In 2006 the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, invited Chihuly to work in their state-of-the-art hotshop, an amphitheater specifically designed to allow the audience to watch the action close at hand. Chihuly’s residency soon became the idea for this documentary as he set forth on an ambitious program that would reflect the sum total of his work in glass over the last thirty years. All thirteen of his best-known series were revisited along with more than forty artists and gaffers who had worked with Chihuly at the time of the inception of each series. Open this two-part set to reveal a DVD and book. The small hardcover contains more than ninety images laid out to create a viewing experience from the attendee’s perspective. “A breathtaking opera of light, sound, movement, grandeur, and daring creative energy.” Thomas Hoving, author and former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Chihuly in the Hotshop premiered on opening weekend at the 19th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2008. The film had its Northwest premier at the Museum of Glass and on KCTS this February 2008, in addition to a screening at the 31st Portland International Film Festival. Chihuly in the Hotshop will wrap up its 2008 film-festival tour with a screening at HDFest, a major digital-cinema festival being held in New York City in October at the Sony Wonder Technology Lab. If you were unable to attend the film festivals mentioned above, please search your local PBS station for available screenings. This program is being distributed by American Public Television beginning November 1, 2008. Chapter 1: Cylinders Chapter 2: Baskets Chapter 3: Seaforms Chapter 4: Macchia Chapter 5: Soft Cylinders Chapter 6: Persians Chapter 7: Venetians Chapter 8: Piccolo Venetians Chapter 9: Putti Chapter 10: Ikebana Chapter 11: Niijima Floats Chapter 12: Pilchuck Stumps Chapter 13: Fiori Directed by Peter West. Produced by Mark McDonnell for Portland Press. Music by Tom Tom Club. 2008 Portland Press All rights reserved 90 minute DVD 144 page book Liner notes by Matthew Kangas |
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