Jake Duczynski

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Jake Duczynski graduated from UTS in 2016, he has long known about the beautiful synergy between Aboriginal culture and animation in the art of storytelling. In the brief period since completing his studies, Jake has already begun to make an indelible impression on the Australian artscape, with his animation commemorating the 25th anniversary of the landmark Mabo High Court decision to be projected onto the outer skin of Sydney’s Maritime Museum this year. Jake Duczynski Jake Duczynski smiling at the camera Bachelor of Design in Animation (Hons), 2016 Designer, Animator and Director UTS Young Alumni Award 2017 Although animator Jake Duczynski only recently graduated, he has long known about the beautiful synergy between Aboriginal culture and animation in the art of storytelling. In the brief period since completing his studies, Jake has already begun to make an indelible impression on the Australian artscape, with his animation commemorating the 25th anniversary of the landmark Mabo High Court decision to be projected onto the outer skin of Sydney’s Maritime Museum this year. No artist should forget the story or integrity of the art. With so much of our work online, you’re exposed to the best animators in the world – it keeps you humble and hungry. This follows Jake and his small team at SBS winning the 2016 Walkley Award for Multimedia Storytelling and the award for Best Responsive Website at the SXSW Festival in Texas for their interactive animated Indigenous language app, My Grandmother’s Lingo. This unique animation immerses users in the story of a young Aboriginal woman from Ngukurr in the Northern Territory who is trying to save her native lingo (“Marra”) by learning from the dying elders in her community. Jake believes interactive stories bridge imagination and reality, appeal to our curiosity, and enable us to share history. He credits the inspiration of his strong, loving family network for motivating him to reach wider audienc

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