Originally published on 03/12/03
Destroyevil.com by Katie Bush is a site of "Evil animations" initiated post-George W Bush's 'Axis of Evil' speech. Each day, starting from January 1st 2003, the artist has added an animation on the theme of evil, George Bush, war, etc.

The animations themselves conform (in the majority) to the same format. Stylistically, they are a strange cross between American 1950's colored advertisements and graphics that might be produced on some sort of 80's computer such as a ZX spectrum. The word "Goal," which is used in each and every animation, seems to be an embodiment of Bush's target, his "Goal" and the media machine that is his presidency, with animations of people digesting the word, watching it on TV, being given blood transfusions of it and it invading nearly every aspect of their lives.

It's refreshing that we are now seeing, post-flash, a return to less complex animation styles with no need for sound. The absence of sound and the continued looping, in fact, seem to be used to great effect to heighten the unease and distaste that is suggested by these animations.
:: Garrett Lynch ::

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