Sunday 28 August 2011

WEEK 1 Nathalie Djurberg's 'Claymations'

Q1. What do you understand by the word 'claymation'?
A1. Claymation is a form of animation which uses clay or plasticine clay to create characters and film them using "stop-motion" photography. The word itself explains what it is clay - mation the use of clay with animation.

Q2. What is meant by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden'? and 'all that is natural goes awry'?
A2. The garden of Eden is a place from the bible that was meant to have been very beautiful and holy, having the word surrealistic place on front changes what the garden of Eden would be like, Surrealistic means that it would be odd and like a dream but not necessarily in a good way. In the phrase 'all that is natural goes awry' it is saying that the nature is not normal or correct that it is wrong and distorted which is true when you look that how the plants look like that Nathalie Djurberg has created are very unnatural and look like they are dead or dieing.

Q3. What are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurberg confronts us with?
A3. That complex emotions that I have notice would be involving the relationships between the women and the women and the men. there seems to be a disturbing sexual connect with the women together but not with the women and men.   

Q4. How does Djurberg play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work?
A4. Innocence's is related to children and being free of evil or sin. The form of art claymation that she used is usually used for making children's movies or shows. I thought that the clip with the man and the snake was like the jungle book but a disturbing and violence.

 
Q5. There is a current fascination by some designers with turning the innocent and sweet into something disturbing. Why do you think this has come about?
A5. It is an interesting topic to play with for some, with the change from innocent to being disturbing is sometime socking the way artists/designers illustrate it which gets the viewer attention.  

Q6. In your opinion, why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?
A6.When you look at her art in real life/on YouTube as an installation the objects that she creates are quite amazing to look at having a room full of that kind of stuff that you to another place. It is also quite shocking and disturbing to watch which would bring attention to it.


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