1. What do you understand by the word 'claymation'?
To me, "Claymation" can be a series of still pictures of clay models that are played at high speed to give the illusion of a moving object. Constantly taking shots of the clay models slightly altered to immitate human-like movement and then playing them back at speed to show movement without having to physically move it as a whole. "Claymation is the generalized term for clay animation, a form of stop animation using clay". (http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-claymation.htm). Claymation is used in a lot of media, particularly movies,such as ‘Coraline’ directed by Henry Selick and Nick Park’s ‘Wallace and Gromit’. These demonstrate exactly what claymation can do, creating objects or characters from clay or mouldable material and using methods to make them move as an animation.
2. What is meant by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden'? and 'all that is natural goes awry'?
Djuberg's work display's the dream side or the unreal side. For example, "The Garden of Eden", is known as the setting of Adam and Eve, The first people that God had created.Desribed as a beautiful place, lush green grass, blue skies, immaculate landscape, perfect flowers, a happy environment. Natural landscape. With Djuberg's twist on the story, she has completely gone opposite with the story and instead of the bright, happy, natural environment and people, she's created a very dark and sinister world. With the characters also showing their sinister way's. The landscape and flowers in particular are out of proportion. It is a disturbing twist to the original story, showing surrealism and the awry/ twist in the story.
3. What are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurberg confronts us with?
First of all most would find it disturbing, such as I, it's very surreal, and dark, not my type of art, most of the time :P.. But also, some would see it as a very different form of art and be interested. Most would find this dark fantasy amusing, as it is unacceptable in society but, there could those who are curious and would be confused, toying with emotions and perceptions of right and wrong. "Through minutely composed sequences of stop motion animations, Djuberg toys with society's perceptions of right and wrong, exposing our own innate fears of what we do not understand and illustrating the complexity that arises when we are confronted with these with these emotions"(Regine,2009). Her confidence in displaying such work also contributes to the mixed emotions her work can cause amongst audience.
4. How does Djurberg" play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work?
Djurbergs stop-motion animations are hand-modeled plasticine puppets. They remind me of TV programmes that I watched when I was a kid. Djurberg's stories are similar to traditional folktales and old childrens book stories such as little red riding hood. They deal with archetypical themes and involve traditional roles as the good and the bad. The films also have magical characters e.g. a wolf, a bear , a tiger, a evil reptile. In comparison to fairytales strange and magical things happen in Djurberg's films also; animals talk, and humans fly.
5. 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?
This new fascination of turning the innocent and sweet to something disturbing/ Good gone bad, can attract a more interested audience. Because of the unlikely change and the "forbidden" thoughts displayed in public it can attract more because of its abscence and uncommon appearance. The attention that Djubergs work gets is great. More acknowledgement because it's a different view, therefore more reason and reinforcement of the idea of following this new fascination and emphasisng more upon it.
6. In your opinion, why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?
To me, I reckon it was the very different ideas that she had implied in her work. Also how the work as a whole is very different to th norm. e.g paintings, sculpture, abstract art. Her twisted ideas are clearly shown and the confidence she has to be able to display such weird,disturbing, sinister, dark, work is amusing. The workrate also of producing claymation also couldve contributed towards her work chosen for the Venice Biennale.
7. Add some of your own personal comments on her work.
I found Djuberg's work a little provocative and controversial because I dont really like twisted and dark work. But, I do appreciate her courage to bring forth those ideas, with no fear. I admire her hardwork too, as in the claymation and the time it mustve taken to complete. She is a great artist, but to me the sinister ideas are hard for me to adapt to. All in all I like her hardwork and effort because it looked complex and it did affect me mentally for e.g. , mixed emotions, and that itself is very amusing .
REFERENCES LIST:
(http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-claymation.htm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathalie_Djurberg
http://hammer.ucla.edu/residencies/detail/residency_id/6
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/6886/nathalie-djurberg-experiment-at-venice-art-biennale-09.html
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