Hierarchy Glitch / Hierarhična napaka
Vessela Dantcheva (Compote Collective)
2019, AUT, BUL, 6’35”

In a purely abstract way “Hierarchy Glitch” deals with a core idea of the Common Good Economy model. Both visual patterns and the ensemble’s voices are tied up in hierarchical behaviour, which restrains the full potential and mobility of each individual element. Soon the matrix pattern breaks out, connections and directions are lost, resulting in entropic disorder. This is when the single units autonomously connect with the rest, forming organic and balanced constellations. They develop a collective organism, a resilient entity. The film is part of the live music performance Happiness Machine of the Klangforum Wien and of anthology animated feature film with the same title.

Film na povsem abstrakten način obravnava temeljno idejo modela ekonomije skupnega dobrega. Tako vizualni vzorci kot glasovi ansambla so povezani v hierarhično vedenje, kar omejuje polni potencial in mobilnost vsakega posameznega elementa.

Technique: Cut-out animation

Recommended for audiences under 14 years old: Yes

Script: Vessela Dantcheva
Music: Susanne Kirchmayr aka Electric Indigo
Animation: Vessela Dantcheva, Yoana Aleksandrova, Natalia Atanasova, Ivan Bogdanov Production & Distribution: Compote Collective (Vessela Dantcheva)
http://compote-collective.com

Vessela Dantcheva

Born 1975. She has been an animation professional since her BFA graduation with honors Cum Laude at the Rotterdam Art Academy “Willem de Kooning” in 2002. Then she specialised in “School of Visual Arts”, New York and graduated MA from the “National Academy of Fine Arts”, Sofia in 2018. After living and working in the Netherlands for 10 years, she moves back to her hometown Sofia, Bulgaria. The last 11 years she works not only as an animation director but also as animation producer from her production company Compote Collective, co-founded with her partner Ivan Bogdanov. The Collective produced several multi award-winning films, which were screened at festivals worldwide and highly valued in the animation industry on national and international level. She teaches animation at New Bulgarian University and at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria. Often she is a jury member of prestigious film festivals. Vessela is the Ambassador for Bulgaria at the European Animation Association EAA. http://compote-collective.com