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Beastly Absorption

When we visited the current GOMA art works which profiles art by Australian artists, we were totally in awe of an animated work by Deborah Kelly - Beastliness.

 

These two girls were similarly affected, and the moment needed capturing.

 

This work is described as:-

The second work, Beastliness 2011, is a fast-paced animation. Taking aesthetic cues from MTV as well as early twentieth-century collage, Kelly’s characters are uncanny fusions of animals, insects and women in a world of frenzied dancing. Kelly re-mythologises femininity, avoiding the stereotypes that constrain and demonise people for their difference.

 

Kelly’s strategy is to embrace diversity: these creatures represent many female forms, thoughts and experiences, and celebrate acceptance and freedom of expression.

 

I tried to figure out how to use the Canon 60D movie mode, but couldn't find it in the dimmed lighting. I know it is there, just needed to find the beast.

(Looked just now and found the movie mode button which has obviously been installed on my camera since Saturday while I was sleeping)

 

I am sure these girls had a story to tell later over coffee about what they interpreted from the display.

 

Speaking of movies, look at this music video with a DIFFERENCE

 

Story in a Picture Challenge

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Uploaded on May 9, 2012
Taken on May 5, 2012