From the film-maker:

When we were presented with Titian's 'Bacchus and Ariadne' I really liked the use of bold colours. It was inspiring for me to hear from our guide the reasons why the colour blue was so important in Renaissance paintings. Being from a fine art background, I instantly made a connection with Yves Klein, the 20th-century French painter who invented his own blue. It felt natural to go down that route and explore, to bridge the two eras and painters who were so passionate about that particular colour. In my early sketches and ideas I was looking for something that would reflect those passions. My animation had to be rooted in the colour idea and carry it off in a pretty light-hearted way. I tend to think that when it comes to art in general, people like to get very lofty, and I was more interested in producing a cross between Bugs Bunny and Marcel Duchamp than in making a highbrow statement.

Michal Strazewski

A piece inspired by Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne, 1520-3