ASMR at the museum | Preparing a Bollywood poster for stretching | V&A
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
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Join Senior Curator Divia Patel and Senior Conservator Laura Ledwina as they introduce us to a very large and eye-catching object - a hand-painted, billboard-sized poster for the famous Bollywood film, 'Devdas' (2002). Large film hoardings have historically been very important in Indian cinema, being seen along major roadsides and above the cinema itself. However hand-painted hoardings are used much less frequently today, making objects like this rare and quite special.
At over two metres high and five-and-a-half metres long, the enormous poster has been taken out of storage and needs to be unrolled and stretched. This will ensure that it is smooth and free from wrinkles before going on display at Young V&A.
Follow Laura in the Painting Conservation Studio as she adds strip lining to the canvas edges of the poster, so that it is secure and strong enough to be firmly pulled on a stretcher. In this meticulous process she carefully removes individual threads from new linen strips to create a fringe, cuts them to size, painstakingly chamfers the edges with a razor blade, and applies strong adhesive to hold this in place.
Process:
00:00 Unfurling the poster
00:15 The culture of Bollywood movie hoardings
01:44 Why do we need to stretch the canvas?
03:32 Demonstrating the strip lining technique
04:01 Pulling strings - fast flying threads
04:38 Cutting strips to size - scissor snips, no talking
05:11 Fringing edges of strip lining
06:00 Chamfering edges with a razor blade
07:41 Ironing hot adhesive onto flat linen strips
11:56 Hot spatula adhering strips onto the original canvas
13:19 Gluing gossamer security tape in place
14:37 Testing the strips - pulling and tugging
15:42 'Devdas' movie poster - revealing the whole image
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Find out more about the poster: collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O7...
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This series is exactly what ASMR used to be for me before ASMR was a thing… just a really quiet documentary that I would stumble across on PBS or some basic cable channel. Before documentaries tried to be cool with music and quick takes. Love this so much.
I didn't know what it was, but I would save certain documentaries because the voices and/or the sounds would give me scalp tingles, and I didn't know why. I just knew I liked it. So I would save certain ones so that I could watch them again when I needed to feel relaxed.
@@Terri_MacKay I remember when people started intentionally making whisper videos and having that blow my mind.
I can't agree more. Check out David Bull's channel if you don't know him already.
Also the low budget shows with hair cuts or working in something, in my country we had a channel back in the 90's called "utilisima" (very handy) and all the shows where super tingly, I used to put that channel and sleep
Yes!
I never even imagined so many detailed, specific steps were necessary in order to ‘simply’ have an object on display. It’s very interesting and satisfying work I believe
P.S. And how could I forget- the fact that this is an ASMR format is even more perfect!
The Victoria and Albert Museum is kicking serious butt in the ASMR department. Thank you for continuing to bring quality ASMR to the world!
the asmr videos from this museum are some of the only things that can help me fall asleep and relax me. keep em coming guys
My favorite tingles are from people who are doing their job… just the confidence and integrity in what they do is so incredible. These videos are some of my favorites ❤
Again, the simplest and truest asmr out there. I wish VA put out more- especially with the other lady who does the costume restoration.
i LOVE the costume restoration lady 😭😭
Devdas is one of the most emotiinal movies i have ever seen...i still remember crying a the ending...trully a great bollywood movie
This series is such an amazing introduction to the details of behind-the-scenes museum work and the V&A collection - and the sound design is exquisite!
Devdas is still such a fantastic movie. Amazing to see the gorgeous ads that went with it.
Such a satisfying video to watch. The quiet in the workroom is delicious, lol!
The sounds in this one are divine. Laura is an absolute ace with the soft spoken notes. I love these videos!
oh i am soooo glad you are still doing this asmr series! They are such great asmr videos. Thanks!!
These people have absolute dream jobs to me. How do people get into art conservation as a career? Imagine the beauty they see everyday.
A degree in historic preservation and most have a masters. Also studying in a city that is historic so. It can really build your resume
ASMR 𝘢𝘯𝘥 HISTORY?! A match made in heaven.
My favorite series on CZcams! Keep up the good work
Such gorgeous colors! Love the art! Bollywood movies are so much fun to watch,very entertaining!💕🙏
i love how pleased she was with her work
The first lady’s voice is amazingly relaxing ❤❤
It's great to see the behind the scenes on how these items are prepared for exhibition. The ASMR is the cherry on top!
I love this series, please keep making them!!!
such paintstaking work
Best sounds in the game ✨️😌✨️
You tell 'em
@@vamuseum quite literally "industrual strength" triggers. You just cant make sounds like these at home.
I know the filming and mics would eventually get in their way, but I wish we could've gotten a video of the whole thing! Or at least the ironing process. Those paper crinkles were everything. 😍
So cool!
oh hail you for just doing what you do - and record it. no silly tapping, scratching and all that really goofy stuff.
Ahhh… lovely voice, nice sounds, many waves of tingly ❤
I loved watching the secrets of the museum good job it was on catch up because the ASMR made me nod off 😊
this looks like a fun but very stressful job!!!
Stressful? Seems so relaxing to me. Yes it’s detailed and you have to focus well, but I don’t see the stress.. you’re by yourself or with a couple more people, it’s quiet, I imagine there aren’t very tight deadlines or extra hours. I myself would love to be a conservator
@NewChapterASMR no no I agree the process looks fun! but imma clumsy person so I'd be so stressed I'd mess up original artwork somehow! she a pro tho so I'm sure it's a walk in the park for her
Devdas is a pretty good movie for those who haven’t seen it. Amazing cinematography and great female characters. Shah Rukh Khan is always worth a watch also.
I have a book on Bollywood poster art...love looking at all the beautiful works 💕
You might enjoy this too! www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-art-of-bollywood#slideshow=5790566&slide=0
@@vamuseum thank you !
What a beautiful iron! What brand is that?
Love this! How was this video never suggested to me by CZcams even though I subscribed 😔
Please use her again! Her voice is perfect! (The woman ironing etc) ❤
Great video, I loved the paper sounds. I would love to do a course in restoration or conservation, or an apprenticeship. Do you offer such courses or apprenticeships please?
If you enjoyed this, you are going to love Baumgartner Restoration
www.youtube.com/@BaumgartnerRestoration
Strip linings, stretching, retouching etc, you are going to be art restoration expert in no time :)
I think I’m detailed driven until I see this kind of work. And then, nope, not at all.
Hi! Hopeful future archeologist/historian here! Question: For those who wish to possibly go into the archival, care taking and restoration work what advice would you have? I'm currently in my first year back at university after a break and I'm studying history and archeology but the love of museum work I had over my break and the preservation work I did I fell in love with caring for these beautiful items I was privy to! Any advice your team might be willing to bestow upon me I would greatly appreciate!
There’s a few different specialisms you can train in: check out the the institute of conservation (icon) for some guidance on training options
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Is the V&A just a ladies museum now?