Body Without Organs
Short experimental animated film
Task
Create a work of visual poetry
The concept for this project comes from exploring the ides of Philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. They described the concept of the “body without organs” in their volumes of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: Anti-Oedipus and A Thousand Plateaus.[8] Deleuze and Guattari viewed the body as a self-regulating machine (through the process of homeostasis), and as a result, the possible activities of its constituent parts—its organs—were limited.[9]
The history of animation includes a wealth of entertaining narrative films as well non-narrative experimental films. These experiments often help to inform more traditional films through providing a space for exploring techniques and concepts that might not easily find a home in more linear narratives. Successful techniques developed through these investigations might subsequently be utilized in other applications. This is the functional aspect of experimentation that is fundamental to the design process.
Looking forward to solving more design problems through in-depth research, iteration, and user centered approaches.