Thursday, 19 December 2013

Jan Svankmajer

The inner life of objects
exhibition in the University of Brighton Grand Parade Gallery Nov-Dec 2013

Amongst the surrealist objects and films I was drawn to the miniature stage sets/vitrines, connecting them with the illuminated boxes I want to make. 





What is it about them?  A whole world conveyed in a tiny space, the connection with children's story books and so my own childhood, fear of the unconscious, the attention to detail, the juxtaposition of realistic and fantastical. . . He says something interesting about the latter:


from his Decalogue

The fantastical needs the realistic to be convincing.  So depending on which way I go with mine, that may be useful to bear in mind.

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