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PLASTIC MADE - The Recovery Sessions - Beyond Entertainment
While Viborg has earned its name as a City of Animation, PLASTIC MADE - The Recovery Sessions spotlights animation as a cultural tool; shaping exhibitions, essays, and social conversations.
Organised by PLASTIC Collective, an independent group working at the intersection of animation, art, and technology, the event brings together artists using the animated image to engage with history, identity, and ethics.
Through recent works - from a visual essay on the cinematic cut to an animated documentary on neurodiversity, a feature film born out of psychiatric recovery, and an upcoming exhibition at the future Viborg Museum; the session explores how animation can move beyond entertainment.
Alex Widdowson is a Denmark based British filmmaker, neurodiversity activist, and researcher. He is best known for his award-winning animated documentaries and is currently working on his first feature. He is the director of Factual Animation Film Festival and, for his post-doctoral fellowship at Université de Moncton, he is facilitating the cocreation of an autistic led computer game.
Martina Scarpelli is an Italian director, creative director and producer based in Denmark with a background in Fine Art and animation. She is co-founder of Viborg based PLASTIC Collective, creative director at Museum Wibergis audiovisual productions. Currently working on etching prints exhibition, animated documentaries and multimedia Concert “Songs of Envy”.
Marcell Mostoha is a Hungarian animation director and visual artist based in Budapest. With a background in animation and fine art, his work moves freely between film, music, and fine arts. He values interdisciplinary thinking and often works across genres, exploring abstraction through graphics, painting, and animated moving images.
