The Kentucky Shape Fair was created with the Sloppy Films Animation Station on September 10, 2022 at the Louisville Maker Faire. It had been 2 and a half years since its last outing in public, when it created collage animation on Family Day at the Walker Art Center in March 2020, just before the COVID closedown started.
This was a tabletop set-up, like many of the most recent versions of the public animation appearances. A thin light green plastic tablecloth was placed on the table with my clip stand and the webcam hooked up to Dragonframe software. I had lots of colorful paper which could be cut into simple shapes to make a state fair out of shapes.
I made the titles and the running horse and Ferris wheel before the first people started coming up and wanting to make things. I had a few other things in mind to make during slow times but didn't need those because it was pretty non-stop for the rest of the day. The public part was from 10 to 6 pm but I started animating a little before 9:30 and wrapped it up a little after five.
The Animation Station table was next to the table of the U of L rocket club, so rockets made several appearances in the film. The Demolition Derby was an idea I had for a big finish. I had one dedicated volunteer who stayed with me the whole time to make it happen.
