Semester Two -Week 1

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)

1. What do you understand by the word 'claymation'? The portmanteau term "Claymation" is a registered trademark in the United States, registered by Will Vinton in 1978 to describe his clay-animated films. While the word is not considered a genericized trademark, it has become a trademark that is often used genericallyin the U.S. and is also a term used in the UK to refer to any animation using Plasticine or similar substance. The Claymation is a important creation for the art development .

2.What is meant by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden'? and 'all that is natural goes awry'?

I think, the Eden is meant happy and peace place. People dream to live in Eden Garden. However, the Eden Garden comes from our dream. Nowadays, there are lots of wars in the world. So, for the work of Djurberg, she wants to show people that hopeful world. She lets all the natural goes awry. In this works , every plant looks so danger and horrible.

3.What are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurberg confronts us with?

For Djurberg 's woks, She likes to use exaggerated facial expressions performance figures. As the complexity of emotions, her work left me deep impression.

4. How does Djurberg play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work? She always use cute color to show the stories. and she explores the human instinct of the wild and primitive desires . When these instincts and desires to childlike simplicity of the animation when the media presents the more shows that these acts of irrationality. Deviant sex, sadistic violence, evil and cruel death of incest were edited together in a cruel drama. This will be pure and naive juvenile and adult criminal records together.

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?

I think everyone 's ideas is becoming similar.

6.why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?

Djurberg's work is so interesting， because she likes to use children 's stories to show the human 's darkness. And the figures which is created by Djurberg that could bring me to a deep impression.

7. Add some of your own personal comments on her work.

I think her work is really amazing, and I can feel the oppressive world when I appreciate her work. Djurberg's work could bring people into the stories.