알렉산더 칼더 <Circus> 기계장치 인형공연

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

키네틱 아티스트 ‘알렉산더 칼더(1898~1976)’

20대 후반, 30대 초반 ‘파리 시절’의 “기계장치 인형놀이 – Circus”

현대 오토마타 예술의 ‘초석’이 되었고

중년이 되어 다시 재현한 공연이 DVD로 출시되어 있다

멋진 아저씨~^^..

 

 

 

From Oct. 16, 2008 Feb. 15, 2009, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York presents "Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933" http://www.whitney.org/calder, a new look at the artists early years when his radical innovations included open-air wire sculptures, his beloved and important miniature "Circus", and the creation of a new artform, the mobile. This video excerpts scenes of Calder performing the "Circus" from a 1955 film by Jean Painleve.

Carlos Vilardebo's 1961 film of Alexander Calder's "circus," an intricately assembled performance piece played out by handmade characters including jugglers, sword swallowers, clowns, and animals. These figures, crafted from a collection of "cork, wire, wood, yarn, paper, string, and cloth," were each assigned a series of movements and manipulated by the artist to perform specific circus acts. With performances held at various locations in Paris and New York through the mid 1930s, Calder's circus helped to establish him in avante-garde circles. Jean Cocteau, Joan Miró, Fernand Léger, Piet Mondrian, Le Corbusier, Thomas Wolfe, and André Kertész were among those who saw the celebrated Cirque Calder over the years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY8HERFVJs4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS2q-8dFyiw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp9Dr8uQe_k