There is an irresistible, herzogian flavor to kevin macdonalds new documentary, sky ladder. It celebrates the art and ambition of a guoqiang, who paints images in the sky using colorful fireworks. Trace the rise of contemporary artist cai guoqiang from childhood in maos china to global art world superstar, and join his quest to realize his lifelong obsession. Watch now for free featured browse more titles movies. Connecting the earth to the rest of the universe was cai guo qiangs childhood dream. The art of cai guoqiang is the story of a unique artist at a pivotal moment in his life and times. Cai guoqiangs stunning pyrotechnic displays light up the sky. An oscarwinning director tracks his most epic project yet in this breathtaking film. The national and international studio program at p. This unofficial translation comes from online ghibli, and was taken from the chinese version of miyazakis book, shuppatsuten 19791996. This artist literally lights his art on fire, and the result is pure magic. Dream big little one prints white poppy sky cloud nursery wall etsy yuumei. The book is published to coincide with his recent solo exhibition cai guoqiang.
Trace the rise of contemporary artist cai guoqiang from childhood. Told through the artists own words and those of family, friends and observers, the film tracks cai s meteoric rise and examines why he engineers artworks that loom as far as the eye can see. A unique explosion event by artist cai guoqiang leading to. The art of cai guoqiang, oscar winner kevin macdonald aims to bring the sundance film festival a. Cai was born in quanzhou, a large port city in fujian province, southeastern china. The chinese artist tells us the true story behind sky ladder. Over the course of 75 minutes this documentary follows guoqiang in his mission to make his sky ladder project a reality.
Cai guoqiang tells us true story behind sky ladder. The sky ladder is a 1,650foot ladder of fire climbing into the skies above artist cai guoqiangs hometown. But in the wee hours of june 15, 2015, the whole thing went off like magic, leaving even cai looking utterly hypnotized. The art of cai guoqiang is a 2016 documentary film directed by kevin macdonald about the life and work of cai guoqiang known for his artwork with the help of gunpowder. The art of cai guoqiang mcdonalds experience comes to the fore, constructing a film that packs into a feature length running time an impactful and engaging look at this fine. Titled sky ladder, the twominuteandthirtysecond performance was a childhood dream of cai s, the result of 21 years of intense preparation. The art of cai guoqiang premieres on netflix friday october 14, 2016. Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic displays, chinese artist cai guoqiang creates his most ambitious project yet in this breathtaking documentary. It took 21 years, but chinese artist cai guoqiang has finally brought to life his dramatic sky ladder, an explosive artwork in which a flaming ladder seems to miraculously float above the earth. Gallery of magic realism, surrealism, surrealist, fantastic realism. This film captures the work and life of cai guoqiang, whose frequent use of gunpowder serves as both an ancestral homage and an. With ian buruma, guoqiang cai, wenyou cai, wenhao cai. Artist cai guoqiang takes center stage in netflix documentary sky ladder.
The film was released by netflix on october 14, 2016. Artist cai guoqiang authentically portrayed in netflixs. Cai guoqiang also gave an art sharing on the theme of ladder. The art of cai guoqiang follows the continuing ascent of this chineseborn, new yorkbased artist. The art of cai guoqiang his experience comes to the fore, constructing a film that packs into a feature length running time an impactful and engaging look at this fine subject. How cai guoqiang built a 1,650foottall ladder out of. It was directed by kevin macdonald and the script was written by tony grisoni, jeremy brock and penelope skinner. The art of cai guoqiang by director kevin macdonald follows the projects ultimate success and struggles throughout.
Everyone loves to light fireworks, cai guoqiang says with a smile as he ignites some red candles. The art of cai guoqiang a slender but involving portrait of the chineseborn, internationally celebrated artist known for his dazzling pyrotechnic displays. Sky ladder chronicles his life and career in illuminating fashion, beginning with his troubled childhood. In the future i would like to start a music program for young aspiring adults. Cai guoqiang, born december 8, 1957, quanzhou, fujian province, china, chinese pyrotechnical artist known for his dramatic installations and for using gunpowder as a medium cai s fathera painter, historian, and bookstore ownerwas somewhat ambivalent toward mao zedong and the new chinese society that was emerging after the successful communist revolution. Cai guoqiang tells us true story behind sky ladder artnet news. Cai guoqiang 1,650ft ladder made out of fire cnn style. Thank you so much for the support and we hope that you share the site and message with everyone. The 70minute feature will debut as a netflix original film, and will be available in over 190 countries starting october 14, 2016. Portrait of cai guoqiang in his east village, new york studio by alex john beck for artsy. In 2016 he was the subject of the netflix documentary, sky ladder.
How i live now is a 20 canadianbritish romantic speculative drama film based on the 2004 novel of the same name by meg rosoff. Guoqiang cai was born in 1957 in quanzhou, fujian, china. Dear, we were unable to process your subscription renewal. The art of cai guoqiang, directed by kevin macdonald. Cai designed the trophy for the 2016 berggruen prize for philosophy, which is going to be presented to the winner, charles taylor, on dec. The art of cai guoqiangnetflix after several attempts spanning decades and continents, artist cai guoqiang embarked once again to construct a near 1,700 foot firework ladder into the sky. The main line of the film, the ladder a 500meterhigh golden fireworks ladder slammed into the ground and talked to the innocent universe.
He studied stage design at the shanghai drama institute from 1981 to 1985 and attended the institute for contemporary art. This netflix documentary tracks the rise of chinese artist cai guoqiang. How a 500meter ladder of fire ignited in the sky huffpost. Known for his spectacular pyrotechnic artwork displays, he tackles his most ambitious project yet, sky ladder. This is cai guoqiang s dream of looking up at the sky. People cai guoqiang sets the art world aflame in new netflix documentary. He had previously tried to execute the piece three times, in 1992, 2001 and 2012, to varying degrees of success. We hope the putlocker community understands that without ads we are unable to provide free content. The art of cai guoqiang is a narrative documentary film directed by academy award winner kevin macdonald and produced by wendi deng murdoch, hugo shong, and fisher stevens. Sundance documentary sky ladder puts chinese artist cai. Today were giving away a postcard of the iconic sky ladder display, signed by cai guoqiang himself. Cai guoqiang sets the art world aflame in new netflix documentary.
Join cai as he discusses his book ladder to the sky with art historian and awesome extraordinaire lesley ma at the new york public library. The launch of chinese artist cai guoqiangs first west coast exhibition went off with a bang saturday night as 40,000 rockets exploded in the. The event, free and open to the public, will be held october 30, 2012. When he finally realised it in 2015 after 20 years and three failed attempts, a majestic 500metre ladder of gold light ascended into the night sky over the huiyu island harbour, not far from cai. The art of cai guoqiang, which received its european premier at the london film festival, showcases cai s exquisite gunpowder art, which he says explores eastern philosophy and. It was screened in the special presentation section at the. Cai guoqiangs stunning sky ladder finally succeeds. The art of cai guoqiang after party at kimball art center on january 21, 2016 in park city, utah.
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