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.
The Death and Return of Superman
Science Fiction, Adventure, Animation, Action
6.7
The Curse of the Monkey Bird
Comedy, Animation, Adventure
7.7
Motu Patlu in the Game of Zones
Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Fantasy, Adventure, Action
10.0
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Fantasy, Animation, Family
7.1
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction, Family, Action
6.3
Peter Pan
Animation, Family, Adventure, Fantasy
7.2
Looney Tunes: Back in Action
Animation, Comedy, Family
6.3
Asterix and Cleopatra
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
6.9
Peter & the Wolf
Animation, Family, Music
6.7
Asterix the Gaul
Family, Animation, Adventure, Comedy
6.5
The Lion King 1½
Family, Animation, Comedy, Adventure
6.6
Alpha and Omega: Journey to Bear Kingdom
Animation
4.4
The Rescuers
Fantasy, Family, Animation, Adventure
6.8
Dumbo
Animation, Family
7.0
Nix
Animation
0.0
Hydra
Animation
0.0
Chicken Little
Animation, Family, Comedy
5.9
Hercules
Animation, Family, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy, Romance
7.5
Robin Hood
Animation, Family, Adventure
7.3
The Gulf
Drama, Animation
7.8