My practice has its roots in both fine art and animation, and I am especially drawn to experimental approaches that allow me to merge digital and analogue processes.
Touch Grass is based on my experience with an art block and how I dealt with it. Set in Ghana, the film draws on personal memories while providing a fictional story to which people can relate.
The project is a form of collage that blends rotoscoping, hand-drawn animation, and editing with analogue experimentation such as rostrum camera work, pastel textures, and stop motion animation. By combining live-action film with abstract textures and patterns, I attempted to strike a balance between the tangible reality of daily living and the inner mental landscape of creative struggle.
Animation 
Emily Sanderson | Animation
