Thursday, 7 May 2009

The Brothers Quay

Movement, mood and attention to detail is what first thing that springs to mind with these guys. Identical twins born in Pennsylania, USA 1947, Stephen and Timothy both studied illustration in Philidelphia. The brothers first started making short movies whilst attending The Royal College of Art in London.

The stop motion style and technique used by the brothers is is accompanied by some type of medival period with spooky suggestive overtones. They are not big fans of speech. But the sound in their movies are essential in creating moods with texture. A lot of thier work tends to feature dolls as characters and very often have no eyes, or have half a head. Weird?

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