Once works of art are no longer made for particular people or reserved for the enjoyment of a select few, as happened after the French Revolution, new forms of aesthetic experience become available to everyone in the community. Every individual is promised aesthetic equality—each and every one, anyone at all, without exception. … The hierarchies between works’ subject matter, forms, materials and interpreters are leveled; the consequences of the aesthetic revolution are therefore shattering. … Even when we engage in critique, armed with elegant theories, the result is often that before long we are flirting with the enemy and going on picnics together. Shouldn’t we mark out new spaces for those who are not yet entitled to engage in critique—that is, “Tom, Dick and Harry”—to show what they can do?
—Lu Xinghua, A Study of Rancière’s Aesthetic Thought
About Rags Drum
To encourage the continued production of more and better criticism and research on anime, comics and games (ACG), and exchange among those who write it, Lab on Roof has decided to continue its ACG submission event with a third edition in 2022, under the name:
Rags Drum 2022
Pre-Festival Selection Results
After three months of submissions and selection (and we’re very sorry for slacking off for a week and missing the promised announcement date), Lab on Roof hereby announces the submissions that have passed the Pre-Festival review and their authors. All entries below are listed in no particular order:
Registered for Both the Pre-Festival + Post-Festival
The following five submissions, listed with their authors, have passed the Pre-Festival’s initial review:
- Isolde, “Singing Between Two Worlds”
- Colisa, “The Magical Girl Who Becomes a Side Story”
- 一条, “Animation as Staging: Rediscovering Takashi Annō and Naohito Takahashi”
- 「 」, “The Non-Overcoming of Modernity, Absent Origins and Subjectivity—Writing Mysticism and Science”
- Sairai, “Blond Tsundere? Pink-Haired Yandere? A Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Hair Color, Eye Color and Personality in Japanese Animation”
Registered for the Pre-Festival Only
The following two submissions, listed with their authors, were entered for the Pre-Festival only and have passed its review:
- 河豚酱酱酱, “[Animation Discussion] Ubiquitous Perception: Viewing Impressions and Research on the Treatment of ‘Eyebrows and Eyes in Relation to Hair’ in 2D Animation” (video, 19:02)
Under the previously announced event rules, contributors whose submissions pass the Pre-Festival review will receive a fee of RMB 200–300 for their work.
Let’s celebrate!
Further Information
Thank you to the judging panel members for their voluntary work reviewing submissions. They are:
A group of enthusiasts who are the audience’s intellectual and aesthetic equals!
Thank you to 初鹿野凪 for creating the event’s posters and promotional video, and to the critics and researchers, groups and platforms that offered kind suggestions and sincere help.
- October 7: Submission deadline for the Post-Festival (the second half of the combined Pre-Festival + Post-Festival track).
- Second half of October: All qualifying Post-Festival submissions will be announced together, bringing the Post-Festival and the event as a whole to a close.
See you when the Post-Festival wraps up!
Given our limited experience in running events, the organizers reserve the right, to the fullest extent permitted by laws, regulations and platform rules, to interpret and amend the provisions governing how the event is run, including its procedures. We ask contributors and readers to take note of this and appreciate your understanding.
Contact Lab on Roof: lab_on_roof@163.com
Readers and contributors are welcome to share this announcement and other information about the event, spread the word, join the discussion and submit their work!
