In Tuxedo

In Söderquists first film I frack In Tuxedo playfulness and improvisation are combined with absurd humor An artist steps into an empty studio and begins assembling objects into a treelike sculpture The sculpture is adorned with small white paper clouds puppets and undefinable items all the while the studio fills up with new things a suitcase a mirror and formal attire The artist now wearing a top hat and tuxedo paints the paper clouds and the wall in a frenzy of activity ending with his sitting exhausted in a corner surrounded by the mess he has created The growing chaos the various layers of narrative and the music of the soundtrack which was improvised and recorded live during a viewing of the final film cut interact in counterpoint