Nathalie Djurberg's 'Claymations'.

1. What do you understand by the word 'claymation'?
I have a slight idea to what the term 'claymation' means, but by looking at the word, i reckon its got to do with the moulding of clay into figures and taking photos of each and every movement it does. Kind of like a person who draws cartoons.

2. What is meant by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden'? and 'all that is natural goes awry'?
What i think what they mean by the term 'surrealistic Garden of Eden' by looking at the pictures, is that it has an 'exotic' feel to it due to the use of colours such as red along with the unusually shaped trees and plant life. In a way, it kind of makes you think 'Amazon' or some exotic jungle or something you get from a child's fiction book like 'Where the wild things are.' And for the term 'all that is natural goes arwy' what i think that they're trying to say is that the view of 'The Garden of Eden' is some what, different or even twisted to the point to make you think, 'Is the Garden of Eden really like this?'

3. What are the 'complexity of emotions' that Djurberg confronts us with?
The emotions Djurberg was trying confront us with is the feeling of fear of the unknown and the not understood.

4. How does Djurberg play with the ideas of children's stories, and innocence in some of her work?
How she plays with the ideas of children stories and innocence in her work is through the characters and figures used in the work. Figures such as a beast in comparison to a little girl with blonde hair something we all see in children's books from little red riding hood to the beauty and the beast.

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 this becoming a popular thing amongst some designers not only because they wanna do something different, but because it is easy for one who is sweet and innocent to change into one that is sour and sinful due to their pureness.


6. In your opinion, why do you think Djurberg's work is so interesting that it was chosen for the Venice Biennale?
The reason why i think the claymation work done by Djurberg was chosen for the Venice Biennale is because its different, it successfully put many points out there into one work, use of technology and skill and how it was interpreted in a way it makes you think whether the work was made for an audience that was for kids or for adults due to its cartoon-like nature to it.

The 'Claymation's' done by Djurberg is interesting on its own way, but by looking at the clay sculptures in comparison to the clay figures makes me think, "Clay sculptures - Looks like a prop used in a primary school play. Clay figures - Nostalgic feeling of cartoons such as Pingu."