This 13-minute experimental film documents the glass blowing of maestro Lino Tagliapietra, widely considered to be the world's best glass blower. Features the creative process, fine craft, teamwork, and the magic of glass blowing, instead of following a standard linear/educational narrative.
Lino is from Murano, Italy, and is famous for teaching Italian glass-blowing secrets to American glass artists. He has been working with his team of three Seattle glass blowers for over 12 years. This film documents their visit to the MIT Glass Lab in October 2010.
The film has a similar style to Bert Haanstra's Dutch short documentary film Glas (1958). We extend this playful style by reversing, speeding, and slowing time, so that viewers can focus on the essence of the process.
A carefully timed original score accentuates the playing with fire. The music was composed by Andrei Matorin and performed on violin, cello, and bass.
| Platinum Reel Award Winner | Nevada Film Festival | 2011 |
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Honorable Mention Award Experimental Film Category | Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival | 2011 |
| November 3-6, 2011 |
7th River's Edge International Film Festival Paducah, Kentucky |
Nov. 4 @ 9:00pm Nov. 6 @ 3:00pm |
| November 4-19, 2011 |
30th Three Rivers Film Festival Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Competitive Shorts Program Nov. 18 @ 7:00pm Nov. 19 @ 3:30pm |
| December 1-31, 2011 | Creative Arts Film Festival | Screening Room |
| February 16-19, 2012 |
7th Annual Macon Film Festival
Macon, Atlanta |
Douglass Theatre Friday @ 11:30-1:20pm Sunday @ 6:40-8:25pm |
| April 12-22, 2012 | 6th Annual Buffalo Niagara Film Festival Buffalo, New York | Apr. 14 @ 3:00-5:00pm |
| April 26-May 3, 2012 | 13th Annual Newport Beach Film Festival Newport Beach, California | Apr. 28 @ 4:00pm |
A work-in-progress version of the film was shown at two museums to introduce Lino's latest work, as well as at a few special events:
| February 19–May 22, 2011 |
Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti Palazzo Cavilli-Franchetti Venice, Italy |
Lino Tagliapietra da Murano allo Studio Glass opere 1954–2011 |
| March 13–18, 2011 |
Schloss Dagstuhl Wadern, Germany | Seminar on Computational Geometry |
| March 25–27, 2011 |
CraftBoston Boston, Massachusetts | |
| April 6, 2011 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts |
public showing 6pm, room 6-120 |
| April 7–9, 2011 |
The Entertainment Gathering Monterey, California | |
| April 8, 2011 |
Mobilia Gallery Glass Quake Symposium Boston, Massachusetts | |
| April 30, 2011 |
MIT150: Under the Dome Cambridge, Massachusetts |
Stratton Student Center 2nd floor |
| May 27–August 28, 2011 |
Hallwylska museet Stockholm, Sweden |
Samtida konstglas från Murano — ur Fondazione di Venezias samlingar |