UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 8 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Brian Alfred, associate professor of art in Penn State's College of Arts and Architecture, has collaborated with ZAZ10TS, a cultural initiative that presents contemporary art within one of the world's most iconic urban intersections, to present "The Ultras!," a video installation that explores the emotion, identity and collective energy of sports culture.
"The Ultras!" is a collection of rotoscoped images of Alfred's artwork depicting crowds at sporting events, typically called "Ultras." Rotoscoping is an animation technique that consists of drawing or tracing over an image to create smooth frame-by-frame animations.
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