Dreams of the Blind Watchmaker: Surrealism and Magic Realism in Czech Animation
November 3, 2011 7:00PM
Plaza Theatre, 82 min, 18+
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Chronicling the history of Czech Animated films, explore a surreal trend in animation – including selections from Jan Svankmajer and more!
Dreams of the Blind Watchmaker: Surrealism and Magic Realism in Czech Animation Dreams of the Blind Watchmaker – Final
Curated by Kaspar J. Saxena and Milada Kovacova Bios
“Our feelings about Czech Surrealist and Magic Realist animation were summed up in a blog comment: ‘What the heck’s in the water over there?! And will they bottle it?’ Much emulated, but never matched, we wondered about the uncontrived Czech legacy and the cultural landscape it evolved from. Was it the wordless transfigurations of the mundane and everyday sub-conscious in the Czech Surrealist school? Or the modernist collaging of indigenous archetypes, symbols of Czech folklore? Or was it ultimately the arcane visual legacies of Neoplatonism, Alchemy and early sciences and technologies in the Rudolfine era, that breathed life into the Dreams of the Blind Watchmaker?” ~ K.J.S.
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