Interview with Jonathan

Interview with Jonathan

The Quay Brothers

The Quay Brothers make creepy art.

I opened the glass door to see the exhibit and there was a section of about 15 people sitting and standing to watch one of the films.  The screen showed a woman writing something and she looked very distraught.  The atmosphere was dark and moody.  The film gave me a sense of nausea because the editing was sporadic and seemed neurotic.  I walked left to follow the path and there was a display where you peeked into a glass circle to see a freaky little creature figurine.  On the left was another film and to the right were paintings and other works of the Brothers.  I remember a screen showed commercials done by the Brothers Quay.  They had a hand in making their style known in all types of media like installations and commercials like cereal commercials and other product placement.  My favorite installation was a miniature bedroom with a huge fake bug under the bed.  There was humor and creepiness in that since the bedroom was nicely made and didn't look that dirty but the bug was just gross.  There was also a stage production of "Pinocchio" and it was very violent.  I watched the scene as Gepetto tried to look for Pinocchio and he got lost at sea. There were these big sheets that the actors held up to wave around as if it were an ocean.  Pinocchio was depicted as this big gangly, humanoid puppet and the actor was very flexible and tumbling around the stage.  The sense of that scene was a garish, gothic style compared to the more pleasant style of the Disney version.  The whole exhibit had dark flavors and the Quay Brothers were very skilled in different mediums.