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“CATS MAKE YOU WANT TO STAY IN”  is a video-installation that encourages the visitors to question themselves about the position animals hold in their environment. It explores what means to live with a non-human being, coexist with it and how this affects the way the space is inhabited; also, how this other presence shapes the place’s own temporality. This piece makes the most of the unique characteristics of the drawing and animation language in such a way that it gives life to the space through video projections.
Keywords: Animal, to cohabit, animation, private space, video-installation


DEVELOPMENT

line of work

​Memories (2014)
The Box: (2014)
Kai's Box (2014
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art references

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process (March - July 2015)

​The SPACE

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About the animation

Animation test for the cat. I was looking for an expressive line, but also one that suggested a house cat.
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SKETCHBOOKS

planning

Thumbnail board including the two walls for the animation.
Animatic

habitable space

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Photoshop edit of how it would look like in the space.
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​produccion

Test in the room:
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Rough animation of the cat:
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intallation (test)

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change of plans: unexpected and unfortunate

A month to the exposition , the room I was going to use was not available anymore and I was given another room with total different dimensions. 
In that case I choose to project over carton boxes a reduced version of the installation, giving it the warm and secure feeling that cats look for when they go inside carton boxes.
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SPECIAL THANKS
To Angela Schuster, that helped me with Sound and Editing and the installation itself. 
To Kai, my cat, for being a cat and the spark for my work. 

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