Animation & Motion Design
Chianna Bennis
Colourkinship
Colourkinship uses ballet and dance as a form of reclamation of femininity and female love. As someone with personal affection for colour psychology and the emotional implications of such, I wanted to incorporate it in my work. I planned to intertwine it with other things I love, such as dance and love itself. I wanted to create a positive queer narrative revolving around women as so often in the media the narrative- where it exists, is negative or involves death, homophobia etc. I chose ballet as the catalyst for their relationship as ballet was once used as a tool for training prostitutes, which were inherently a vessel for male pleasure. I wanted to document the beginning of a relationship, something fresh, new and gentle.
Juxtaposing the reclaimed artform with colour psychology, Colourkinship tells the story of Yellow and Blue, two girls from different backgrounds attending the same dance studio. The piece uses colour palettes based on documented colour psychology to express the feelings of the girls as they bond, as well as express their personalities. In the Western practice of colour psychology, yellow positively represents optimism, warmth and friendship. Blue on the other hand, represents logic and serenity. At the beginning of the piece, the characters are isolated in their own spaces, only to come together in a shared centre space. In this space they turn green, which pulls in themes of growth and hope.