The Vignettes of War and Business are a series of recent interrelated
short 3D animations woven together that obliquely refer to the US
“permanent war economy” These vignettes reflect on the
paranoia and real fear that is inherent in such a system. (9 min
12 sec)
“Fleece Blackout”: a short video animation
of a 3D model sheep that stands (mostly) stationary and statue-like
in a mountainous landscape while cruise missiles fly by and the
woollen fleece on the sheep slowly turns into a photographic floral
pattern.
“Masquerade”: a whimsical vignette
of manufactured fear -“starring” a clown based on a
19th century cast iron bank, and a news commentator in a gas mask
(waiting for the WMD’s during the invasion of Iraq.)
“4 Heads”: 4 heads with balaclava-like
mapping of textiles wiggling their ears and noses. (with clips morphed
from the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
“Red Cap”: Obliquely referring to the
Citizen Cain inspired lost innocence.
The Return of the Body Snatchers: The Return of the Body
Snatchers is a 3d animation (obliquely influenced by the original
Siegel movie The Invasion of the Body Snatchers) that takes into
consideration the current global social-political climate of fear.
“Girl in the Canoe”, the sheep from
“Fleece Blackout” float down a river. It is followed
by an inner tube and rubber duckie. A “girl on a canoe”
is reflected on the water.
The soundtrack is by myself and the addition of three musical clips:
by Alistair Galbraith and Constantine Karlis from the CD Radiant¸
“In Prelight Isolate” by Set Fire To Flames, from the
album “Telegraphs in Negative”, and “Translation”
by Songs:Ohia.
Re: "permanent war economy” “The term "permanent
war economy" is attributed to Charles Wilson, CEO of GE, who
warned at the end of World War II that the US must not return to
a civilian economy, but must keep to a "permanent war economy"
of the kind that was so successful during the war: a semi-command
economy, run mostly by corporate executives, geared to military
production”. (Noam Chomsky)
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