Rainbow Narcosis

Rainbow Narcosis by Jonathan Monaghan

The name of this short immediately jumped out when reviewing the latests submissions to the Show Me The Animation vimeo group and I defnitely was not disappointed as the short takes you on a strange yet mesmerising visual journey. Rainbow Narcosis is a 9 minute 3D animation following a headless lamb through a series of otherworldly environments. With a visual style that shifts between photo-realism and video games, the work highlights the increasing disconnect between whats real and whats mediated. From the Palais Garnier to a modernist loft, the subject matter references wealth and power, while maintaining an unsettling ambiguity.