Visual Variations on Noguchi
Visual Variations on Noguchi

Visual Variations on Noguchi

Visual Variations on Noguchi

Release date : 1945-01-01

Production country :

United States of America

Production company :

Gryphon Productions

Status : Released

Durasi : 4 Min.

Popularity : 0.853

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Total Vote : 8

A voice occasionally says a word or two: "on the sidewalk" or "lithium" or a woman's name. A hand-held camera frames parts of sculptures, or moves across their surfaces, sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, almost always in close-up. The soundtrack, in addition to the voice, is discordant music. Light and shadows are paramount. Sometimes the camera repeats up and down movements; once, a set of jump cuts brings an object closer. The music can be shrill in contrast to the sculptures. Almost entirely of wood, they are the work of Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988): Abstract, usually smooth and rounded (but not always).