by Karl Bodek and Kurt Conrad Low
This simple drawing was a collaboration between two artists. In 1941, both Karl Bodek and Kurt Conrad Low were being in the Gurs Internment Camp in Southern France. This was the view they had: a butterfly sitting on barbed wire with the Spanish mountains in the background. Kurt Conrad Low managed to escape to Switzerland. Karl Bodek died at Auschwitz.
Never forget.
This is one of the best-known of They Might Be Giants’s songs. Though the song was released first, it also appeared on their 1990 album, Flood.
Director Adam Bernstein was a frequent They Might Be Giants collaborator. He also directed music videos for everyone from Public Enemy to Dead Milkmen to BareNaked Ladies and Sir Mix-A-Lot. He’s also a television director, having won an Emmy for his work on Fargo.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 