CEL Ā VIE 1

CEL Ā VIE began with a simple shift of attention, moving from the finished film or television image to the physical artworks used to construct it. Original cels and production drawings were presented so that pencil, paint, line, corrections and technical notation could be seen at close range. Removed from continuous movement, each image becomes unexpectedly singular. Familiar characters can suddenly feel like paintings. Rough drawings can carry more energy than a finished frame. Production marks become part of the visual language. The first exhibition established animation art as a permanent strand of Mauer Gallery’s programme, combining archival attention, visual immediacy and gallery scale.