Imperfect Worlds

What does imperfection reveal that perfection hides?

In a creative landscape increasingly shaped by automation, frictionless workflows and digital perfection, Imperfect Worlds explores the growing cultural pull of craft, tactility and human-made storytelling.

Chris Randall, Creative Director of Second Home Studios, takes audiences inside the realities of running a contemporary multi-discipline animation studio where stop-motion, VFX, puppetry, CG and mixed-media techniques collide. From miniature sets and physical materials to motion control, compositing and experimental pipelines, the talk looks at howimperfection itself hasn’t just been a creative tool, but a necessity for world building.

Drawing on projects including the BAFTA-nominated preschool series Tweedy & Fluff, alongside commercial and experimental work developed at the Birmingham-based studio, Chris will unpack why audiences will always connect with things where the artist’s hand is visibly on show.

Expect behind-the-scenes process, production experiments, unfinished tests, creative failures, and a candid look at the messy realities behind hand crafted image-making.