Jan Svankmajer

I need to look at more of this guys work, but here is a clip of "Alice" that I was shown by my Lecturer Anica in my second year of uni. I remember being completely fascinated by this interpretation. I hope that I get to see the whole thing soon.



Meat Love, to wet your appetite for more of his work... :)



Flora, which I found strange and disturbing...

Dimensions of Dialog which I fount almost erotic at first, then just strange. I think it was the expressions on the female characters face that I liked at first. It is a shame about the quality of the version I have linked to.

Loopy Boopy Dolls

Hey, got pointed in the direction of some interesting dolls/ puppets just now, think they are really interesting. All of them are hand made, sell for about $150.00 each I thinks, which sounds fair to me. The eyes on them I think are the most unique and creepy part. I like them.

The Creatures Show

Might be attending this tomorrow? If I can make ends meet.
Interesting stuff, animals and creatures made out of various crafts materials.
Check it out

Stop Mation

A friend of mine in Manchester pointed me to her brothers google page. He has some realy impresive stop motion annimations up their. The majority use Lego and are touched up with some special effects. Im realy impressed, he is only 12 years old and allready has a nice portfolio. Damn.
So Impressed.

Prince Camaralzaman & the Princess of China

I read a fragment of this myth/fairy tale within Joseph Campbell's "Hero with a Thousand Faces"Campbell only covered the story up until the point where the Djin return the Princess to China, I liked this at the time, gave the tale a great deal of mystery, I really enjoyed the conversation between the Djin and the visualisation I had of them. I found the version used in Campbell's book had a slightly more sophisticated writing style, and was more consistent in its description of the Djin, I also feel it was much more detailed in its various descriptions of the characters and the events. I also believe that the princess was bitten on the naval to inspire lust... or something in the version that I first read.
I mention this because I really did like this story. Campbell explains it as an example of how Heroes can refuse the call to adventure, which can often end in tragedy for the characters but in this case only postpones it for a greater call to adventure later on.
I imagined, when I didn't know the ending, that they were either permanently separated from each other, their efforts to find each other would cause a greater incident of fate or that the heavens themselves, the Djin, would have a greater involvement in the tale.