual culture, and I am an alumna of the New York Film Academy.
What brought me back to animation was not nostalgia, but curiosity: I wanted to understand how the world works when almost nothing is given in advance — when movement, space, time, texture, and even the laws of physics can be invented rather than recorded.
Animation entered my life early, as it does for many of us, long before I had the vocabulary to explain why it mattered to me. My first encounters were on VHS: The Last Unicorn, 101 Dalmatians. Later came Miyazaki on DVD, and with him the unsettling realisation that animation could my home & major research interest.
I began writing specifically about animation in 2024. This blog is an extension of that practice: a place to look closely at animated films, their images and ideas, and the peculiar ways in which they make the invisible visible.
Years of studying art have left me with the professional reflex of asking what an image is doing. I have tried, however, not to lose the less professional pleasure of simply being astonished by it.
Years of studying art have left me with the professional reflex of asking what an image is doing. I have tried, however, not to lose the less professional pleasure of simply being astonished by it.
Essays
Коллаж как самостоятельная художественная техника
Tatiana Almond
2026
2026