Chillida: The Depth of Air
(Chillida: Lo profundo es el aire)
Juan Barrero | Documentary
2016 | 52 minutes | Spain
A poetic and fast-paced reminiscence of one of the most prominent sculptors of the 20th century.
Synopsis
At the age of 19, Eduardo Chillida (1942-2002) was a gifted athlete set to become a football legend. However, a severe injury during a match saw him move away from professional sport. At the time, nobody except for his life-long partner, Pilar Belzunce, could ever imagine that the young goalkeeper from Hernani was at the verge of re-writing his destiny.
Chillida would die a few decades later as one of the most prominent sculptors of the 20th century.
Lo profundo es el aire is not a conventional biography, but the poetic and fast-paced reminiscence of an unparalleled artist. Chillida’s personality is perpetuated through his work, his eight children, and some of his closest collaborators.
Reviews
“There is always, in Chillida’s sculptures, the sense of a vital living relationship with the space about them. His sculptures clutch at the air, grapple and grab, embrace emptiness and give it a form.” – Adrian Searle, The Guardian
“Working in iron, steel, wood, granite and fired clay, his work also has a strong relationship to the earth, and to the rugged Basque landscape where the Pyrenees meet the Atlantic, a coastline eroded and drawn by the sea.” – Adrian Searle, The Guardian
Citation
Main credits
Barrero, Juan (film director)
Barrero, Juan (screenwriter)
Other credits
Cinematography, Valentín Álvarez; editor, Lupe Pérez; music, Xabier Erkizia.
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Pragda subjects
Biography
Culture + Identity
Iberian Studies
Urban Studies
Visual Arts
Keywords
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Festivals
San Sebastian International Film Festival
DIRECTOR: Juan Barrero
NATIONALITY: Spain
YEAR: 2016
GENRE: Documentary
LANGUAGE: Spanish; English
COLOR / B&W: Color
GRADE LEVEL: Middle School, High School, College, Adults
SUBTITLE/CC: AVAILABLE
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