The Programme
FREE EXHIBITION
INVENTORIUM The Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip Reading Puppets
University of Brighton Gallery 21 Nov – 20 Dec 2008.
DORMITORIUM:
Film Décors of the Quay Brothers
A collection of wonder-cabinets; each one a small world of puppets, objects and scenery related to one of their films including STREET OF CROCODILES and INSTITUTE BENJAMENTA. Every box is a carefully designed three-dimensional environment of mystery and imagination.
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EURYDICE – SHE, SO BELOVED combines an optical box with an anamorphic painting and a video projection. Inspired by the classical story of love and loss as Orpheus enters the underworld in an attempt to bring his deceased young bride, Eurydice, back to the world of the living, the installation is a collaboration between the Quays, choreographer Kim Brandstrup, the Royal Ballet’s Zenaida Yanowsky and the opera singer Simon Keenlyside.
POLISH FILM POSTERS
To complement INVENTORIUM, we presented a selection of film posters from the Quay’s own collection complemented by posters held by Design Archives at the University of Brighton.
Polish poster design is one of the 20th Century’s most distinctive art forms and a key influence on the work of the Quays.