jueves, 26 de mayo de 2011

King kong, Marilyn Monroe & many other fairy tales

Is this a children's book a toy shop, Mattel's factory ?
No this is once again Benjami Tous studio and this week his theme seems to be toys and fairy tales...

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/king-kong-marilyn-monroe-and-many-other-fairy-tales-5204104

Lleida sensual

I went to Lerida to accompany Benjami to the opening of the exhibition "Lleida sensual".
The exhibition was held at the Espai Cavallers in Lerida town and the curator of the exhibition was Roser Xandri, who had put an interesting mix of artists together for the exhibition.
The other artists exhibiting their work appart from Benjami were:
Börlansa, A. Coma, Xavier Goñi, Merc¡e Humedas, Pau Humedas, Ernest Ibañez, Miguel de Ibarbia, Didier Lourenço, Javier Mariscal, Victor P. Pallarés, Perico Pastor, Jordi V. Pou, Benjamí Tous i Joaquin Ureña.

I hope you enjoy the paintings. Sorry but all the interviews are in Catalan. One day when I have more time I will translate and sub-title them. But for the moment those of you who cannot speak or understand Catalan you can just enjoy the paintings.

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/lleida-sensual-5178933

It is quite interesting to go back to the films I uploaded on the 17th of April "Live creation of a painting.." and "3rd painting for Lleida sensual exhibition" and you can see how different the final work of art is quite different.

Poesias

Benjami goes once a month to the readers club at the Picasso museum and when the members meet they have to write poetry or short stories based on a Picasso painting. So Benjami together with his friend Marta wrote these two poems in Catalan. Benjami read them to me so that I could film them.

By pure coincidence when Benjami was reciting the poem there was a bird singing and it went perfectly with the context of the second poem that is all about a pigeon.

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/jo-la-monja-5146473

http://blip.tv/archer-doc/colom-cubista-5146717