oh my job after one hundred lives the ideals of the bombs are more relevant today than they were going to be sure of things to come ball speed. so we're shaping society. with ideas. post world report documentary starts january thirteenth on w. v. a. with just a week to go before christmas or getting ready for the celebrations with a special week of your imax i'm louise houghton and over here for the next half an hour taking you through the theme of the day which is creativity in winter. playing

it cool a visit to the i.c.'s music festival and the well. blown away how to make the path a bruising battle. that signature scripts by handwritten items still favor. each day this week we'll be focusing on the theme of winter and what you can do in this season be that for eating drinking or getting cozy today we look at cold weather activities both in and outdoors scandinavia is known for its extreme weather conditions and yet it is often the far north of no way that an outdoor annual kong's it takes place temperatures is so low that the instruments a made from ice that this consulate but that is no guarantee that they won't melt before this i was hired.

as day draws to a close in the norwegian ski resort to vi low and the temperature plunges to well below freezing you sometimes hear strange sounds for miles around. once a year one of the strangest and certainly oldest music festivals in the world takes place here on a frozen lake. the musicians play instruments made entirely out of. the audience members are impressed. this is really impressive thanks. i'm still wondering how they made it but it. was to experience. on the phone. in the car and on the. magic. norwegian percussionist teria is sunset

came up with the idea for the festival in two thousand and six he has an ecological message that he's. already heard of climate change and some of the things on the ice. and i think to some i'm told there. becomes very important commons all those things. the annual festival last three days and always attracts thousands of visitors. the twenty six musicians who will perform make their instruments themselves almost at the last minute before the concert. they use ice that's been collected from the frozen lakes around. to take some time to fine tune the instruments and find a suitable sound. which right new things.

hi normally. my job is to come up with a. particular program so yes so. this year we have these enormous to go on the thing probably also have the drums the african style drums of we haven't done before. the annual highlights is the midnight concert on the ilo as frozen lake it's an improvised from beginning to end . the musicians never know if their instruments will survive the two hour concert they tend to melt and the sound changes accordingly.

oh i. see a strange and unique music performed and they are to share. our new used to living as a cold temperatures the possibilities are endless i mean what is a few degrees even cooler and messy is out and frozen water wouldn't seem that ludicrous if you got used to it what it well that is what a less rancor and a group of filmmakers do in central finland they shoot videos upside down below the surface of the ice at first glance it looks like a sea bed but keep watching the direction of the bubbles and you'll soon say that there's no more to this than meets the eye.

their. label already become a hit on the internet the weird and nice clips from a finnish diving group led by a piece of uncut and you saw me. this is lakeside e.r.v.'s. once again the group of video artists meet up here and go diving under the ice to make their films. in winter the ice is up to hofmann beatific. currently. the main actor

a lizard uncut is preparing for his on camera performance and is fitted with special equipment the spikes on his shoe soles are especially important to prevent him from slipping on the ice. i believe dog. as a performer i always have to know exactly what i'll be doing before i dive under well because once i'm underwater it's difficult to communicate to go. his friend and cameraman. you get. above the ice and so takes care of the props. in the crazy to do this they're in the middle of nowhere. it is no notice at all. but it has. and it's from. acrobatic talent is a must and both performer and camera man have trained for this for

a long time. the diving gear provides enough buoyancy number less excellent orientation and perfect balance are required to work upside down under the frozen surface. suddenly up becomes down on the bottom of the icy surface transforms into a bizarre film set. the norms of nature are turned on the head as the team plays tricks on our perception. bubbles no longer float upwards but slowly sink to the ground. meanwhile the viewing figures of the crazy video from finland keep rising they've gone at more than five million hits.

the shoots can take up to an hour. just a minute so metal. always happy to finally get out of the icy water. there are so many underwater films in the world. with it but we put our own twist on it and the diving film. that's something special. and it's fun. whether they're fishing from underwater through a hole in the ice. sledding upside down beneath the surface. finish divers never seem to run out of crazy ideas.

and if you want to see well from the finish divers then you can easily search for them on you tube when you turn out to focus on two german artists who are lighting up forests for their projections and imagery within and it's a combination of techniques they bring life to the darkest of nights and images they produce magical and mesmerizing that you may also have preferred to not digitally manipulate anything in post-production so the key for them is in the preparation and that could take hours in the cold winter nights. glowing shapes in untouched nature surrealistic images from the short film lucid by the german artists collective. and none of this is done with computer

animation even images that seem inexplicable are real objects and were actually installed in the surroundings. tower. and for three fun sure put on lot of physical work and creativity into their art. among other things they use luminous and wires and objects to create their illusions. room we do this and the thing that blows it all depends on how you stage it to take. the techniques and materials i use range from household items for example the sphere shape as a layer from ikea to projections for example we have one shot with a triangle we cut it out of cardboard and then just objected a colored light onto it. the some point it would have a windows imprint. in twenty fourteen the artist duo shot the short

film bio luminescent forest here to all the light affects are projected directly into the setting rather than manipulating the images on a computer. direct my wad and run sure employ and even now bring technology for this called projection mapping parts of the forest are illuminated effects on irregular surfaces and textures are taken into account this requires not only a precise plan but also patients. especially when the illuminated objects are not only three dimensional but also an image. of the usually we only project light onto inanimate objects but we also wanted to use animals ones that don't move much or that hold still for a while but with a frog we have to film for five hours because it kept jumping away because. for

other projects the light artists bring a bit of nature into the city. for example their new project in paris in twenty fifteen i hunt astonished the audience. the jackson five a gigantic spider. first they had to build a cardboard model of the building and film the spider inside it then he projected the video onto the inside walls of the building for the illusion to be perfect the dimensions and perspectives had to correspond precisely. when says mr noir for us it's important to trying out new techniques for example in our next project we might work with fire or with water or whatever. with a wide range of things we don't want to limit our so i think that's what enables us to always have new themes and to be able to convey the feeling.

that i hunt will continue to create illusions in the future without image editing using physical exertion and ingenious idea. now of allowing the same people is usually something that you'll see kids doing in the summer time but as you know our show today is all about winter activities and strangely enough blowing bubbles can be done in the cold in fact if the conditions are frosty the bubbles were actually free and the crystal balls make a great subject. a different take on the concept of ice sculptures frozen bubbles. in subzero temperatures soap bubbles become rigid and won't pop when they collide with another object. as long as they stay frozen they can last for several days. for amateur photographers from

northern germany wants to take the perfect ice bubble at night the conditions are good hardly any wind that's when the bubbles freeze best. not to time august alsina before they look so magical and they're frozen a bit like a crystal ball and it's fascinating to record on camera the way i drive just a freak and gradually becomes this solid glow that tree. a time lapse video of a frozen bubble in the making at minus sixty three celsius in real time it takes two minutes. the perfect bubble mixes half dishwashing liquid in half water plus starch. because we're using sugar but you can also use glycerine or quark. it's just there to make the consistency a bit stronger so the bubbles are more stable when they're forming laws about it and. another chip use

a straw to blow them up they are easier to position and they hold better. than the long ago and are committed to being in the cold for long enough is what it looks like you really think. that if we touch it you cannot smartass. just like chewing gum yeah because like jewing i'm. the results of the ny times shooter quite spectacular a long stint in the cold paid off. and melanie are conducting their next experiment at sunrise they want to see the effect of a backlight but it's too windy this time in the bubble won't freeze completely. but they managed to get a decent picture. just in time. to

hamas rosen if you play for. frankenstein perfect. you were lucky when you meet a. businessman i thought it would be almost impossible in the wind. story for. the bubble hadn't frozen entirely but there are a few but literally ice crystals as soon as it's cold enough the four will be l. again on the hunt for that perfect ice bubble until then they'll have to make do with the regular variety and they're pretty nice too. i thought the images resembled bubbles that you have had on christmas trees as well very festive it is the time if the decorations of course and something that is popular as i have in many hinds during the holidays a candles we met up with a german artist who works with waxes have material of choice she loves the transparency of wax and the effects she gets when putting the lights behind them

has helped her receive well wife recognition. flowing room installations glowing objects. creations are made out of wax. he promotes starts her day in her studio at the stove where she melts large paraffin slabs she started out studying painting but in the meantime she's worked with wax for many years. it's the perfect material for the effects she seeks. to construct since the strands loosens men in claiming that something is there but you can't really see it. as it was and the blur ness that you have when you remember something it's never absolutely clear it's about trying to recapture impressions and feelings and i think the material i work with expresses that very well. when i'm back of alice the

. caliber from fishing i work with five different kinds of paraffin one of them gets a chapped surface when it cools. or and under the other extreme is one that creates an incredibly smooth surface on the hill i can affect that but in reality every slab i bore is always surprising for me and that's what keeps it interesting for me i'll type this one and. color light and form it's there interplay that creates the effect in your group told once. she's won many promises for works and she's exhibiting them all over the world here's one of her wax rooms in omaha nebraska. her work sponsors were shown in glasgow scotland.

seating made of wax also in glasgow at the lighthouse design museum. in her dancing water lilies piece she floated wax discs on a pond in toronto canada. in a good protos cast countless wax slabs and discs over the decades and melted countless ones down again into their color surface texture or degree of translucence didn't please or. one exam jets are stable as long as they are exposed to excessive heat or direct sunlight. the light source is in her wax lamps all burn cold. people who have bought my last repeatedly tell me that when they switch them on it's like turning on their hearts and the lamps bring a smile to their lips but what could be better than that. for.

a deal of this time of year is well now we end the show today by looking at the handwriting something that probably many of us have not done for a while but at christmas time it's fitting to have calligraphy on christmas cards and christmas party invitations the style is both traditional and festive and there are many people who make a living by bringing the beauty of this dying art form back to life. there was a time when everyone wrote with a flourish. today hand lettering is an art form that is ever growing in popularity . because it's not just visually appealing it's a rewarding past time. this old fashioned way of writing as taught in calligraphy workshops. it's hard actually because you want

a custom to that it's fun and you see results pretty fast. i only ever saw it on instagram and admired how beautifully some people are able to write mom could. calligraphy classes are growing in popularity in many places and germany is a case in point. i did a long workshop with expert chris confort in hamburg cost more than three hundred euros and attracts professional graphic designers as well as amateurs it's an analogue trend. is it my rebuttals i once heard that a technique turns into an art form when it becomes obsolete and maybe hand lettering popularity comes from the fact that nowadays people even type their grocery lists into their phones and generally write less and less by hand so there's a yearning to go back and take a pen in hand precisely because you hardly need one in daily life anymore.

chris comprehends made a career out of calligraphy apart from holding workshops she's written a book on hand lettering para labrat handwriting also graces the book cover she's been commissioned to design for publishers and agents. as the world goes digital many companies have recognized the appeal of adding a personal touch through hand lettering define are you mom i'm publishing is are currently doing everything they can to lend books a special and tactile touch so a font that you can tell is handwritten to. it's the bill i see it as a counter trend to all the polished surface as we have on our phones and computers . and drawing lettering that grabs the eye is a trademark of artists ryle see who boast one hundred thousand followers on instagram optical illusions are one of his specialties while he comes from the french speaking part of switzerland but he now lives and works in berlin. he calls his work one hundred percent analog. even when he draws computer pixels by hand.

whilst he creates logos for sporting goods farms and restaurants. he also shows his lettering art and galleries. i think that one of the main reason why i like to do it by is when you do it with your computer it can be as beautiful as you want but somehow it doesn't exist. it it's all need light and pixels whereas this is and then we can talk to it's here with us. after a few hours of intensive tutoring at the workshop in hamburg the novices are already producing some impressively swirling scripts mindfulness patience and dedication and lettering demands qualities that if they come rare in our fast paced world. rather than spelling an end to the art of handwriting it appears the digital

age is fueling its renaissance. unfortunately though that is the and all of our show today a focus changes each day of the week so do you keep watching i'm going to reveal what we have in store for tomorrow i'll be on the show tomorrow as well but the now from myself and all of the team here in the studio by. coming up on the next special edition of your amounts a look at the man otherwise known as roller man extreme athletes shani along to. class one of the best free riders in the world to evolve bikes now. and surfing in the most northern spot in the world that and more next time i'm sure on x. . the

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