1. what do you understand bt the word 'claymation'
'Claymation' is the generalized term for 'clay animation', it is a form of stop animation using clay. According to the web (http://www.wisegeek.com/):
"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 creat the illusion of movement."
2. what is meant by the term "surrealistic garden of eden" and "all that is natural goes awry"?
Djurburg's works be set up in a strange room named "Experimentet", according to web (http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/):
"Experiementet is an installation recreating a Garden of Eden from hell. It is a garden covered with creepy flowers. They are so big they dwarf visitors, their colours and sharps are nauseating, sun never lights up the garden, it is set in a perpetual crepuscular in the basement of the Padiglione delle Esposizioni."
I feel this representation very interesting, Djurburg put niceness into creepy theme to against the rude reality.
3. what are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurburg confronts us with
People describe life is a drama, but some critics review Djurburg's work is a drama, even titled her as "the fairy tales gone mad". The story line in her work always simple but also complicated, suddenly chang between good and evil, light and dark, beauty and horror, like a tiger licking a ctie's bottom or a father who will eventually be killed by his own daughter. Emotion is a big topic, it is complicated and volatile.
4. how does Djurburg play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work
Djurburg always make short films which no longer than 5 minutes to present a story about the investigation of the dark side of the human soul, and children's story can showing the idea very well, because it always take place in a forest or somewhere claustrophobic rooms where grotesque episodes playout. According to web (http://www.artists.org/):
"Djurburg's stories have a lot of in commont with traditional folktales, they deal with archetypical themes and involve traditional roles as the good, the bad and the kind helper, such as bear and tiger."
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?
"The innocent and sweet" is the dream of adult, but it is just belong to children, in natural world full of terror and death, stir and chaos, so people start to fascinate, thus through artists put these childlike theme into their works, positive always can attract public's eyes, anyway, turning the innocence and sweet into something disturbing is good to the views, also good to these artists themselves, positive products trend can change to a beneficial outcome.
6. in your opinion, why do you think Djurburg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale
As the catalog of the biennale says:
"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."
To me, i think the greatest artist is the one who can present work in a simple but very hard to simulate way, the essence of Bjurburg's work capture viewers.
7. add some of your own personal comments on her work
She is talent person, the using of a variety of media like stop motion animation, installation, sculpture and drawing really inspire me, her works motive me try more new things in my own art works.
references
www.wisegeek.com/what-is-claymation.htm
www.we-made-money-not-art.com/archives/2009/10/nathalie-djurburg-who-won-the.php.
http://www.designmate.blogspot.com/
www.the-artists.org/artist/nathalie-djurburg.
www.oremierartscene.com/magazine/biennales-own-pavi.lion
www.artnews.org/artist.php?i=1211
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