The great sail (Motion picture : 1966)

Making marks, or causing them to be made as in the case of filmmakers, is what artists do. They see, imagine, hallucinate some shape, color or tone and then pick up their tools to render it in steel, light, copper or almost anything else. Here are three examples of what can happen.

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"Making marks, or causing them to be made as in the case of filmmakers, is what artists do. They see, imagine, hallucinate some shape, color or tone and then pick up their tools to render it in steel, light, copper or almost anything else. Here are three examples of what can happen."@en
"Alexander Calder's La Grande Voile was erected on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in 1966 with the artist directing the work. As the steel forms of this monumental sculpture were put in place, they were filmed with time lapse photography by the Cambridge documentary filmmaker Robert Gardner. This documentary observes the American sculptor Alexander Calder as he supervises the work and as skeptical students and bemused bystanders look on. This is one of many documentary portraits that Robert Gardner directed, documenting filmmakers, painters and print makers in the process of creation."@en
"The assembly of Alexander Calder's artwork La Grande Voile (the Great Sail) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Also presents the views of students on the rather large structure."@en
"Alexander Calder's La Grande Voile was erected on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in 1966 with the artist directing the work. As the steel forms of this monumental sculpture were put in place, they were filmed with time lapse photography by the Cambridge documentary filmmaker Robert Gardner. This documentary observes the American sculptor Alexander Calder as he supervises the installation of one of his signature sculptures as skeptical students and bemused bystanders look on. This is one of many documentary portraits that Robert Gardner directed, documenting filmmakers, artists and print makers in the process of creation."@en