Artists call it “hand memory,” knowledge that isn’t stored in the brain but in the body, and is activated when you start painting, sculpting or drawing. Şirin Bahar Demirel sets out to get an understanding of it. She wonders what memories are passed on through the hands, and whether we can read the aggressive nature of a painter from their brushwork, or the desires of a textile artist from their embroidery.
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Artists call it “hand memory,” knowledge that isn’t stored in the brain but in the body, and is activated when you start painting, sculpting or drawing. Şirin Bahar Demirel sets out to get an understanding of it. She wonders what memories are passed on through the hands, and whether we can read the aggressive nature of a painter from their brushwork, or the desires of a textile artist from their embroidery.
Movie / 2020
Movie / 1985
Movie / 2009
Movie / 2020
Movie / 2020
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2000
Movie / 2021
Movie / 2024
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2019
Movie / 2006
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2017
Movie / 1997
Movie / 1994
Movie / 2017