A
Personal Apocalypse. The project has begun at last. I'm creating the storyboard
for what will be a 5 minutes long animated piece that articulates my views on
European colonialism and its postcolonial machinations.
Drawing
heavily on the 10 artworks I've created for the House of Illustration Folio
Society Illustration Awards 2014 competition. I wish to break apart my images
and reveal the true darkness that resides within. Combining my personal tragedy
with Conrad's tale I hope to create my own version of Marlowe's journey up that
river.
I'm
also working on a sound design for my project and I'm distorting the natural
sound of rivers and steamboat engines plus the sounds of the forest and it's
occupants. I’m hoping to make the experience more mystical and primal.
Sounds
are crucial for this endeavour adding drama and engagement. If the sounds are
too literal then they story might seem too contrived. I like the idea that
there are sounds in there that we imagine but maybe would not hear in a natural
environment.
I
want to scare the viewer and make them uncomfortable but unable to look away.
We should never look away from the unpleasant for there sometimes we find the
truth.
More
soon.
Karl
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