Award Holder
Biography
Aleksandra Korejwo was born in 1958 in Poznan, Poland. She graduated from the Department of Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan in 1984 with a degree in painting and animation film. Since then she has worked for the Television Studio of Animation Films. Korejwo has also been affiliated with Acme Filmworks, Hollywood, since 1995. She was honoured with many distinguished awards at film festivals (Poznan, Shanghai, Kiev, Los Angeles, New York).
Illustration Features
Aleksandra Korejwo – the Polish animator, director, scriptwriter, artist. She has become internationally recognized for a large cycle of animated films popularizing the classical music compositions. Making use of the rare technique of loose materials, primarily sand and colour salt, she has presented little stories bound up with well-known musical pieces. Fascinating dynamism of changing images gives the impression of an on-the-spot improvisation at the first sight. Phasing of each movement of the grains of salt, however, conforms to the laws of the film montage. The author pointed to the importance of working with the rhythm and the precise synchronization of each picture with the musical score. The dizzying stream of image metamorphoses made of salt and sand evokes the coloured graphic prints by old masters.