Animal Eye

Scientists and philosophers confront the limits of their own vision through the eyes of animals.

Animal Eye presents the perspectives of scientists and philosophers who study non-human animal vision. The film repeatedly confronts the limits of science, filmmaking and philosophy in comprehending and representing how other creatures see. Integrating scientific images generated through ultraviolet capture, polarised and high-speed imaging, infrared light and the tactile texture of 16mm film itself, the film offers a kaleidoscopic encounter with visual worlds beyond our own and perhaps only conceivable within the mind’s eye. In doing so it raises questions of how we engage with the non-human world. By blending scientific method with speculative wonder, Animal Eye challenges viewers to reconsider their ways of seeing, embracing animal visions as forms of thought that resist full comprehension.

Contains flashing images