This is a brilliant, satirical look at post-Brexit life in the UK by Max Colson. The short film, "The Green and Pleasant Land," is a 3D animated piece that takes a historical look at the UK's influence over the world, with an almost apocalyptic look at its future. From Vimeo, "Enter the never-ending Brexit blackhole in candy-colored 3D. This film was made one year after the UK's decision to leave the European Union. It is being made public on the eve of the second deadline (now postponed to October 2019) for the UK to leave the EU."
Taking as it is subject to different perceptions of the British landscape, this short animated film is a roaming exploration of national identity and collective history set in a post-Brexit environment. Using a 3D model of the United Kingdom, a variety of visual scenarios – poignant, nostalgic and absurd – are enacted using a ‘live' animation technique. These scenes draw directly on user comments found below the line of videos and online newspaper articles concerning the English and British countryside.
What emerges is a meditation on the British landscape – both as an imaginary vision and as a new world digitally constructed. The Green and Pleasant Land is a site where opinion, memory, history and highly charged emotion are given form and are opened up for discussion and critique.
This film was commissioned by arebyte gallery and developed through a residency with support from Arts Council England. It was exhibited as part of arebyte's 2017 programme.
