WEEK 1- Nathalie Djurberg's 'Claymations'.
Nathalie Djurberg's 'Claymations'.
Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg's intricately constructed claymation films are both terrifyingly disturbing and artlessly sweet.
The new works created for the Venice Biennale explore a surrealistic Garden of Eden in which all that is natural goes awry.
She exposes the innate fear of what is not understood and confronts viewers with the complexity of emotions.
Nathalie Djurberg was awarded the silver lion for a promising young artist at the Venice
Art Biennale 09.
(http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/6886/nathalie-djurberg)
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| 'Experiment' (2009) Venice Biennale |
Research Djurberg's work in order to answer the following questions;
1. What do you understand by the word 'claymation'?
2. What is meant by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden'? and 'all that is natural goes awry'?
3. What are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurberg confronts us with?
4. How does Djurberg play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work?
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?
6. In your opinion, why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?
7. Add some of your own personal comments on her work.
7. Add some of your own personal comments on her work.
1) clay mation is a film techneqiue that uses clay or a moldible substance to create a moving image by shooting a still shot then molding the media slightly and then taking another still shot and repeated like so to create a moving image.
2) the term "surrealistic garden of eden" means Djurberg's intentions were to make the works dreamlike and with a unconscious state or feel. "all that is natural goes awry' means all that seems natural in the works will seem to stray away from the appropriate or expected coarse.
3) Djurberg work first give's the impression of a ascetically beautiful surrealistic setting. but they work strays away from this feel quickly and confronts the viewer with terrifying and disturbing visual components.
4) the work has a very child'sh look to it. and looks as if she has gotten inspiration from fairy tales and nursery rhymes. the innocence comes with this feel and look of the work.
5) I believe this fascination of turning innocence into something disturbing or terrifying has come about by designers / artists dedication to push the limits of human emotions though there imagery and works. to create a raw emotion for the viewer in witch gives the work a wow factor. This idea of creating raw emotions though imagery seems subjective, yet this still leaves the viewer asking question to why it is the way it is?
6) Nathalie Djurberg's is able to create a beautiful emotionally constructed works in with gives her international recognition, people all around the world can feel the same way about the works she creates. there is no way a human can misconstrue the art via cultural differences this is why i believe she was chosen for the Venice Biennale.
7)the works she creates have an Eminence intriguing factor for me. i love the way she can turn something seemingly understandable and turn it into mayhem.
2) the term "surrealistic garden of eden" means Djurberg's intentions were to make the works dreamlike and with a unconscious state or feel. "all that is natural goes awry' means all that seems natural in the works will seem to stray away from the appropriate or expected coarse.
3) Djurberg work first give's the impression of a ascetically beautiful surrealistic setting. but they work strays away from this feel quickly and confronts the viewer with terrifying and disturbing visual components.
4) the work has a very child'sh look to it. and looks as if she has gotten inspiration from fairy tales and nursery rhymes. the innocence comes with this feel and look of the work.
5) I believe this fascination of turning innocence into something disturbing or terrifying has come about by designers / artists dedication to push the limits of human emotions though there imagery and works. to create a raw emotion for the viewer in witch gives the work a wow factor. This idea of creating raw emotions though imagery seems subjective, yet this still leaves the viewer asking question to why it is the way it is?
6) Nathalie Djurberg's is able to create a beautiful emotionally constructed works in with gives her international recognition, people all around the world can feel the same way about the works she creates. there is no way a human can misconstrue the art via cultural differences this is why i believe she was chosen for the Venice Biennale.
7)the works she creates have an Eminence intriguing factor for me. i love the way she can turn something seemingly understandable and turn it into mayhem.
