Declan East

We Carnivora Becoming
Are the flesh-devouring cats and dogs
Howling, barking, meowing, yapping and growling at each other
We are butcher and carcass, eating and being eaten
Family pets, companions, indifferent
We are a phantom, a spectre, in my imagination and in the traces of animation
We are the image of the world covered by plastic and fungus and reflected in our eyes as
I look at the computer screen

I work with experimental animation to investigate complexities around my own identity in a posthuman world. This project responds to the urgent need for change in the face of escalating ecological catastrophes by seeking alternative ways of thinking and being, led by more-than-human knowledges.