During the process of composing my photographs and thinking about eventual stop animation, I couldn’t help but aspire to the colourful works of ‘Pip and Pop’. An Australian collective, comprised of Tania Schultz and Nicole Andrijevic (primarily Tanya Schultz since 2005), who create magical, colourful and candy filled installations on the floor, made from sand, lollies and small figurines. Visually, I don’t think I could achieve what they do, primarily because I don’t share their resources and could not fill a room with materials. Luckily, I don’t need to fill a room with materials; I just need to fill the screen. They will remain an aesthetic anchor for me with this project and simply looking at their works expanded my ideas of materials.

I read through many resources in my aim to round off my knowledge of them and found a great article that provided me with further insight into their works (below) http://apeonthemoon.com/2012/08/10/pip-pop-transport-you-to-fantastical-sugar-and-glitter-wonderland-installations/.

Below are two excerpts from the article.

I really love the notions of mythologies, folk-takes and children stories found in their work and the notion of utopia. While I don’t think I will be looking at notions of utopia (purely because I have noticed the photographs look much more interesting with dark lighting, therefore adding drama and the suspension of chaos), I do like the notions of mythologies, folk-tales and children stories. I have contemplated looking up mythologies and folk-tales and allowing these narratives to loosely guide me for my next two parts of the project. I’ve considered looking at Yugoslavian mythologies and folk-tales specifically. I’ve also considered asking everyone in the class for an example of a mythology and/or folk-tale from their children and possibly making a gif and animation for everyone’s story. At the present time, these are all possibilities, and will require further consideration.

While considering these notions of mythologies, folk-takes and children stories, it has reasserted my choice in stop animation. The medium, or method (still not sure what to call it), results in a naïve and playful representation, which I think compliments mythologies, folk-tales and children stories quite nicely, as their foundations lie not in our (mine and yours) current reality/dimension/hopefully I’m using the right word and you understand me.

Below are some images of Pip and Pop’s work.