AN ANIMATED DOG READS JOHN BERGER, HARAWAY, AND KAFKA (2024)
HD animation, flatscreen, black wire dog crate
42 x 28 x 28 inches
5 minutes, 38 seconds, loop
A 3D animated collie based on a motion capture of the filmmaker, demonstrates various actions while reciting a monologue composed from John Berger’s Why Look at Animals?, Donna Haraway’s Companion Species Manifesto, and Franz Kafka’s Investigations of a Dog.
The video is installed on a 43” flatscreen lying face-up inside a 42 x 28 x 28” black wire dog crate. Mo-cap animation made in collaboration with Caleb Craig.
FULL SCRIPT
https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/an-animated-dog-reads-john-berger-haraway-and-kafka
