Debbie Lee

The artist:
‘In the Balance’ animated drawing was inspired by a film still from Arthur Van Gehuchten who was a Belgian neurologist who used unconventional methods of filming his clients to study movement in neurological conditions. I was interested to portray what I imagined might have happened before and after the still image. In this animation the couple begin by sitting close to each other and the man gradually moves away. When they break contact the wooden plank collapses and the woman slides down to be reunited with man on the ground. It is an allegory of our need for others and human contact.