Monkey_C
Feeling the rain and tasting the sweet nectar of fruit for the first time, a baby monkey experiences its surrounds from the comfort of its mother’s embrace – until it is pried away and subjected to experiments for scientific gain and research.
Taking a deeper look into Harry Harlow’s attachment theory from the perspective of his subjects, and drawing from decades of testing on primates, the narrative explores whether psychological and medical research are worth the suffering that animals endure. Emphasising the dimensions of the landscape by blending 2D animation with tangibly built backgrounds, Monkey_C makes note of what has happened and what is still happening today under the regulations of modern animal-testing facilities.
Unclassified 15+
Warning: Contains animated depictions of violence
Course: BFA Animation Honours
Director Biography
Carmel is a current Fine Arts Honours student at the Victorian College of the Arts, specialising in animation. They currently reside in Melbourne, Victoria on Woiwurung and Boonwurrung land. Inspired by the hand-drawn texture of traditional animation and primarily working with 2D hand-drawn animation, they focus on conveying heavy and complex themes through soft, fluid and vibrant movement and on using lighting to help frame the scene, creating a warm and comforting landscape, to help frame their narratives.