Taking imagination seriously - Janet Echelman

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  • čas přidán 10. 08. 2013
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    Janet Echelman found her true voice as an artist when her paints went missing -- which forced her to look to an unorthodox new art material. Now she makes billowing, flowing, building-sized sculpture with a surprisingly geeky edge. A transporting 10 minutes of pure creativity.
    Talk by Janet Echelman.

Komentáře • 39

  • @MsGnor
    @MsGnor Před 10 lety +7

    Janet has totally hit the spot for me with this one. Spellbinding work. Mesmerising to watch, gently floating in the breeze. Love her collaborations with traditional humble fisherman and high-tech industry. Can one wonder what ever happened to her dull paintbox?!

  • @panamera4u
    @panamera4u Před 11 lety +34

    seeing art in everything is an art itself.

    • @cattidesjar4229
      @cattidesjar4229 Před 5 lety

      Jksda Alecs I liked your quote so much that I want to post it on Instagram. Can I post it? If so, do you want me to say your name or do you prefer being anonymous?

  • @ricardocanonizado8771
    @ricardocanonizado8771 Před 9 lety +6

    when you believe in what you want to do, you can conquer. very inspiring talk.

  • @Celeste-in-Oz
    @Celeste-in-Oz Před 11 lety +10

    This is a graphic lesson in entrepreneurship if ever there was one! Putting yourself in a position where you have to come up with something; and placing collaboration at the core of your work. Of course remarkable creativity helps!

  • @johnnielawson
    @johnnielawson Před 9 lety +2

    A wonderful story Janet, thank you for sharing.
    Johnnie Lawson

  • @sashawhitehead7378
    @sashawhitehead7378 Před 3 lety

    How beautiful! Thank you

  • @JocelyneAirdBelanger
    @JocelyneAirdBelanger Před 9 lety

    So happy to have the opportunity to see this marvel in
    Montreal from May 7 to October 4th,
    Thank you Madame Echelman,
    Jocelyne Aird-Belanger

  • @meli.5058
    @meli.5058 Před 4 lety

    Wonderful! Beautiful!

  • @PAP744
    @PAP744 Před 6 lety

    Excellent inspiration

  • @giselletoledo9133
    @giselletoledo9133 Před 11 lety

    Very inspiring!

  • @AbsentWithoutLeaving
    @AbsentWithoutLeaving Před rokem

    I have always been mesmerized by the motion of fabric on the wind. As a child, I would stand and stare at flags, the larger the better, as they traced every subtle ripple and current of the invisible medium through which they moved. My family would laugh at how I would lean out of their arms and reach up towards the flag, remarking how much I loved the flag. But it wasn't the flag, it was the motion that I was in love with. To this day, I can still sink into a meditative state while watching a flag's incessant motion in the air.
    I would so love to see these monumental fiber objects in motion!

  • @laurieinmn6468
    @laurieinmn6468 Před 2 lety

    I admire the courage to say YES.

  • @HarshYadav-cj3yu
    @HarshYadav-cj3yu Před 4 lety +2

    just grow a mangrove in center of the town, it will look rather fantastic, and fit in a fountain in the center of that which can be seen from miles away..

  • @Hithere-ct2kp
    @Hithere-ct2kp Před 7 lety +9

    How do these affect birds?

    • @InfidelisEra
      @InfidelisEra Před 5 lety +1

      Hi there I just thought of that. Birds and bats probably get caught in the net. Horrible

    • @merrowley
      @merrowley Před 5 lety +1

      ​@@InfidelisEra theyre colored birds can see them just fine to avoid them and they dont seem to be in areas that have an abundance of bats. windows are actually a bigger danger to birds than these.

    • @markb.humble6945
      @markb.humble6945 Před 4 lety

      the nets are designed to collect and gather birds.

  • @sazure2
    @sazure2 Před 8 lety +1

    Brilliant - a true creative genius - rare today!

  • @Loenthall88
    @Loenthall88 Před 4 lety

    Just beautiful. I am so grateful for those who seek to create beauty and to remind people that it matters.

  • @tadmoreacademy2765
    @tadmoreacademy2765 Před 4 lety

    This is awesome, completely unimaginable....

  • @JAMaxeRestoration
    @JAMaxeRestoration Před 4 lety

    Been done, Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

  • @windokeluanda
    @windokeluanda Před 9 lety

    Muito bonito!
    Very inspiring!

  • @vinayseth1114
    @vinayseth1114 Před 8 lety

    Inspiring!

  • @cocoray1000
    @cocoray1000 Před 11 lety +1

    very nice, love the subway notifier

  • @UpsideDownMon
    @UpsideDownMon Před 11 lety

    that underground subway idea is soooo cool, id love to see that and things like it all over

  • @Jebbersful
    @Jebbersful Před 11 lety

    Brilliant :)

  • @flolus2619
    @flolus2619 Před 5 lety

    Wonder

  • @matrinoxtm
    @matrinoxtm Před 7 lety +7

    "Most needed". It's nice but it's not needed.

  • @CoffeePRODirect
    @CoffeePRODirect Před 4 lety +2

    beautiful. how about birds?

    • @priscilla4822
      @priscilla4822 Před 3 lety

      That was my thought

    • @diogodavid3557
      @diogodavid3557 Před 3 lety

      At least in Porto's 'sculpture' the net is too low for most birds (and even the 'holes' between the strings are not too small). The major problem would be seagulls but they rarely go in the net's direction

  • @arnabraha7430
    @arnabraha7430 Před 7 lety

    awsome

  • @bhakthitv2894
    @bhakthitv2894 Před rokem

    Wow the weaving and designs of Indians became sculptures in her hands

  • @Newbegin628
    @Newbegin628 Před 4 lety

    Wonder where you are today with your sculptures..... Smart dust.... Nano magnets.... and the ionosphere...... Combined with light.... 😮

  • @lakshmanankomathmanalath

    💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙❤

  • @itisme246
    @itisme246 Před 7 lety +1

    Phoenix got the ugly one