Taxonomy, that is, classification, has been and still is an important component of modern science. Through classification we may be able to identify important relationships and natural laws; consider for example the periodic table, subatomic particle classifications, and of course zoology.
And yet, those "monsters" persist--the instances that do not seem to conform to our attempts at classification. Can we learn from them? I have studied the history of science, and have not come across much emphasis on "monsters", but this short film makes me think they may be real, and important, and, perhaps, revealing.
IAC a beguiling short film that asks more questions than it answers.
Plot summary
"A Demonstration" is a monster film with no monsters. Inspired by the existence of taxonomies of monsters at the heart of Early Modern European science, the film explores and reinterprets a way of seeing the natural world that is almost impossible to imagine from today's vantage point. Early Modern naturalists were guided by a logic in which scientific truths were discovered through visual analogy. The word 'monster' comes from the latin 'monstrare', meaning to show, to reveal, to demonstrate. "A Demonstration" picks up on these themes in a poetic exploration of the boundaries of sight and the metamorphosis of form.
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