Have you ever heard of the grotesque in art?
Perfectly mastered by Gooseworkx (creator of THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS), it's ideal for provoking unease in viewers, and it's perfectly at home in this animation which, under the guise of childlike nostalgia, aims to plunge us into psychological horror.
The design of Cain, the ringmaster of this wacky circus, with a head that's nothing more than a giant denture topped with two bulging eyes, will disgust you, but the frenetic pace won't give you time to get emotional. And that's just as well! Because the pace contributes to our disorientation and therefore to the general feeling of unease. Something's wrong, you might say, but you'd be hard-pressed to say what, because it's subtly distilled right up to the climax. If the scenario isn't very original, the unique and colorful characters hit the nail on the head.
Entertaining and out of the ordinary, this little gem has become youtube's most viewed independent animation.
I can only applaud it and look forward to the sequel.
Perfectly mastered by Gooseworkx (creator of THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS), it's ideal for provoking unease in viewers, and it's perfectly at home in this animation which, under the guise of childlike nostalgia, aims to plunge us into psychological horror.
The design of Cain, the ringmaster of this wacky circus, with a head that's nothing more than a giant denture topped with two bulging eyes, will disgust you, but the frenetic pace won't give you time to get emotional. And that's just as well! Because the pace contributes to our disorientation and therefore to the general feeling of unease. Something's wrong, you might say, but you'd be hard-pressed to say what, because it's subtly distilled right up to the climax. If the scenario isn't very original, the unique and colorful characters hit the nail on the head.
Entertaining and out of the ordinary, this little gem has become youtube's most viewed independent animation.
I can only applaud it and look forward to the sequel.