Natalie Hobbons
From the creator:
Contact (tŭch) v. to grow to be so shut collectively that there isn’t any area between; to grow to be linked with an individual; to make anyone really feel.
An animated inquiry into our innate eager for contact.
~ Director Sentiments: written from a UK perspective, July 2021 ~
By January 2021, the idea of ‘social distancing’ was now a longtime commonplace within the UK, and so many territories the world over. However for the primary time in residing reminiscence, avoidance of proximity and contact takes by itself ethical excessive floor, effectively other than the reasoning of chastity or every other social conference.
From unlocking to re-locking after which unlocking as soon as once more. Authorities mandates transfer on, and duty is thrust again onto the person. Hugging must be carried out ‘fastidiously’. Masks sporting and social distancing is now described as a ‘private selection’. But all is packaged-up with a faintly disguised ethical burden for us every to personal.
By no means earlier than has a hug with a buddy been so weighted – such want, but for some, such hesitance.
Ask a well being skilled what ‘being cautious’ will imply for you and your personal circumstance, they usually might describe it as a stability between each ‘bodily’ and ‘psychological’ wellbeing.
An horrific social experiment, and a psychological rollercoaster.
So what has social distancing carried out to us, and can our innate want for contact ever be the identical once more?
Music Composition – Chipperfield Jones
http://chipperfieldjones.co.uk
Animation – Natalie Hobbons
https://hobbons.com
