{{We are not ready for the wave of animal translators.}} (Geoffrey Lillemon)
Video, 2023
About the artwork
A collage of 6 emotional cats is displayed on a black background.
The image features a cat with an exquisite grey and white coat, portrayed through a montage of its different perspectives. The first depiction accentuates its grumpy expression.
The feline’s serene bearing contradicts its alert, irritated gaze glaring into the unknown.
This contrasts with its subsequent portrayal that presents it in an active stance with its tongue lolling out, presumably after a grooming session. The tongue action reinforces the concept of the cat’s constant grooming habits.
The montage exhibits a range of emotions and the different facial expressions and poses indicate the diverse facets of the cat’s personality.
Audio explanation
Listen to Geoffrey Lillemon discuss this work.
Geoffrey Lillemon constantly defines new aesthetics and visionary ideas, driving a strong, future-minded approach to his art. The Amsterdam-based artist has a profoundly personal approach to using CGI and media art, which translates into unexpected expressions and commentary on the human condition – human life, mortality and anything in between.
His collaborations with pop stars, commercial clients, museums, galleries, and theatres, with celebrated results, blur the line between entertainment, media appetites, and art. His work has been acquired by Stedelijk Museum and exhibited by Boijmans van Beuningen. It has been performed at the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City and shown at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. This background has given Geoffrey the unique position to bring digital art to the mega-stages of global music acts.