Szilárd Formák [Solid Forms] constitutes a collection of hand-drawn animations on paper, created as part of the group exhibition Bone Structure featuring the MFA student cohort from CalArts' Experimental Animation department. Despite my undergraduate status, I participated alongside graduate students due to my pre-existing animation practice, demonstrating the departmental recognition of advanced technical proficiency and conceptual development.

The work explores the fundamental challenge of rendering three-dimensional spatial relationships through the constraints of two-dimensional media. Using pen, ink, and pencil on paper, each sequence investigates the translation of volumetric form into linear mark-making, challenging the viewer's perception of depth and materiality through purely graphic means.

The animated figures span a range of representational approaches: from the corporeal specificity of a nude black body to the biomorphic abstraction of a lizard with prominent dark eyes, to the geological minimalism of rock and stone forms. This diverse iconography creates a taxonomy of existence that moves fluidly between the organic, the human, and the mineral, suggesting interconnected cycles of transformation and material continuity.

Each sequence within the compilation represents a distinct investigation into the possibilities of traditional animation techniques, demonstrating how fundamental drawing practices can generate complex spatial illusions and narrative possibilities. The title "Solid Forms" emphasizes the paradox at the work's center: the creation of apparent solidity through the accumulation of ephemeral marks on paper.