1) What do you understand by the word 'claymation'?
Claymation is an animation of fine grained earth which is
moulded into figures that are placed in certain position and captured on film each time the figure is re-positioned in a way that would make the figure seem like it has movement when images are put together animation.
2) What is meant by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden'? and 'all that is natural goes awry'?
The Surrealistic Garden of Eden is made of two different meanings. "Surrealistic" is a combination of inappropriate or distorted images, something in a dream. This is a combination of images that are misplaced and put in odd places or made specifically to twist your thoughts of what it actually is. As for "Garden of Eden" this is where the opposite of surrealistic is shown, the Garden of Eden in biblical terms was "the Garden of God" where paradise was.God had placed Adam and Eve there and forbid them to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil but they disobeyed what he had told them and were deprived from the Garden of Eden. So putting Surrealistic and Garden of Eden together explains how twisted and distorted her work is with the opposite scenery of how a garden is meant to look. We usually see gardens as relaxing and peaceful but she shows the opposite. "All that is natural goes awry" , Awry means A twist to one side something negative. And "All that is natural" is words that symbolise the living and the things that have life and that are real. To put those together that would give the meaning that the things that have life and that are real and are living will end up going wrong or end badly. For this we understand that Djurberg's art theme represents death and pain, so "All that is natural goes awry" is stating that all the living things will end up on one side which is death.
3) What are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurberg confronts us with?
The Different types of feelings and vibes that Djurberg comes face to face with us is mostly directed strait to life and death. Some feelings that show through Djurberg's "Towering Clay Flowers" is Pain, Anger, Fear and also pleasure. These emotions that are within her work confront us with how we could see the other perspective of living things and how the beautiful can be ugly. Pain, Anger and fear are the most obvious vibes you get from the artwork. She confronts us with these emotions to change our perspective of how the living natural things of the earth are non-living, also reminding us of death and that it is always on the other corner.
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4) How does Djurberg play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work?
Djurbuerg show's the negative side of children stories and is showing the original reasons and meanings for the "children stories" and to why they were created. She focuses more on sending out a message of seeing beyond what the story is saying rather than listening to what is said in words and imagine it clearer for you to imagine what is behind the true words and think of the negative side of things. Leaving you question what is in-front of you rather than leave it as it is. When seeing her work she gives a different perspective of a child stories for more mature audience to understand what she is doing.
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 that designers are trying out new styles and ways to bringing things out into the world and the art industry. In this time the innocent are not so much innocent , people now can see through things and people. Seeing the real thing behind the fake things, giving them the chance to be able to view things for what it will be in the future or what it actually is, for example a Flower is beautiful and has a nice scent of smells but for someone who has allergies from flowers may see it has harmful and this is another way of seeing the innocent things and making it seem disturbing. The world has alot of positive things but also negative, I think designers are just trying to bring that out more and make people realize with their own eyes what is really in-front of them.
6) In your opinion, why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?
In my opinion I think Djurberg's work was chosen for the Venice Biennale because she showed a new form, style of art movement and was a different style that intrigued people in that time and also was very different to what other artist were doing. Another reason why her work was interesting is the theme she chose to portray in her works and giving her audience a vibe and feeling whilst looking at her work and trying to understand what she is trying to bring out in her work.
7) Add some of your own personal comments on her work.
In this work of hers I like the media she has used to bring out the birds and the colours, enlarging the size of birds and playing around with their colours and making them look more interesting and fantasy like.
Bibliography:
Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus(2007), Harper Collins Publishers , (P. 806, 57)
Photos "Towering Clay Flowers" :
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