Happiness Not Perfection 2015
digital animation
0:59 min (loop)

This is a variation of the final animation that will be exhibited at Crane Arts (the original is arranged vertically, but hard to display in this blog format). I think I might also look into developing a square version, so that it can be shared easily across multiple formats.

Here is a little snippet from the exhibition catalogue explaining my intention:

The characters are vivid, constantly changing, overlapping, mixing and moving in and out of sequence. The result is designed to look somewhat unfinished and unresolved, ultimately aiming to communicate the message that individuality, difference and spontaneity is not only acceptable, but hopefully more desirable than the dominant cultural messages it aims to subvert.

The animation features over six hundred individually created letterforms — hand drawn, hand painted or computer generated. I actually created over two thousand letterforms for the project, but left most out as I found these became more ‘variations on a theme’ rather than distinct, unique letterforms.