Nathalie Djurberg
1. What do you understand by the word 'claymation'?
Claymation is the generalized term for clay animation, a form of stop animation using clay. Claymation involves using objects or characters sculpted from clay or other moldable material, and then taking a series of still pictures that are replayed in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement.
2. What is meant by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden'? and 'all that is natural goes awry'?
Nathalie Djurberg Creates a Surrealistic Garden of Eden
These flowers confront viewers with the complex nature of emotions in a terrifying and artistic way. Check out the flower exhibition, called ‘experiment,’
Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg was the darling of the Venice Biennale and the Art Basel fair. She makes claymation videos that at once horrify and intrigue the viewer with figures ripping limbs off one another with jovial expressions. What begins as consentual fun takes an ugly turn towards the violent and scary. The videos are screened in a created environment of porcelain flowers, asurrealistic Garden of Eden.
Nathalie Djurberg 'still from video'
3. What are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurberg confronts us with?
Through these minutely composed sequences of stop-motion animations, Djurberg 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 emotions.
4. How does Djurberg play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work?
(Kids & Dogs), 2007
Djurberg's stories have a lot incommon with traditional folktales. They deal with archetypical themes and involve traditional roles as the good, the bad and the kind helper. The films also have animals as characters e.g. the wolf, the bear and the tiger. As in tales strange and magical things happen in Djurberg's films; animals speak, trees walk and humans fly and talk with animals.
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?
It is a good way to make a new art trend, designers experimented with all kinds of styles and materials and this time they put innocent and sweet into something disturbing which is make the viewers eye-catching. Artists use new approaches to show their works to gain more fans and good practice for themselves.
6. In your opinion, why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?
Venice Biennale said: I'll spare you the details and just mention that i fell head over heels for Djurberg's videos. Her animated vignettes depict a bitter-sweet world of handmade plasticine puppets, shot with the old-fashion stop-motion technique. Don't be fooled by the little girls singing and playing with daddy, by the cute tiger in the girl's bedroom or by the fat mama. The works speak about abuses, perverted sexual behaviours, and cruel impulses of human beings who just "can't help it."
In my opinion I totally agree with Biennale because Djurberg's work just so amazing, she is the first artist that let me kown what is Claymation and how it created. Her works sample but eye-catching, she lead the trend about the new way to represent the works.
7. Add some of your own personal comments on her work.
Florentin and Tiger Licking Girl's Butt
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