'Isabel' is an adaptation of a part of a short story called 'Monologue of Isabel Watching It Rain in Macondo' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Magic realism, as a genre, addresses events that although closely bound to the constraints of reality can strain plausibility and accommodate phenomena that are otherwise fantastical. In a sense, it is synonymous to hyperbole, although conveyed backwards. While both convey amplified versions of something real, hyperbole approaches it by making the real seem grand while magic realism makes the grand feel real. My animated piece deals with the idea of hyperbole, as a parallel to magic realism, portraying simple feelings or emotions through exaggerated visuals. An added element is the feeling of claustrophobia that I have personally experienced in The objective of this project was to create an animated adaptation of a text through the approach of sound.

The adapted text: ‘I moved without direction, without will. I felt changed into a desolate meadow sown with algae and lichens, with soft, sticky toadstools, fertilized by the repugnant plants of dampness and shadows. I was in the living room contemplating the desert spectacle of the piled-up furniture when I heard my stepmother’s voice warning me from her room that I might catch pneumonia. Only then did I realize that the water was up to my ankles, that the house was flooded, the floor covered by a thick surface of viscous, dead water.’