Why couldn't it have been 2006? Hell, I'd even take 2007! But 2008 means I had absolute no excuse for missing this incredible installation by the artist (possibly formally?) known as Banksy.
2006? I was in Japan. 2007? Well, I was state-side by the fall but being fresh-off-the-boat there's good enough reason to believe I wouldn't have heard of it. But by 2008 I was making regular trips into Manhattan a-courting and, by this point, may have even been living right across the river in Jersey City.
Allow me a personal moment here:
By trade, I'm an animator. I earn my wages working in Flash and After Effects making banners and motion graphics. But I'm beginning to wonder if I'm 'an animator', meaning if I had something I wanted to say as an artist, would my brain be hardwired, set to 'Animation' when it came to executing the idea? It's something I've been grappling with recently and I think I've decided the answer is 'no'. Makes it a little awkward at animation parties, like I'm more of a groupie than part of the band. I'm surrounded by folks who 'live and breath' animation. They 'have to' animate. They bring sketch pads to parties and sing the praises of Richard Williams, John Lasseter and Glen Keane.
None of these are negatives (some of my best friends are animators), I just feel out of place sometimes. This installation by Banksy is more my style. This is what I want to do: Installation - Sculpture - Surreal - Pop Art - ANIMATRONICS.
Argh... that was what tipped the proverbial scales. Throw in the animal aspect and it's almost infuriating. Why didn't I do this?!
A question which, thankfully, has become 'Why don't I do this?' Not this exactly, but why don't I pursue my strange passions, regardless of whether or not they involve animation? Biology, electronics, puppetry, sculpture, installation, taxidermy?
Luckily, I already have a few ideas swimming around in my head...
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