The ladies of 1872 are fixed in time. They inhabit the weekly fashion magazine called "Harper's Bazar." The fashionable dresses for 'ladies' and children can accurately be called 'costumes.' They are voluminous, extravagant, surreal. I thought what if frozen in time on the pages of the magazine they moved slightly? What might that signify if not a surreal event? I have poked into many obscure corners in my animation, but this may be the most detached from today's world. And yet it is a part of the reality of our past.

Production format: 16mm