American cartoons are the starting point for Martin Arnold's new work. Sequences of short films form the basis of a process of fragmentation, deconstruction, dismantling and repetition. Arnold uses fun, family entertainment to create films with open-ended possibilities for association. His pieces, such as Hydra (2013), Charon (2013), Nix (2013) and Self Control (2011), feature characters whose anatomy is no longer recognizable as such, but rather resemble puppets, remotely controlled from the outside. Trembling hands, dancing tongues, blinking eyes and snoring mouths move like ghosts against an abyss-like deep black background, in which bodily elements constantly disappear, only to reappear once more.
Martin Arnold
Director
The House70%
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters65%
Mad God67%
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five68%
Minions & More 274%
Arctic Dogs59%
Haredevil Hare72%
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special71%
Mike's New Car68%
The Mitchells vs. the Machines78%
Hawaiian Vacation70%
Killer Bean Forever71%
Puss Gets the Boot70%
Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales70%
Welcome to the Club62%
Lamp Life70%
The Emperor's New Groove75%
Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 178%
The Ugly Duckling69%
Minions & More Volume 170%
