Catzilla began from Karina’s growing curiosity about why humans are so intrigued by enormous lizards destroying cities. There are thirty-eight films in the Godzilla universe, featuring a kaiju monster emerging from the depths of the earth to wreak havoc on civilization. Because of Karina’s deep bond with her cat, Felix, she wanted to merge the two. Felix is a cute and curious cat in contrast to the scary and giant Godzilla.
From her home, Karina shot videos of Felix doing his typical cat things and she shot different scenes of New York City, putting the two together. Inspired by Godzilla (1956), she used a black-and-white grain texture with the original sound bites from the film and Catzilla was born.---Joshua Huante---