It's a vaguely pyramidal construct divided into dozens of different rooms; in each of them, something is going on. As the camera slowly pans from the top to the bottom, different events come into focus.
This reminded me of one of those elaborate automata built around medieval clocks, in which knights come out and fight dragons, figures ring bells, and all sorts of activity goes on...... but is it art?
Well, you could argue it is, although that leaves us to worry about the distinction between the rude mechanical and the creative artist. My cousin was impressed by the ability of the film maker to draw your eye to one elaborate scenario to the next; my reply was to ask what else you were going to do for nine minutes, especially after paying to see this and the other bits of animation in the show?
There is evident skill in this one, but to what end? It strikes me that this works as a sample reel, something to show people looking to hire animators to show what great work he and his staff can do.
