Toxic Frock Animation

A relentless, flickering loop of a gas-masked figure knitting VHS tape. The visual stutters through classic cinematic horror clips, creating an eerie, apocalyptic atmosphere of mechanical haunting.

Toxic Frock

Artist / Designer: Cathy Dunbar in a glitchy, horror loop.

Dressed in a gas mask and hazmat suit, Cathy's operating as a as malign, mechanical presence relentlessly knitting VHS tape. The loop flickers through a strobe-lit collage of classic surrealist horror and Hollywood slasher scream scenes, like an apocalyptic knitting ghost who just won't quit. The audio track includes original soundtracks (screams) overlaid with sound poetry critique of YouTube polemic, and the music of Portishead.

Film Clips

  • Rosanna Arquette "New York Stories - Life Lessons", 1989
  • Janet Leigh, "Psycho", 1960
  • Jamie Lee, "Curtis Halloween", 1978
  • Simone Mareuil, "Un Chien Andalou"
  • Fay wray, "King Kong", 1933
  • Elizabeth Montgomery,"The Victim", 1972
  • Heather Langenkamp, "A Nightmare On Elm Street" 1984
  • Tippi Hedren,"The Birds",1963
  • Lana Turner, “Postman Always Rings Twice”, 1946

Audio:

  • Douglas Lain, Zero Books “Infowars Can't Handle The Truth About Modern Art” (youtube) 2018
  • Gil Wolman, Sound Poetry “Anti Concept_01_Megapneumies “1999
  • Portishead “Dummy “ 1994