Spin and Spite

DVD Spin n Spite (widescreen) by Brit Bunkley 2008 www.britbunkley.com :
The video Spite n Spin is composed of 2 interrelated video sequences.
The Spite sequence is a series of 4 short videos clips and animations linked with the common thread of both real and manufactured fear. The title, Spite originates from an article on a study of chimpanzees by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. According to the article by Colin Barras, the study reveals that, unlike their closet biological relative humans, chimpanzees are capable of aggression and vengeance, but are not capable of spite. In showing that chimps lack spite, the researchers may actually have shown that a set of connected emotions remains unique to humans. Many differences obviously remain ... Humans actually care about outcomes affecting others. The good side of that is altruism. Spite is the evil twin that can't be separated from it.

The music soundtrack Witchcraft Rebellion is by the group Old Time Relijun (permission granted).



Spin is a work of whimsical apocalyptic burlesque that consists of a series of short pieces that includes composites of actual video footage and virtual 3D animations obliquely referring to the word spin. In this video, objects spin; the earth spins; spiders spin... And a smiley face (the ridiculous pastiche of compassion) spins. One clip, 3 Boots includes a floating image composited of 2 satellite images of landmasses resembling boots, with a 3D animated boot emerging from the image, all superimposed over a video clip of the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test.

Spin is defined as rotating; creating a web; and the fabrication of possible truths by the public relations industry whose spin doctors often spin a web of deceit.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• experimental
• art
• fine
• arts
• video
• 3d
• animation
• sculpture
• brit
• Bunkley