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I have made this wee video using images collected from my work in the window room.
Its tricky pinning your own work down, a friend wrote this about it.
“I really like the video the arrangement is solid - the bright colours and the imagery wif those lil diamond eyed shnowzers is sweet nectar! I didn’t have the sound on the first time I watched it so I wasn’t really on the buzz but the sound changes everything! I like the Jesus Christ bit at the end its freaky with the breathing dog sound. I’m definitely feeling it - for me its like a false sense of security, its all bright colours quirky child noises fun and games a lil happy time especially the cow being sucked up by an alien space ship and the shark fin trolley. Then the Jesus bit with the dog sound is like a slap in the face - its like the fun and games are over! Don’t be fooled and stop staring magpie, these toys are not safe! Their cursed and if you look into their sparkly eyes for too long you’ll start bleeding from the wrists you foolish sucker! Put the fucking apple back now! Its cool how your building on that perspex piece.”
quick,witty,quirky,absurd,camp,disturbing,colourful,pop,irreverent,funny,uncanny,silly,LOL
perfect for the internet. any more…….?
Comment by davidk — June 26, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
Hi Helen, I have watch the animation many times, and I still don’t remember all the images. However, the result of my memory test is that a series of toys and toy animals are functioning as subliminal frames to what we are watching and thinking.
I like the animation, but I would have liked it more if a frame with longer duration, like Jesus and children, showed first so that I had something to grip on, then be disturbed by the short frames.
Technically speaking, I think the frames are too long to function as subliminal - but I’m not sure if that has been your intention.
Abbas
PS. I’m still waiting to read a few words of introduction about your work in the window room.
Comment by Abbas Hashemi — June 29, 2008 @ 11:00 am