Domestikia, Chapter 3: La Petite Mort
A tale of love, betrayal and one vengeful butterfly. This project was inspired by the surreal animations of Lenica, Borowyck and Svankmajer, Japanese tentacle erotica, and those strange, middle-of-the-night dreams one has after spicy food.
Story, artwork and articulated paper puppets created by Jennifer Linton.
Stop-motion animation by Carla Veldman.
Original musical score by Zev Farber.
Directed & edited by Jennifer Linton.
This animation was made possible by the financial support of the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council. Copyright ©2013 Papercut Pictures (Jennifer Linton). All rights reserved.
(Above) Production stills from Domestikia, Chapter 3: La Petite Mort (2013).
Domestikia: The Incident in the Nursery
The Nanny dutifully rocks a bird-headed infant to sleep whilst its older siblings play on the floor of the nursery. And then, suddenly and unexpectedly, a butterfly happens.
Domestikia: The Incident in the Nursery uses paper cutouts and articulated paper puppets in a stop-motion animation to explore the strange, dreamlike and uncanny realm of the Domestic Gothic. With a healthy dose of black humour, it tackles the anxieties and challenges experienced by parents of young children.
Artwork, animation and directing/editing by Jennifer Linton © 2012.
Your passion in your art work shows. Keep it up. I can definitely see the influence of Walerian Borowczyk’s “Labyrinth”, which I’m also very inspired in surrealism animation.
Thanks so much for your comment, Paul. I am, indeed, a big fan of Czech & Polish stop-motion animation, and in particular the work of Borowczyk and Lenica.
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