Quay Brothers

The Quay Brothers are identical twins born in the US, who studied at the Royal College of Art. Their work is based around Kafka, German Expressionism and Folklore.

In a interview they spoke about how they choose their content, the story and characters in their work. Sometimes it can be a whole accumulation of things that have been accidentally assembled. This story is then made into a kind of Dusty nightmare

In their creation - The Comb, you are connected with a sleeper and her dream character, which is a little broken doll that is trying to escape from a labyrinth of tunnels, ladders and scenes under the bed.

Street of Crocodiles (1986) is what drew me to their work, this short story based on Bruno Schulz's short story, follows a puppet investigating a dusty theatre, the film includes beautifully stop motion filming of screws coming out of wood and rolling around.

I would like to use this example in my piece, giving these items that make my shadow, have a life of their own, moving about dancing and finding their way to the wooden structure to complete and create my shadow.