Auf Einladung von Prof. Isabel Herguera kommt Juan Pablo Zaramella nach Köln und präsentiert eine Auswahl seiner preisgekrönten Arbeiten in der Aula der KHM. Der argentinische Animationskünstler zählt zu den prominentesten Persönlichlichkeiten in der Welt der Animation der letzten 25 Jahre.
Juan Pablo Zaramella is an Argentinian director and a prominent figure in the world of animation. He has directed many short films, television series, and numerous commercial projects.
Zaramella's cinema is deeply human, featuring characters, tender and irresistibly flawed who are thrown into whirlwinds of invention and entrapment, overwhelmed by a surreal hyperreality from which they miraculously always emerge victorious. Some stories revolve around the simple act of surviving everyday obstacles; a choreography of traffic jams and routine malfunctions. Other narratives, reveal realities that conceal others within. There is a playful and lighthearted attitude in his work that comes from the tradition of the absurd of Borges and Cortázar.
He is a master of the ancient art of representing the world, crafting a mirror of reality through his willingness to experiment with chance and structure, and his quest for new ways to narrate and perceive the world. There are artists who leave a positive mark on our lives and inspire hope. Juan Pablo Zaramella is one of them. (Text Prof. Isabel Herguera)
The session will be conducted in English.
The films:
EL DESAFÍO A LA MUERTE
Stop motion, 2001, 4 min
The fakir's body is a plastic mass that defies the laws of life and death.
VIAJE A MARTE
Stop motion, 2004, 16 min
Little Antonio daydreams about flying to Mars, fortunately his grandfather knows how to get there. This claymation looks at childhood fantasy through an adult lens.
LAPSUS
2007, 3:22 min
A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world.
HEROES
2018, 3 min
A hilarious satire on motivational rhetoric, team management, and high-level sports.
GUANTE
2004, 10 min
A man is chosen to receive a mysterious box with a glove. From that moment on he becomes a part of a plan that may change his life forever.
AT THE OPERA
2010, 1 min
A moving night at the opera
LUMINARIS
2011, 6 min
In a world controlled and timed by the light, a common man has a plan that could change the destiny.
THE TINIEST MAN IN THE WORLD
TV series, 2018
The everyday life of the tiniest man in the world is a string of endless challenges, but he is proud and persists in pursuing an ordinary life.
ASI SON LAS COSAS
TV series, 2019, 6 min
An indiscreet look at the secret life of objects
PASAGERO
2022, 10 min
A sarcastic comedy about a character who reveals his prejudices toward those around him but, over the course of the journey, finds himself shifting from accuser to victim.
The films will be presented with English subtitles.