Shapes Form Figures

A short film featuring artist Lauri Laine

Shapes Form Figures, a short animated film, featuring Finnish painter, Lauri Laine. Directed and animated by Marga Doek. Laine is painting in his studio.
Shapes Form Figures, a short animated film, featuring Finnish painter, Lauri Laine. Directed and animated by Marga Doek. Shapes form figures.
Shapes Form Figures, a short animated film, featuring Finnish painter, Lauri Laine. Directed and animated by Marga Doek. Laine in his studio.

Lauri Laine is a Finnish painter known for his explorations of light and shapes in undefined space. His artwork has been heavily influenced by Italian Renaissance and Spanish Baroque art, particularly from the works of Francesco de Zurbarán and Diego Velázquez.

Plot summary: While Laine works on a painting, his early work of architectual shapes transform into musical intruments and gradully evolve into shapes that form figures.

This 3.30-minute film is an artistic interpretation of Laine's work, which blends video with 2D animation. It is designed to be screened along with Laine's artwork, and was first exhibited at the Galleria Heino in Helsinki, Finland in March 2018.

Credits
Directed and Animated by Marga Doek
Cinematography by Joni Juutilainen
Sound Design by Marga Doek and Toni Teivaala

Collection
Heino Collection

More about this series:
Paintings in Motion


Testimonial
"This film is a concise interpretation of the important process of change in my work. The film is original and unexpected and is both visually and technically of a high standard. It captures the atmosphere and essence of my work".

- Lauri Laine