Captain Cook is Dead
Synopsis
Through animating on oak materials foraged in the NYM, the film aims to connect this legacy to the living landscape. This includes animation on foraged oak wood, leaves, 8mm developed in oak bark extract, and oak toned prints.
The title CAPTAIN COOK IS DEAD refers to the popular proclamation, ‘The king is dead, long live the king!’ in that Cook’s legacy of colonialism lives on in our ever-privatised natural spaces.
Details
- Year
- 2026
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 4 min 9 sec
- Director
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Edd Carr
- Producer
- Abigail Addison
- Sound
- Jack Donnison
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