What does happiness mean to you? We tend to search for it in material things, substances, and career achievements, but often lose sight of what really matters to us in the process. London-based artist and animator Steve Cutts is taking a long hard look at this ‘rat race’ to which we’ve all found ourselves tied, and is examining our modern sources of joy in a satirical new short film that depicts us as the ‘rats’ we’ve become in the eyes of the system. It’s titled after that mysterious high we’re always chasing; “Happiness.” Take 4 minutes out of your busy day and watch the clip for yourself below, and tell us in the comments if you think Cutts hit the nail on the head.
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quark
Fri, 2017-12-08 17:59
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5.00pm Collins Street 1955
This little animation reminds me of 5.00pm Collins Street by John Brack painted in 1955 but there is an essential difference. Brack's painting shows people walking doggedly down Collins Street all facing the same direction, presumably on their way to Flinders Street Station. The figures overlap one another so they are massed together The animation shows rats (people) in a much more daunting mass being swept along. The difference is the amount of control the rats (people) seem to have over their situation. Brack was in a way criticising the people in his picture for choosing this life. He even criticised himself decades later for his own arrogance. The author of the animation seems to show a situation of despair that has gone beyond choice and beyond rectifying.
John Bentley (not verified)
Sat, 2017-12-09 10:31
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Wrong Way! Go Back!
quark
Sat, 2017-12-09 16:27
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Headed for Flinders Street, I reckon..
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