Finn Stevenhagen is a filmmaker and installation artist who uses computer animation, scenography and animatronics to explore humanity through fictional narratives. The quality and presentation of the narratives are dictated by their themes as the mediums shift with the characters.
Characters, who take on the form of disembodied floating mouths and digital humans, inherit empathy through the fidelity of their animator. As artificial forms, these characters are pushed to encounter the limits of what emotions their bodies can perform. By juxtaposing a character's limited ability of expression with their desire to do just that, Finn presents clearly artificial depictions of humans as closely to their real counterparts.
In 2022, Finn Stevenhagen was given an honorary award in the Computer Animation category of Prix Ars Electronica for the short film ‘When fox and rabbit say goodnight.’ and which has since been screened in the Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Turkey, Hong Kong and the USA. In 2023, he became an artist member of Pulchri Studio, The Hague, NL.
Characters, who take on the form of disembodied floating mouths and digital humans, inherit empathy through the fidelity of their animator. As artificial forms, these characters are pushed to encounter the limits of what emotions their bodies can perform. By juxtaposing a character's limited ability of expression with their desire to do just that, Finn presents clearly artificial depictions of humans as closely to their real counterparts.
In 2022, Finn Stevenhagen was given an honorary award in the Computer Animation category of Prix Ars Electronica for the short film ‘When fox and rabbit say goodnight.’ and which has since been screened in the Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Turkey, Hong Kong and the USA. In 2023, he became an artist member of Pulchri Studio, The Hague, NL.
Prizes
2022
Honorary Mention in the Computer Animation category of Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria - "When fox and rabbit say goodnight."
https://calls.ars.electronica.art/2022/prix/winners/9092/
2023
Netwerk Mediawijsheid Game & App Award at CineKid 2023 - "Voice Racers" by Monobanda, Utrecht, NL.
https://netwerkmediawijsheid.nl
Experience
2023
Guest lecturer on Expanded Cinema at ArtEZ, Arnhem, NL.
Guest teacher of 3D modelling at KABK, The Hague, NL.
2022
Intern and Junior Visual Game Designer at Monobanda, Utrecht, NL.
Animator of the “Memory of Victims” installation in the Mannheim Marchivum, Germany, by Parallel World Labs Inc.
3D modelling for the artist Cocky Eek.
2021
Sound design, 3D modelling and animation for the designer Samuel Rynearson.
2020-2021
Director/Animator of CG animated short “When fox and rabbit say goodnight.”
2019-20
Assistant for the artist Ana Oosting at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag.
2016/2017
Four week work experience in the editorial and story department at the Paramount Pictures production „Sherlock Gnomes” (Rocket Pictures/London).
2023
Guest lecturer on Expanded Cinema at ArtEZ, Arnhem, NL.
Guest teacher of 3D modelling at KABK, The Hague, NL.
2022
Intern and Junior Visual Game Designer at Monobanda, Utrecht, NL.
Animator of the “Memory of Victims” installation in the Mannheim Marchivum, Germany, by Parallel World Labs Inc.
3D modelling for the artist Cocky Eek.
2021
Sound design, 3D modelling and animation for the designer Samuel Rynearson.
2020-2021
Director/Animator of CG animated short “When fox and rabbit say goodnight.”
2019-20
Assistant for the artist Ana Oosting at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, Den Haag.
2016/2017
Four week work experience in the editorial and story department at the Paramount Pictures production „Sherlock Gnomes” (Rocket Pictures/London).
Education
2019 - 2023
ArtScience Bachelor Degree at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague, NL
2018 - 2019
Foundation Year at The Royal Drawing School, London, UK
2019 - 2023
ArtScience Bachelor Degree at the Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten, The Hague, NL
2018 - 2019
Foundation Year at The Royal Drawing School, London, UK
