'Untitled' by Hall Ohara
With animation skills worthy of Monty Python (a distinct compliment in our book), this film from Hall OHara is our first piece of pure animation in the increasingly-packed Future Tense programme. But dispel any memories of the traditional Warner Brothers-style ‘cartoon’ from your brain: Hall Ohara’s work with Japanese animator Noriko Okaku is a playful, naïve and slightly Dada collage of their outfits, churned through Victorian machinery and branded with an indelible logo to hammer their brand’s message home. Almost advertising – but so much better.