Anti-Anthropomorphism


Anthropomorphism in this context stands for the attribution of human features to non-human beings, such as animal characters in commercial animation production. The normal process of animal character design in animation is applying human motion data to animals to achieve an anthropomorphic feature. I reverse that process of animation to convey a concept of anti-anthropomorphism. To imagine that animals think like humans is a form of self-centered narcissism. Humans project their own thoughts and feelings onto other species because they egotistically believe themselves to be the center of the universe. I try to undermine this over-narcissism of human being. The existence of human being seems to follow the same rules, pattern and principle of natural world, just as any other natural creatures.



Anti-Anthropomorphism from zoe li on Vimeo.

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