Movie Details
Ice Spider on the Web:Official Website
Ice Spider
3 minAnimation,
Science Fiction
Plot
Ice Spider is a collaboration between Saimaiyu Akesuk Cape Dorset Nunavut and Cheryl Rondeau Toronto Canada Inspired by Akesuks iconic drawing entitled Red Spider 2014 this experimental short employs the technique of stopmotion animation while making reference to the actual behaviour of the Arctic Wolf Spider a genus of arachnid common across the North Climate change has resulted in larger populations and increased predatory tendencies of this carnivorous and cannibalistic spider This scifi influenced short animates the growing discourse around the ecological political and cultural future of Canadas Arctic Background imagery was shot on location in Cape Dorset Nunavut
