Wednesday, September 23, 2009

RYAN

This piece was about artist Ryan Larkin, a famous Canadian animator. The representation of Larkin was disturbing because it depicted him as a broken, crumbling man with only a little hope left. Larkin seemed to be the future version of the interviewer, who was also decomposing. The visual story was striking in that it brought the viewer into this destitute world filled with hopeless people and lives in shambles. I really enjoyed this animation because it illuminated me to Larkin's life and told a story through visuals. More engrossing than Bingo.
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  1. angelaOctober 2, 2009 at 7:48 AM

    I agree, the fact that the story was based on reality made it so much more compelling and at some points, uncomfortably so..

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  2. Bryn!JacksonOctober 13, 2009 at 6:49 PM

    Yeah I love that RYAN was a kind of documentary that used a lot of the animator's visual language to express the anxieties of both characters. I thought his creative use of visual language was beautiful incredibly powerful .

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