Swedish director Guldies uses metafictional elements to assemble this film, in which the viewer is constantly aware of the production surrounding it. A table top is dressed as a set, with two lamps on either side to light the scene of a house, a … [Read more...]
Ciao Ciao Giocattoli [Goodbye Toys]
This intriguing wordless picturebook is about saying goodbye to possessions after moving house, which thematically connects the book to another title in the corpus, Balbúrdia [Shambles]. The experience of moving to a new town and a new house is … [Read more...]
Babel
This text is especially connected to the depiction of the Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, painted in the 16th century and presently displayed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The picturebook explores the theme of hubris — a … [Read more...]
Capital
The symbol of the piggy bank is used throughout this highly stylised, conceptual wordless picturebook to explore themes of capitalism. This work is a good example of an ideologically loaded picturebook — whether you agree or disagree with the … [Read more...]
Changeons!
The relationship between the ocean and human civilization is put under a lens in this challenging panoramic depiction of a changing coastal urban environment. What begins as a harmonious pastoral depiction of human life on the seafront quickly … [Read more...]
Bumerangas [Boomerang]
A man in a supermarket loads his trolley with an excessive amount of food. Back at home, this quickly becomes an excessive amount of waste, flung into a dump truck. The neighbouring houses and restaurants are also chucking an absurd amount of waste … [Read more...]
Dança [Dance]
This representation of a dance sequence between a man and a woman opens up the discussion of the need for freedom and the importance of art and leisure. A man in a grey suit attends his corporate job by day, but dreams of becoming a dancer with a … [Read more...]
Dangle
A man finds a red cord hanging incongruously from the sky. Immediately, we are presented with a choice as an obvious temptation becomes apparent. Should he pull it? He plays with the cord, swings it, and finally pulls it. All the lights go out and … [Read more...]
Um dia na praia [A day on the beach]
This celebrated Portuguese wordless picturebook provides a fabulous route to discuss the human responsibility towards solving the issue of ocean and beach pollution. Children and young people who hear news about the excess of plastic in the ocean … [Read more...]
