architectural videos: Maya Lin: A Strong and Clear Vision by Docurama

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Maya Lin: A Strong and Clear Vision by Docurama

video topic: architecture, art
entry type: Documentary
entry no: 32

video title: Maya Lin: A Strong and Clear Vision
architect featured: Maya Lin
producer: Eileen Haris Norton (Docurama)
director: Freida Lee Mock
run time: 01:22:46
size: 682 mb
release date: 1995

official website: http://www.docurama.com/
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One of the finest example of the struggle of an architect to create an uncompromising work of art. this documentary starts with the project of Vietnam Memorial and then moves forward to other projects done by Maya Lin.

This film tells the career of the young architect/sculptor, Maya Lin, in chronological order, using mostly interview and documentary footage. It begins with the amazing start of her career, the creation of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and the controversy that surrounded the design. Then, goes on to depict the creation of several other pieces, including the memorial for slain civil rights workers, a house, the fountain commemorating women at Yale, the Museum of African Art in New York City, and a variety of sculptures, including a self-portrait in lead and beeswax. The film charts the fascinating process that Lin goes through in taking the abstract ("a strong clear vision") and turning it into a concrete form.

Imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110480/

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