Ants move by clinging to one another and forming a moving chain. People also sometimes move together as one, in dance performances or in circles formed by joining hands. But evolution took humanity in a different direction when people abandoned nomadic life for individual existence in huts and houses, on land that is owned.
Using a sequence of found footage, the ecofeminist art collective Neozoon creates a collage exploring the varying success with which humans and animals live together. A fenced-off plot of private land offers security, but can also lead to isolation. Living together in a comfortable home of their own, one couple observes from the sofa, has left an emptiness in their lives. Not to mention neighbors who are at each other’s throats over the exact boundary line between their properties.
The rapid succession of animation, game, and documentary clips sparks associations about lifestyle choices and asks what progress really means when it comes to living together.
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