Caribbean Eye. Tape 1, Interview with Peter Minshall.

Christopher Laird interviews Peter Minshall. What he is trying to achieve with his work. What is mas. What principles does he use when he is designing a mas. How does he use and change the mas through design, to follow trends in the world of design, mas as a contemporary form of expression, maintain...

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Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Trinidad and Tobago : Banyan Archive, 1990.
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Summary:Christopher Laird interviews Peter Minshall. What he is trying to achieve with his work. What is mas. What principles does he use when he is designing a mas. How does he use and change the mas through design, to follow trends in the world of design, mas as a contemporary form of expression, maintaining also the traditional flow of the mas. What does he try to avoid in his mas, talks about midnight robber, jab molasie and what he tries to give to his masqueraders. How he sees his art, what is the process of him designing the band year after year. Mas as art and art as mas, use of painters wearing their work in his 1990 band. His early years designing. About the music, dance and art involved in Carnival, his life's work, his work on display in Brazil, back to the artists wearing their work.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 6, 2021).
Physical Description:1 online resource (22 minutes)
Playing Time:00:21:08