Bastille Day  --  14 Juillet 1789  --  Bastille Demolition

This GIF is an extract from a 90-second video based on selected extracts from Jean Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men.

You can watch the full video here. The animated story retraces the origin of society and the law, from the introduction of private property to the destruction of natural liberty, as told by Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Visuals are animations from well-known paintings of Paul Gauguin depicting primitive societies as well as historic caricatures dating back from the French revolution. The soundtrack is a mix of the national anthems from the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council, i.e. China, France, Russia, United Kingdom and the United States.