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Shadow art, paper art
Mar. 30th, 2023 10:37 pmSince all this talking about silhouette art is somehow, unplannedly, evolving into a little series:
Part 1, Shadow theater, the process
Part 2, Papercuts and storytelling
In this third part, I will be discussing some art that inspired me on a personal level. I don't claim this assortment to be complete in any way - I have no background in cultural history, so all this is just random stuff I encountered along the way (and most of it as a kid), ranging from prehistoric cave art over children's picture books and classic silhouette film to modern art installments - with a clear focus on art that's easily accessible to someone growing up in northern Europe. I decided to leave out pure music, literature, and storytelling without a shadow and/or paper art component, in order to have at least a bit of a common theme.
Also, this list needs to come with a disclaimer: I'm not an art critic. I am, in fact, one of the least art-enthusiastic people on this planet. I'm that person who doesn't listen to music more than ten minutes a day, doesn't read many books, doesn't watch movies, and, during a museum visit, doesn't care about all that painted canvas and just waits for the group to move on to the cafeteria. Uncultured and art-immune. You know the type. (The irony of simultaneosly being one of the people who produce much more art than the average human - and in different art forms - though virtually everybody would be much better suited to the task, has not eluded me.) Of course, there's also an advantage: the instances in which art actually worked on me can be counted... not quite on one hand, but you get the idea - and I remember all of them clearly.
( Behind a cut, because again, long-ish. )
(I don't own the copyright of anything behind the external links. I have, however, taken care to link only to stuff that looks legally published to the best of my knowledge, and I'm linking it for... educational purposes, I guess, though it feels weird to attach this label to a post of mine.)
Part 1, Shadow theater, the process
Part 2, Papercuts and storytelling
In this third part, I will be discussing some art that inspired me on a personal level. I don't claim this assortment to be complete in any way - I have no background in cultural history, so all this is just random stuff I encountered along the way (and most of it as a kid), ranging from prehistoric cave art over children's picture books and classic silhouette film to modern art installments - with a clear focus on art that's easily accessible to someone growing up in northern Europe. I decided to leave out pure music, literature, and storytelling without a shadow and/or paper art component, in order to have at least a bit of a common theme.
Also, this list needs to come with a disclaimer: I'm not an art critic. I am, in fact, one of the least art-enthusiastic people on this planet. I'm that person who doesn't listen to music more than ten minutes a day, doesn't read many books, doesn't watch movies, and, during a museum visit, doesn't care about all that painted canvas and just waits for the group to move on to the cafeteria. Uncultured and art-immune. You know the type. (The irony of simultaneosly being one of the people who produce much more art than the average human - and in different art forms - though virtually everybody would be much better suited to the task, has not eluded me.) Of course, there's also an advantage: the instances in which art actually worked on me can be counted... not quite on one hand, but you get the idea - and I remember all of them clearly.
( Behind a cut, because again, long-ish. )
(I don't own the copyright of anything behind the external links. I have, however, taken care to link only to stuff that looks legally published to the best of my knowledge, and I'm linking it for... educational purposes, I guess, though it feels weird to attach this label to a post of mine.)
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