Swedish artist Nathalie Djurberg's intricately constructed claymation films are both terrifyingly
disturbing and artlessly sweet.
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)
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.
'Experiment' (2009) Venice Biennale
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