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# Project Description PillHead and GearGreaseman Hermine Pouzoulet Summary Final work College Chelsea College of Arts Course BA (Hons) Fine Art Graduation year 2023 An installation displaying an animation and the distribution of a comic. Touching on themes of transhumanism and posthumanism, the world I build serves as both an inquiry into an imaginary distant future and a direct commentary of the contemporary. The contrast between the use of graphite and ink alongside computer graphics and video capture is emblematic of the tension amidst new dimensions achieved through technology, parallel to an instinctive drive towards traditional materiality. The idea for the story came from the sentiment that material making knowledge should be free to access and that oftentimes we are alienated from this knowledge in order to be sold commodities. Final work PillHead and GearGreaseman Animation montage using Blender and video capture. The aim was to bring an additional layer of time displacement through visual contrast. View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery A5 comic zines available to take during show. Risograph print on 100% recycled paper. Research and process World Building Conception Having been a fan of dystopian works my whole life and yet being critical of the genre for its apathy towards the possibility of a better world, I questioned the Utopia/Dystopia dichotomy and the role of fictional narratives in transmitting meanings and influencing optimism/ pessimism in its audience especially in the light of a potential climate collapse. I started conceptualising a far away post apocalyptic landscape called Mundi Ferox (feral world) in which traces of current life are minute and the land is changed beyond recognition. My characters are influenced by transhumanist and posthumanist ideas, and the aesthetics of video games and technology as well as the idea of the past having lasting influences. View Gallery View Gallery View Gallery Share this project An installation displaying an animation and the distribution of a comic. Touching on themes of transhumanism and posthumanism, the world I build serves as both an inquiry into an imaginary distant future and a direct commentary of the contemporary.</... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Beyond Human Climate Emergency Craft & Process Digital Experiences Futures Gender Identity Nature & Environment Story & Myth 3DAnimation Adaptation Animation Biomaterial Comics CrossDiscipline Fiction FineArt FoundMaterial Illustration Imagination PostHuman PostTruth Print ScienceFiction Tranhumanism Transgender Upcycling Video
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