What happens in the shadow, in the grey regions, also interests us – all that is elusive and fugitive, all that can be said in those beautiful half tones, or in whispers, in deep shade.
The Brothers Quay
The Museum of Miniature Found Objects is currently displaying the films of the Quay Brothers, and watching their animation Street of Crocodiles, Ludmilla Pomodoro (Keeper of Collections) was struck by a reference to Jan Švankmajer, Czech surrealist and animator, in the pocket watch disgorging screws from its meaty interior. As in the world of Švankmajer, objects are animated by an interior life of their own, and transformed in the process. Ms Pomodoro noted, "The delicacy of the objects' relationships with one another is beautifully rendered. However, the world of Street of Crocodiles is darker and more labyrinthine than Švankmajer's. I found myself as perplexed as the shabby protagonist, exploring this unknowable, uneasy environment, and like him, unable to leave it."
Click here to watch Street of Crocodiles.
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