The Poster Children

Another piece that made an impression on me was ‘The Poster Children’. This was displayed on a four monitors with a panoramic scene of icebergs floating in the sea. The scene showed polar bears eating meat, and children shooting at random pieces of ice.

“The Poster Children is a suite of animated, multi-monitor pieces influenced by the narrative and cartoon-like formats of Asian screen and scroll paintings. In this panoramic animation, two representative groups at the top of the food chain – people and polar bears – share a dystopian landscape comprised of slow-moving icebergs and piles of e-waste. They both exist next to each other as a symbol of distinct social issues, and both are natural enemies at the same time.”

On my first viewing I didn’t particularly like it, I thought it was slow and dull. Looking at it a second time, it began to grow on me- I liked the colours used, and felt that this was one of the few pieces at this conference that was truly digital media.

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Bibliography
(1) http://www.transmediale.de/en/node/407