Perihelion
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TITLE “Perihelion” by Nick Cross*
STUDIO/SCHOOL Independent
Perihelion is a sort of animated tone poem. It is a short film that toes the line between narrative and non-narrative, essentially having no real beginning, middle, or end. The idea being that you could start watching it at any point and it would (hopefully) have the same impact…
Visually, Nick Cross was heavily inspired by the work of a number of German painters from the early 20th century. Notably: Otto Dix, Richard Oelze, Ingrid Griebel-Zietlow, Rudolf Schlichter and Max Ernst, as well as Francisco Goya. This is sort of a tribute to the work of these artists living in a time of Fascism and impending war, which really informed their work in a distinct way.
