23 June 2012

Backwater


(Warning: If you are at work then please note there is some artistic nudity in this animation)

A man awakes alone and in a place he does not recognize. Where is he and what is he doing among these strange new surroundings? And is he truly alone? This beautifully put together animated short is as beautiful as it is sensuously enigmatic.

It was developed by Susanne Herzog, Sabine Koops, Sebastian König, Janina Putzker and produced by the Hammer Animation Team. I particularly like the use of color in this animation and the way it does not answer any of the obvious questions that we may ask. Mysterious, and unfathomable it may be, but it looks and sounds wonderful!