A History of Clouds
MovieTitle | A History of Clouds |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Feb 28, 1991 |
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Director | Bruce Yonemoto , Norman Yonemoto |
Production country | US |
Run time | 35 min. |
The sky looms in the background of all human activity. It is elementary then that artists should be preoccupied with a phenomenon whose ageless nature remains elusive and opaque. Bruce and Norman Yonemoto's A History of Clouds (33:46 mins, Color) investigates the representation of clouds as they appear in art, first as amorphic elements in early oil painting, then as photographically reproduced elements of 20th-century works. This premiere videowork ends in the advertising studio where clouds provide a "natural" backdrop for commodified dreams. The journey from representation to sales presentation is complete.