The Unbearable Lightness of Being, 2005
"Employing computer animation, Ezawa retells historical and current events, building a new narrative that relies upon visual cues, our cultural memory of these events, and the subtlety of human mannerisms, such as a smirk of the mouth or shift in the eyes. In The Simpson Verdict, Ezawa animates actual footage of the proceedings. This breaking down of the images forces the viewer to look more closely at the nuances of character and iterates the issues of race, celebrity, and police investigation that plagued the case."
Williams College Museum of Art, UbuWeb: Kota Ezawa (Video), Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Animated Videos on the Recent History of Culture and Society
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