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Grizedale: A Sense of Place

Synopsis
Looks at the Grizedale Forest Sculpture Project, which brings arts to live and work alongside the local community and forest workers in the Lake District. The sculptures created become part of the life-cycle of the forest and are eventually reclaimed by it. Features 12 sculptors including Andy Goldsworthy, David Kemp, Sally Matthews and David Nash, and looks at how local people and visitors have reacted to their work.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. 52 min.
Year of production
1989
Availability
Hire
Sale; 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)
Notes
Broadcast on C4 on 28/1/91.
Subjects
Art
Keywords
Goldsworthy, Andy; Kemp, David; Matthews, Sally; Nash, David; public art; sculpture - British

Credits

Director
Maggie Ellis
Producer
Maggie Ellis; Trevor Boden
Contributor
Andy Goldsworthy; David Kemp; David Nash; Sally Matthews

Production Company

Name

Open Air

Sponsor

Name

Arts Council

Phone
020 7973 6820
Fax
020 7973 6449
Notes
Contact: Will Bell (7/99), e-mail will.bell@artscouncil.org.uk

Distributor

Name

Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster

Notes
Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.

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