Joanna Susskind’s Toggle will be screening at the Unstuck programme at CCA on Saturday 14 February at 20.30 (click title for tickets). Joanna studied History of Art at Edinburgh University and then moved back to Glasgow to study animation at the Glasgow School of Art Since graduating Joanna has been doing work for the BBC and on various animation and design projects with the visualisation team at the GSA’s Digital Design Studio. Joanna was kind enough to share her thoughts with us.
What's your film about?
My animation, Toggle, represents the frightening notion that life is a never-ending and continuous cycle of events that are out of our control. I wanted to draw attention to humanity’s unexplained purpose and final destination in life. Essentially, none of us know why we are here or where we are going. We have no way of proving that the life we live is real and not simply a simulation or something similarly controlled by an outside source. Or on a lighter note… It’s a film about a girl stuck in a video game!
Why did you make it?
I made the animation in my final year of my masters at the Glasgow School of Art. I’ve always been interested in existentialism…(never really understood it fully) but I thought animation would be the perfect means of expressing what I do know about it. It’s a really horrible concept and I thought that by expressing it through drawings, colours and movement it might create a nicer way of understanding it.
Why should people watch it?
People should watch Toggle because it has a great soundtrack by the fabulous James Holden! (www.bordercommunity.com)
How important are festivals for short filmmakers?
Festivals like GFF are great for people like me. It’s such an exciting thing to aim for when you’re working on a project. The event and all the networking is just as important – I can’t wait to meet all the other film makers; its them I learn the most from!
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