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Following the end of a stormy love affair, Expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka enlists in the First World War. After suffering serious injuries in battle, he experiences a series of memories and visions as medics transport him through the forests of the Russian front. Playful and imaginative, I'm OK explores the wounds of heartbreak and trauma. Inspired by the life and art of Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980).
Based loosely on the life of Oskar Kokoschka, this is an excitingly crafted hybrid of animation styles depicting his lively relationship with his muse and his time fighting on the front during the Great War. The drawings range from broad brush strokes of stirring effect through to a far more abstract series of depictions that, accompanied by a powerful classical score, allow the timelines of the two phases of his life to dart around enthusiastically and sometimes quite graphically amidst a rapid fire battering for our eyes. I’m sure I saw a peacock in amongst the war casualties, the railway carriages and the sex. Maybe another bird didn’t quite deserve the denouement, but this is innovative and creative artistry and well worth five minutes.
June 12, 2018
Based loosely on the life of Oskar Kokoschka, this is an excitingly crafted hybrid of animation styles depicting his lively relationship with his muse and his time fighting on the front during the Great War. The drawings range from broad brush strokes of stirring effect through to a far more abstract series of depictions that, accompanied by a powerful classical score, allow the timelines of the two phases of his life to dart around enthusiastically and sometimes quite graphically amidst a rapid fire battering for our eyes. I’m sure I saw a peacock in amongst the war casualties, the railway carriages and the sex. Maybe another bird didn’t quite deserve the denouement, but this is innovative and creative artistry and well worth five minutes.
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