Thirza Ingold
In Thirza Ingold's films satire, black humour, breaks of taboos and experimenting with materials play an important role. She considers black humour as a charming form of social criticism and her play with different materials creates an additional level of narration. Instead of giving solutions she seeks to entertain the audience and call things into question.
She enjoys building up an idyllic setting, only to deconstruct it with horror elements. In her previous short “Les soeurs de coeurs” she examined the (mortal) danger emanating from people who are a little too friendly. In "Mach mau chli Füür" an oven's appeal to turn on the heat ends in a large-scale fire.
In her current movie "Kill your darlings" she experiments with different materials in three-dimensional space. Inspired by hybrid documentaries that often mix techniques to emphasise the contrast between one person’s subjective perspective and reality as perceived by a majority, she decided to reinforce this fracturing on a visual level by alternating between stop-motion- and strata-cut-technique. She draws on this concept in order to differentiate between the external world and farmer Olga’s inner, subjective perception. Here, the external world is a pastoral idyll, nestled in gently rolling hills with cheerful birdsong. The meat sequences on the other hand are raw and intentionally repulsive, representing Olgas subjective perception and her frenetic lust for meat.
Bio
Thirza Ingold was born in 1981. She trained at the Berne University of Teacher Education and subsequently taught in the region of Berne and in the Emmental valley.
She taught herself the basics of pixilation and claymation and enrolled in the bachelor's course in 3D animation at the HSLU Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2010. She received her diploma in 2013.
Since 2011, she has led animation workshops for children and young adults in selected venues and at cultural events in Berne and Basel. She currently teaches design in the city of Winterthur.
From 2018 untill 2023, she has been studying for her Master's degree in Animation at the HSLU and graduated in 2023 with the film "Kill Your Darlings".
Contact
thirzaingold@gmx.ch
Filmography
- 2023 Kill Your Darlings (director)
- 2018 Metal Pingu (puppets)
- 2013 Mach Mau Chli Füür (director)
- 2012 Les Soeurs De Coeur (co-director)
