Alain Biet's Hypnotic Watercolor Film Features 7,200 Hand-Drawn Objects
French artist Alain Biet spent years meticulously drawing every object in his daily life in watercolor at 1:1 scale. The result is the 2018 video 'Grands Canons', a ten-minute film featuring 7,200 individual watercolor paintings of items such as green pencils, telephones, batteries, smartphones, TV remotes, light bulbs, and various electrical devices. Each object appears in its drawn form, categorized and sequenced to jazz music by Yan Volsy and Pablo Pico. The film was co-produced by Girelle Production and Bip-TV and has won several international awards. Recently published on Vimeo, the work invites viewers to pay attention to the seemingly insignificant aspects of everyday life.
Key facts
- Alain Biet created over 7,000 watercolor drawings of everyday objects.
- The video 'Grands Canons' was completed in 2018.
- The film runs approximately ten minutes.
- Objects are drawn at 1:1 scale in watercolor.
- Music is by Yan Volsy and Pablo Pico.
- Co-produced by Girelle Production and Bip-TV.
- The film has won several international awards.
- Recently published on Vimeo.
Entities
Artists
- Alain Biet
Institutions
- Girelle Production
- Bip-TV
- Artribune
- Vimeo