Wednesday, February 12, 2014

World Fire Sculpture Championship, Riga Latvia 2014


Howdy folks,
I am still editing all the video that I captured from my participation in the World Fire Sculpture Championship. I am learning Premiere Pro as I am putting it all together. Nevertheless, I am processing small snippets of the video for public consumption and as teasers for the final film. I have footage from the first meeting, the building of the sculptures, footage of all the sculptures being lit and the final award ceremony that I captured from the stage where the winners were announced.
 Stay tuned and bear with me as I process this footage.

So for now I have included a link to the first prize winning sculpture created by the Russian team.
More later...

http://vimeo.com/86561682

5 comments:

  1. That is an incredible video Dave. I look forward to seeing your sculpture.

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  2. Glad to see such a nice crisp vid of this event —great job, David!
    ...and it was magnanimous of you to post your competitor's art before posting your own. :-)

    I gotta ask: what was controlling the movement of the horse? My eyes popped when it started moving, bec. I thought the fire was creating the movement. After a while I wondered if someone was pulling on ropes while it burned.

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  3. Christina and Chuck,
    Thanks for the comments. Yes the horses movements were being controlled with wires while it burned. There were actually about 4 different sculptures that used this method. Personally, I think this aspect turns it more into a puppet than a sculpture - that is where personal aesthetics enter the scene.

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  4. I think you're right David.
    Next year, I'm going to attend and yell "foul!", so you get the big prize. :-)

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  5. Chuck,
    I am not big on winning. The thing that is very hard to capture is the comradery that I felt there. The competition was limited to two man teams - so everyone had to have some help in constructing their sculpture - and everyone pitched in to help.
    There was nothing in the rules about participating with the piece during its burn - I guess you could kinda think of it like performance art. My own preference is that it be more like a kinetic sculpture rather than a performance piece but the audience really liked the performance aspect - maybe because they couldn't see what was happening behind the scenes. Or maybe they could but did not even care.

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