It's only recently that I've begun to step away from the idea that art needs to be serious to be taken seriously. I'm not even entirely sure where I got that misconception from, because the most widely-appreciated, highly lauded artists were the rule-breakers and experimenters... People like Picasso, Hockney, Hundertwasser, Quentin Blake etc all seem to be kids masquerading in adult costumes.
Isabel Herguera is an animator who seems to have playfulness ingrained into her work, even when the subject matter is delicate. The link below for Bajo la almohada shows a film she created using children's drawings as a launchpad.
I love the approach here; she spent time with the children in the clinic in India where they live, she played with them, got to know them, drew with them and so the whole film is automatically imbued with integrity but also a playful, childish innocence. There's something really lovely about getting the kids involved in the creation through more than just an interview. I think if I could do some future projects with Claire House (or another children's charity) it would be great to incorporate workshops into the creation of the piece. It's a two birds, one stone scenario as the activities feed the film and vice versa.
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