French Penguin

2009. video (color, sound), media player, screen or projector, 2 min 35 sec
French Penguin fuses Gothic architecture with an Emperor Penguin, creating a new absurd life form. Like one of Dante’s nine circles, the short film portrays an ominous world where a penguin’s cyclical actions create a hallucinatory and hellish narrative.
Installation view from white cube gallery showing video projection of animated short film French Penguin Dark room with video installation in corner Still from Jonathan Monaghan's animated short film French Penguin French Penguin still French Penguin still French Penguin still