/ I AM LOBSTER (2024)
Description:
“The Lobster Lobby, a spin-off of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, got intrigued by the unwanted underwater species as a metaphor for our capitalist society. Once the food of poor people, the American Lobster is now served on silver plates and satin napkins. However, largely unnoticed under the surface of the canals, the species is taking over. After researching this creature for some time, the Lobster Lobby decided to organise a demonstration and event. In addition, they also wanted to make mockumentary and capture the process. In the mockumentary, we follow a lobster who decides to leave the canals, enters the human world, and needs to face the out-of-the-water lifestyle. The mockumentary is a coming-of-age story of a young adult encountering a consumerist world: housing struggles, inequalities, and hyper-individualised social networks. Probably the real lobsters, the ones invading the European landscapes, are of very different nature?”
https://lobsterlobby.nl/
“The Lobster Lobby, a spin-off of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, got intrigued by the unwanted underwater species as a metaphor for our capitalist society. Once the food of poor people, the American Lobster is now served on silver plates and satin napkins. However, largely unnoticed under the surface of the canals, the species is taking over. After researching this creature for some time, the Lobster Lobby decided to organise a demonstration and event. In addition, they also wanted to make mockumentary and capture the process. In the mockumentary, we follow a lobster who decides to leave the canals, enters the human world, and needs to face the out-of-the-water lifestyle. The mockumentary is a coming-of-age story of a young adult encountering a consumerist world: housing struggles, inequalities, and hyper-individualised social networks. Probably the real lobsters, the ones invading the European landscapes, are of very different nature?”
https://lobsterlobby.nl/