ARTIST STATEMENT
The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same is a contemporary work inspired by artist Pieter Claesz – the father of Vanitas Painting. I developed the theme of time, which I had started exploring in my initial folio earlier this year in the form of two-dimensional works, into a three-dimensional digital animation. I aimed for my work to convey a message across time – that materialistic wealth is not what truly matters but rather service to the common good. The hoarding of niceties is both arrogant and harmful.
ARTWORK PROCESS
The work was created in Blender, a free open source 3D modelling and animating computer software. I used 3D models that I found online or created myself to create the composition. I then hand animated the objects and rendered the scenes out. I then took the individual scenes, compiled them together in Adobe Premiere Pro and added the sound.
