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Hand Gestures

Documentary

Even today, in order to create a sculpture in bronze, it is necessary to take the same steps taken in the fifth century BC for the Riace bronzes. Read more …

These steps are not taught in school, but are passed on in the ancient oral tradition and through apprenticeships from artisans. This documentary is a way to observe and feel the work of a 100-year old bronze foundry in Italy: a place were past and present share the same gestures and where each gesture it's a sculpture itself. 

 


The critical consensus

Mesmerising and wondrously atmospheric.

****(*)David Parkinson, Empire Online, 11/11/2015

Intoxicating, surprising and restrained.

David Jenkins, Little White Lies, 19/11/2015

This quiet, slow-burning documentary weaves its way through the atmospheric Milan workshops of an art that stretches back to the sixth century BC.

****(*)Wendy Ide, The Guardian, 19/11/2015

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