Amazing Sand (animation?) art
This YouTube video shows the winner of " Ukraine’s Got Talent", Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II. Her talent, which admittedly is a strange one, is mesmeric to watch.
The images, projected onto a large screen, moved many in the audience to tears and she won the top prize of about £75,000.
She begins by creating a scene showing a couple sitting holding hands on a bench under a starry sky, but then warplanes appear and the happy scene is obliterated.
It is replaced by a woman’s face crying, but then a baby arrives and the woman smiles again. Once again war returns and Miss Simonova throws the sand into chaos from which a young woman’s face appears.
She quickly becomes an old widow, her face wrinkled and sad, before the image turns into a monument to an Unknown Soldier.
This outdoor scene becomes framed by a window as if the viewer is looking out on the monument from within a house.
In the final scene, a mother and child appear inside and a man standing outside, with his hands pressed against the glass, saying goodbye.
The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine , resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths out of a population of 42 million.
Kseniya Simonova says:
"I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paintbrushes, but using sand and fingers is beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there’s surely no bigger compliment."
Please take time out to see this amazing piece of art.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg#t=00
sudhabalakrishnan
Thu, 2010-02-11 03:57
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Really excellent how quickly she does the pictures really amazing, thanks anirudhavare.
dibbutn
Thu, 2010-02-11 06:01
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Anirudh thanks for sharing such a wonderful art form with us... it is not only wonderful but touching as well
indu.rkc
Thu, 2010-02-11 06:04
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a feast to eyes.thank u very much ANIRUDH
jayamohan
Thu, 2010-02-11 21:40
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Amazing art with fingers! Thank you, Anirudh, for sharing!
nithyaashok
Thu, 2010-02-11 21:53
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Amazing
subashini
Sat, 2010-02-13 18:24
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Her talent is really amazing .The news about this incident is also very touching.It is really very wonderful How quick she changed the picture one into another.Thanks for sharing this Anirudh.