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Nathalie Djurberg — There Ain't no Pill
Nathalie Djurberg

There Ain't no Pill

In this unsettling clay animation, Nathalie Djurberg constructs a darkly surreal world populated by distorted figures enacting scenes of desire, compulsion, and transformation. The handcrafted aesthetic of the malleable clay forms lends the work an uncanny, visceral quality, amplifying the tension between childlike innocence and disturbing narrative undertones. Accompanied by Hans Berg's hypnotic score, the piece draws viewers into a disorienting sensory experience that probes the complexities of human impulse and the absence of remedy or escape.

Medium
clay animation, digital video, music by Hans Berg

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 12, 2013

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Nathalie Djurberg, There Ain't no Pill

In this unsettling clay animation, Nathalie Djurberg constructs a darkly surreal world populated by distorted figures enacting scenes of desire, compulsion, and transformation. The handcrafted aesthetic of the malleable clay forms lends the work an uncanny, visceral quality, amplifying the tension between childlike innocence and disturbing narrative undertones. Accompanied by Hans Berg's hypnotic score, the piece draws viewers into a disorienting sensory experience that probes the complexities of human impulse and the absence of remedy or escape.

Medium
clay animation, digital video, music by Hans Berg
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surreal, Animation, Mixed Media, Experimental, Clay, Digital Video, Whimsical, Swedish, Colorful, Contemporary

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