Ceci n'est pas une mouche (This is not a fly)
- added July 4, 2008
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- carlos_fraiha
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A story about a guy in an art gallery, a painted fly that seems to be playing mind games on him, and a very angry CCTV camera that will not let him get too close to find out what is going on. I created this film as my final project in the Postgraduate Character Animation course at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
This is a short animated film that discusses how one can relate to art and the space in which it is exhibited, and how one's behavior might be dictaded by the fact that they are under surveillance.
Inspiration: the first thing I though of when contemplating the painting of 'Saint Catherine of Alexandria' by Carlo Crivelli was how it reminded me of the idea behind Magritte's 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' (this is not a pipe). In the XV century, Crivelli painted a real size fly next to a 30cm tall saint, and it seems that both artists were playing with the theme of representation versus reality. That is where I got my title, 'Ceci n'est pas une mouche' (this is not a fly), which makes a reference to Magritte and to how images can be deceiving, at the same time that it captures the playfull tone of the story.
This is a short animated film that discusses how one can relate to art and the space in which it is exhibited, and how one's behavior might be dictaded by the fact that they are under surveillance.
Inspiration: the first thing I though of when contemplating the painting of 'Saint Catherine of Alexandria' by Carlo Crivelli was how it reminded me of the idea behind Magritte's 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' (this is not a pipe). In the XV century, Crivelli painted a real size fly next to a 30cm tall saint, and it seems that both artists were playing with the theme of representation versus reality. That is where I got my title, 'Ceci n'est pas une mouche' (this is not a fly), which makes a reference to Magritte and to how images can be deceiving, at the same time that it captures the playfull tone of the story.
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- carlos_fraiha
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