Howdy SuperForest,
Last night after aimlessly wandering around the web, I returned to the sweet oasis that is SuperForest to find that SuperForester Jackson put up a post featuring Stefan Nadelman’s “Food Fight”… five and a half minutes of creative goodness that pleases the history buff while at the same time works up an appetite (or perhaps takes it away). “Food Fight” reminded me of another stop motion animated short film that I had seen a few days prior titled “Sweet Dreams”. Perhaps it was because they are both food related, or maybe it was the fact that they both have subtle messages that make you pause and reflect afterwards. Or maybe they aren’t really all that similar at all and I just wanted to find an excuse to share this SUPER cute video with you all. I’ll let you decide for yourselves.
I present to you all Kirsten Lepore’s “Sweet Dreams” a fascinating tale of what happens when a cupcake (that’s right, a cupcake!) decides to pursue his dream of sailing the open seas. (WARNING: At around 6:20 into the film, you’ll see a little stop motion romantic action going on between the cupcake and a squash, I felt it was only fair to give a heads up ahead of time)
So going back to my comparison, I interpreted the end of “Food Fight” to be symbolic of how nature ends up cleaning up the mess we leave behind and overcomes all (I could be way way off but that’s the message I got). In “Sweet Dreams” we get a similar feeling in which all that is man made (or dessert made) eventually succumbs to the forces of nature and withers away while natural construction materials end up being far more reliable and withstanding. Though the city characters dismissed the natural way of living that the cupcake chose to adopt, in the end, they all would appreciate that carrot tower and would eventually rebuild their community (kind of like Noah’s Ark). Amazing! Two entirely different stories, one focusing on destruction while the other focuses more on construction (whether literal or the forging of relationships), and both have a similar tone and message!
…Or maybe they are just stories about cupcake romance and fighting hamburgers.
Either way, great work Kirsten Lepore! Great work Stefan Nadelman! I may be reading too much into this but I must admit, both of your works really spark the ol’ imagination, and for that, I thank you!
Kirsten Lepore’s lovely website can be found here! (And as a bonus gift, check out the video on the homepage of her site, the background music might sound kind of familiar)
One love,
Carla
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