Noce, Kim and Tseveendulam, U, Children of the Solongo Center, Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy and Art Center (2025) Animation and Calligraphy Workshop: The Two Goats and the Wolf – Хоёр ямаа ба чоно. In: Residence of the Steppes, 13 August 2025, Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy and Art Center, Erdenezuu Road 1-17a, Kharkhorin, Mongolia.
Type of Research: | Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item | ||||
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Creators: | Noce, Kim and Tseveendulam, U | ||||
Group or Collective Creators: | Children of the Solongo Center, Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy and Art Center | ||||
Description: | The Two Goats and the Wolf – Cleverness over Strength is a short cut-out animation created by children from the Solongo Center during a two-hour workshop at the Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy and Art Center, Kharkhorin, on 13 August 2025. Led by artist-in-residence Kim Noce, with support from calligrapher U. Tseveendulam, the workshop invited children to reimagine a traditional Mongolian tale through paper, colour, and movement. The film captures their creativity and joy as bridges, rivers, goats, and a wolf appear frame by frame. Beyond the animated story, it reflects the spirit of shared storytelling — linking cultural heritage with contemporary animation, and giving young participants an opportunity to learn, play, and create together. The narration is spoken by the children in Mongolian, with captions in both Mongolian and English. This film forms part of the residency Tracing Motion: Animation and Mongolian Calligraphy and sits alongside the collaborative exhibition Light of the Heart’s Home. |
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Additional Information (Publicly available): | Workshop Press pack This workshop was part of my residency Tracing Motion: Animation and Mongolian Calligraphy, where I explored the relationship between calligraphic gestures, animation, and ecological storytelling. By inviting children to animate a traditional tale, the workshop created a bridge between cultural heritage and contemporary animation, echoing my broader research into Animated Environmental Rituals. The residency culminated in Light of the Heart’s Home, a collaborative exhibition with U. Tseveendulam at the Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy and Art Center in Kharkhorin. The exhibition transformed the Artist Ger/Yurt into a five-senses environment of animation, drawings, calligraphy, clothing, objects, incense, and projections. A series of short films — including the exhibition film, behind-the-scenes, and a 360° walk-through — document and extend the experience. You can explore the outcomes here: https://quirkypictures.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/the-two-goats-and-the-wolf 2025 оны 8-р сарын 13-нд @calligraphy_center_mongolia Монголын Уран бичлэгийн төвд уран бичээч Лорра Цэгий @lorratseegii нарын хамт би Солонго төвийн хүүхдүүдтэй хоёр цагийн хайчилбар хөдөлгөөнт дүрсийн семинар удирдан явууллаа. Бид хамтдаа нэгэн богино Монгол ардын үлгэрийг цаас, өнгө, хөдөлгөөнөөр амилуулсан юм. Инээмсэглэл, анхаарал төвлөрөл, бүтээлч байдал өрөөг дүүргэж, хүрээ бүрээр гүүр, гол мөрөн, ямаа, чононууд тодрон гарч ирэв. Энэ семинар нь миний Хөдөлгөөнийг мөрдөх: Анимэйшн ба Монгол уран бичлэг нэртэй резиденцийн нэг хэсэг бөгөөд уран бичлэгийн хөдөлгөөн, анимэйшн, экологийн өгүүлэмжийн харилцааг судлах зорилготой. Хүүхдүүдтэй хамт ардын үлгэрийг анимэйшнээр амилуулах нь соёлын өв ба орчин үеийн анимэйшний хооронд гүүр байгуулах бөгөөд миний өргөн хүрээний Анимэйшний байгаль-ёсны зан үйл судалгааны нэгэн цуурай юм. Резиденцийн төгсгөлд би Ө.Цэвээндуламын хамтаар Хархоринд байрлах Эрдэнэсийн Хүрээ Монголын Уран бичлэг, Урлагийн Төвд “Зүрхний гэрийн гэрэл” нэртэй хамтарсан үзэсгэлэн зохион байгууллаа. Уг үзэсгэлэн уран бүтээлчийн гэр/гэрийг анимэйшн, зураг, уран бичлэг, хувцас, эд зүйлс, арц, проекцоор таван мэдрэхүйн орчин болгон хувиргасан юм. Үзэсгэлэнг дагалдан богино хэмжээний кинонууд бүтээгдсэн бөгөөд тэдгээр нь нээлтийн үе, бүтээлч үйл явц, мөн 360° виртуал аяллыг баримтжуулан үргэлжлүүлдэг. Үр дүнг эндээс үзэх боломжтой: https://quirkypictures.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/the-two-goats-and-the-wolf Press Kit Location / Байршил Duration / Үргэлжлэх хугацаа Synopsis (English) The film captures their creativity and joy as bridges, rivers, goats, and a wolf appear frame by frame. Beyond the animated story, it reflects the workshop’s spirit of shared storytelling — linking cultural heritage with contemporary animation, and giving young participants an opportunity to learn, play, and create together. The children themselves narrate the story in Mongolian, accompanied by captions in both Mongolian and English, ensuring the tale can be experienced across languages and cultures. The workshop film sits alongside the collaborative exhibition Light of the Heart’s Home, part of the residency Tracing Motion: Animation and Mongolian Calligraphy. Watch the film: Synopsis (Mongolian) Фрэйм бүрт хүүхдүүдийн бүтээлч байдал, баяр хөөр тодорч, энгийн хайчилбаруудаас гүүр, гол мөрөн, ямаа, чоно амилсан. Энэ нь зөвхөн үлгэрийг дүрсжүүлсэн төдийгүй хамтын өгүүлэмжийн сүнсийг илэрхийлж — соёлын өвийг орчин үеийн анимэйшнтэй холбон, хүүхдүүдэд суралцах, тоглох, бүтээх орон зайг нээсэн юм. Хүүхдүүд үлгэрийг монголоор өөрсдөө ярьж, англи болон монгол хадмал орчуулгатайгаар дэлхий дахинд хүрэх боломжийг бүрдүүлсэн. Энэхүү богино хэмжээний кино нь “Зүрхний гэрийн гэрэл” хамтарсан үзэсгэлэнгийн нэгэн хэсэг бөгөөд “Хөдөлгөөнийг мөрдөх: Анимэйшн ба Монгол уран бичлэг” резиденцийн хүрээнд бүтээгдсэн. Фильмыг үзэх: Credits / Кредитүүд Calligrapher / Уран бичээч Producer / Продюсер Translator / Орчуулагч Host / Зохион байгуулагч байгууллага Participants – Children from the Solongo Center / Оролцогчид – Солонго төвийн хүүхдүүд Technical Details / Техникийн үзүүлэлтүүд Duration: 1 min Language: Mongolian (children’s narration) with English and Mongolian captions Statement The Two Goats and the Wolf – Хоёр ямаа ба чоно was created during the residency Tracing Motion: Animation and Mongolian Calligraphy at the Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy and Art Center, Kharkhorin, Mongolia (August 2025). The residency set out to explore how animation can engage with Mongolian calligraphy to examine movement, storytelling, and cultural memory, situating animation within ritual-based environmental storytelling and sustainable creative practice The workshop on 13 August 2025 was developed in collaboration with the Solongo Center, a children’s home in Kharkhorin. For two hours, children aged 6–14 took part in a cut-out animation process designed to be accessible, playful, and collaborative. The chosen tale — The Two Goats and the Wolf — was selected for its moral of cleverness over strength, its clear narrative arc, and its suitability for group animation. Planning materials divided the tale into three parts: the goats meeting the wolf on a bridge, their whispered plan, and their joint action that sends the wolf into the river The process foregrounded the children’s creativity and enjoyment, as goats, bridges, rivers, and wolves came alive frame by frame. More than producing a short film, the workshop reflected the residency’s intent: to position animation as an embodied practice of storytelling and to open up collective spaces for cultural dialogue, imagination, and reflection. The workshop sits alongside the exhibition Light of the Heart’s Home (with U. Tseveendulam), which transformed an Artist Ger/Yurt into a multi-sensory environment of calligraphy, animation, drawings, objects, incense, and projections. Together, the exhibition and workshop extend the methodology of Animated Environmental Rituals — situating animation as both process and encounter, where art-making fosters cultural sustainability, ecological awareness, and shared reflection. Both artists provided statements that framed their intentions: U. Tseveendulam’s calligraphy practice emphasised resilience, heritage, and identity, while Kim Noce’s research sought to capture the “calligraphy of nature” and to create spaces of pause and dialogue . The workshop embodied these intentions in practice by inviting children to engage directly with storytelling, connecting cultural heritage with contemporary animation. |
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Keywords/subjects not otherwise listed: | Mongolian fairy tales, Mongolian calligraphy | ||||
Your affiliations with UAL: | Colleges > London College of Communication Research Groups > Sonic Screen Lab |
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Date: | 13 August 2025 | ||||
Related Websites: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDOd16CzNgI, https://vimeo.com/1115122265, https://quirkypictures.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/the-two-goats-and-the-wolf, https://kimnoce.wordpress.com/light-of-the-hearts-home www.erdenesiin-khuree.com | ||||
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Event Location: | Erdenesiin Khuree Mongolian Calligraphy and Art Center, Erdenezuu Road 1-17a, Kharkhorin, Mongolia | ||||
Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2025 15:05 | ||||
Last Modified: | 03 Sep 2025 15:05 | ||||
Item ID: | 24642 | ||||
URI: | https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/24642 |
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