The original paper silhouettes of the artist Jean Jacques Hanswirth in the Chateau D’Oex Museum are photographed in stop motion so that they seem animated. Relates the story of the Swiss peasant whose craft with scissors and paper became an art.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010493
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Paper
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists' materials
Crafts & Visual Arts → Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft
Crafts & Visual Arts → Paper
Documentary
People → Artists - Biography
Short films
Short films → Short films - Switzerland
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)