De Artificiali Perspectiva or Anamorphosis
Brothers Quay
At the time when the world was discovered, anamorphosis formed a counterpoint to natural representation in Renaissance painting.
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De Artificiali Perspectiva or Anamorphosis
Credits
Producer
Atelier Koninck QbfZ
Director
Brothers Quay
Music
Leszek Jankowski
Cinematographer
Brothers Quay
Editor
Brothers Quay
Animation
Brothers Quay
Script
Brothers Quay, Roger Cardinal
Sound
Larry Sider, Colin Martin
Narrator
Witold Schejbal
Artistic Design
Brothers Quay
At the time when the world was discovered, anamorphosis formed a counterpoint to natural representation in Renaissance painting. Forms are undistorted and decoded into a meaningful image only from a certain perspective. A captivating filmic exploration of a phenomenon that, like animation, reveals a different reality by deceiving the eye.
André Eckardt
André Eckardt
In Absentia
Brothers Quay
The pain-driven state of mind of a woman who was undergoing psychiatric treatment. Convulsive writing movements, black graphite and surging sounds of Karlheinz Stockhausen.
In Absentia
Animated Film
UK
2000
20 minutes
Subtitles:
_without dialogue / subtitles
Credits
Producer
Atelier Koninck QbfZ, BBC, Pipeline Films!
Director
Brothers Quay
Music
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Cinematographer
Brothers Quay
Editor
Brothers Quay
Animation
Brothers Quay
Artistic Design
Brothers Quay
Cast
Marlene Kaminsky
The Prinzhorn Collection contains two closely written pages of imploring repetitions of words by a woman who was undergoing psychiatric treatment in the 1910s. Her pain-driven state of mind “materialises” in the film in convulsive writing movements, in the black graphite of the pen and in animated shapes of light set to the surging sounds of Karlheinz Stockhausen.
André Eckardt
André Eckardt
Maska
Brothers Quay
The king watches the creation of his android through the eye of a window. The “thing” discovers itself as a female, sentient being.
Credits
Producer
Se-ma-for Film Production, Polish Cultural Institute
Director
Brothers Quay
Cinematographer
Brothers Quay
Editor
Brothers Quay
Animation
Brothers Quay
Script
Brothers Quay
Sound
Janusz Czubak
Artistic Design
Brothers Quay
The king watches the creation of his android through the eye of a window. The “thing” discovers itself as a female, sentient being, but recognises that it is only a perfectly programmed seduction machine for court intrigues. To accompany Stanislav Lem’s tale, the Brothers Quay develop stylised stages that end in nothingness. They are populated by puppets who communicate – with glances of deception.
André Eckardt
André Eckardt
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Brothers Quay
The observation of a mechanical theatre of dreams, a strange ritual between a bodiless hand, a spoon and a deer turned into a table.
Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
Animated Film
UK
1992
4 minutes
Subtitles:
_without dialogue / subtitles
Credits
Producer
Atelier Koninck QbfZ
Director
Brothers Quay
Cinematographer
Brothers Quay
Editor
Brothers Quay
Animation
Brothers Quay
Sound
Brothers Quay
Artistic Design
Brothers Quay
Sounds of unknown origin appear in the white noise of radio waves, incomprehensible and yet moving. A shot rings out in a seemingly forgotten archive, half chamber, half forest. The filmic observation of a mechanical theatre of dreams, a strange ritual between a bodiless hand, a spoon and a deer turned into a table in suspension.
André Eckardt
André Eckardt
Stille Nacht IV: Can’t Go Wrong Without You
Brothers Quay
While Alice is trying to escape from the physical world, the rabbit nibbles at the skin wings of the anatomical angel and defends an egg in a bird’s cage against the devil.
Stille Nacht IV: Can’t Go Wrong Without You
Animated Film
UK
1993
4 minutes
Subtitles:
_without dialogue / subtitles
Credits
Producer
Atelier Koninck QbfZ
Director
Brothers Quay
Music
His Name is Alive
Cinematographer
Brothers Quay
Editor
Brothers Quay
Animation
Brothers Quay
Artistic Design
Brothers Quay
Shot in the aesthetics of the silent film era, this animated music video for the U.S. band “His Name Is Alive” weaves many icons of surrealism into a dark psychological, very physical incident. While Alice is trying to escape from the physical world, the rabbit nibbles at the skin wings of the anatomical angel and defends an egg in a bird’s cage against the devil.
André Eckardt
André Eckardt
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Brothers Quay
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Credits
Producer
PRO BONO films, Atelier Koninck QbfZ
Director
Brothers Quay
Music
Timothy Nelson
Cinematographer
Brothers Quay
Editor
Brothers Quay
Animation
Brothers Quay
Script
Brothers Quay, David Spolum
Narrator
Derek Jacobi
Artistic Design
Brothers Quay
As students, the Brothers Quay visited the Mütter Museum with their drawing class – an extremely memorable experience. In the semi-dark, a world of things between science, art and life stories opened up. Forty years later, they put the focus on selected objects from the medical collection in Philadelphia.
André Eckardt
André Eckardt
