Visual Variations on Noguchi (1945)

A voice occasionally says a word or two on the sidewalk or lithium or a womans name A handheld camera frames parts of sculptures or moves across their surfaces sometimes slowly sometimes quickly almost always in closeup The soundtrack in addition to the voice is discordant music Light and shadows are paramount Sometimes the camera repeats up and down movements once a set of jump cuts brings an object closer The music can be shrill in contrast to the sculptures Almost entirely of wood they are the work of Isamu Noguchi 19041988 Abstract usually smooth and rounded but not always