This collage animation explores how the advancement of technology has impacted not only our lives but the lives of animals. The animation asks the viewer to examine their perception of what is ‘real’. I ask questions that highlight certain issues, including:
- cloning technology via gene transfer.
- the ‘painting’ of animals, resulting in the change of natural colour.
- hormone enhanced livestock.
- battery caged animals that are bred for the machine like purpose of continuous production.
- animals that are bred for organ transplants.
- online identities.
- the new generation of ‘wired’ children.
It seems as though technology has created a new ‘cyborgian’ existence, however the consequences are unknown. I drew inspiration from Phillip Dick’s famous science fiction novel, ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’
