Week 9

Surgat by Dusan Vukotic is a fascinating piece mainly because it has such an experimental vibe. It incorporates character animation. Since there is only music and no voice-work, the key to understanding expressions among the characters is through hand and facial gestures. Everything created in the world is simple shapes. Vukotic creates a world filled with balloon type objects and leaves the audience guessing what is real and what is just filled with air. The entire piece I assumed the triangular main character was real and the world was his creation, but that was dispelled within the last few seconds as he too explodes. The piece is very clever and funny, something as simple as shutting a dead fish's eyes had me laughing. I believe that this experimental animation was very well done.