Art Art &Puppet Animation 06 Sep 2009 07:33 am
Quay Dormitorium
The Brothers Quay have an exhibition on display at Parsons School of Design, 2 West 13th Street on the ground level. It’s on exhibit from now through October 4, 2009.
Stephen and Timothy Quay claim writers Franz Kafka and Robert Walser, animators Walerian Borowczyk and Jan Lenica, puppeteers Wladyslaw Starewicz and Richard Teschner, and composers Leoš Janácek, Zdenek Liška, and Leszek Jankowski among their influences. All of these artists can be felt with each of the constructions on display.
1On entering you see a darkened room with boxes about
the size of your torso – maybe 3′ x 4′ – on display.
Of to the side there’s a theater with constantly running films
showing Quay brother works. One of every kind of chair.
Within the boxes there are whole worlds.
Magnificent detail upon detail.
To the next box for a wholly different world.
Again the amazing detail is brought to the enclosure.
A couple of the boxes are seen through a prism.
The interior is magnified.
You have to get close to it to get real clarity.
You virtually enter these little rooms.
Some of these worlds seem enormous.
There are many closeups one could take given all there is to see.
This little scene is in the upper left box of the full view above.
The central character on the main stage.
You can get an idea of the cases and the display.
All contain their own little worlds.
Another magnifying glass focuses on a feather.
Just beyond the feathered quill there’s the writer.
The last box near the exit has a label within.
Many of the cases can be viewed
from three different perspectives.
on 06 Sep 2009 at 10:13 am 1.steve said …
This is strange stuff, indeed. I’m surprised you were permitted to photograph it all.
on 27 Apr 2011 at 1:39 am 2.Pat Turner said …
Dear Mike,
I love your photos, they are very nice. the angles and way you photographed the subjects in the exhibition stayed true to the Quays animation style, and as i was looking through i thought they were stills from some of the quays shorts.
i went to use one of your photos for a research paper i’m writing (proper credit would be given) but i noticed that as i sourced your URL it was michaelspornanimation.com, and I could not hand in a paper to my professor that uses anything from a site that looks like it is dedicated to porn animations by a man named Michael. Your blog, as innocent as it is looks like it’s Michael’sPornAnimation.com, i was forced to find a new source.
just a quick critique, i hope you take no offense. i just thought it be something you may consider in the future. anyway, thank you for the great content, although it was unused it was still very valuble as i wrote my essay.
on 27 Apr 2011 at 6:48 am 3.Michael said …
Sorry, Pat Turner, That’s my name and I’m keeping it. Those that are afraid of words deserve what they get, especially when their minds are in the gutter.