The Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel is known for crafting intricate, shapeshifting works that offer canvas-worthy imagery in every frame. With his rollicking animation Jeu (2006), which translates from French as ‘play’ or ‘game’, he pairs a portion of the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev’s Concerto for Piano No 2, Opus 16 (1913) with a series of sequences that summon Post-Impressionism in their brushstrokes and rich hues, and M C Escher in their perspective-shifting geometric exploration. Moving between recognisable scenes of concert halls, museums and parks, and moments of abstraction, the piece evokes the overwhelming complexity and breakneck pace of modern life.
A lush animated opus evokes the frenzied pace of modern life
23 October 2024
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