Traces a young boy’s venture into creating a sculpture of “found art”. He collects cast-off wood, metal and plastic objects from an amusement park and proceeds to a mud flat to create his figure. Other sculptures of similar materials are also assembled here in an open air “gallery”. As he works the film depicts the boy’s fanciful flights and shows the possibilities for artistic expression are infinite when aided by resourcefulness and imagination No commentary, music only.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
013408
Subject categories
Childrens Films → Children 12+
Childrens Films → Children 6-12
Childrens Films → Children's films - United States
Crafts & Visual Arts → Children's art
Crafts & Visual Arts → Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Found objects (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculpture
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Creative ability
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Imagination
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Expression in children
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)