Survival of the Fittest

The concept 'Survival of the Fittest' incorporates the idea that the urban environment is a harsh cruel and cut throat world, much the same as the jungle is. Both in the jungle and the city it really is the fittest who survive. I spoke with a tutor and brainstormed the possible ways in which I could convey this idea. I have being working with acetate and tracing paper and she found that my method of working (layering) could be the basis of the idea. I want to use these to create flip animation books and short stop motion animation films, I plan to draw the small shops and bulidings which have closed down due to the recession and create a film demonstrating how they are disappearing in our society and urban environment. Disappearing, fading, declining, weakening, vanishing, dimishing, being destoryed, wiped out all come to mind. These are the words I want people to think when they see my work. I want the pieces to convey the message that the urban jungle is being taken over by huge companies and low cost stores and that soon our local businesses will be extinct.