He draws with gunpowder. In the Prado. What could possibly go wrong?
Documentary made for the exhibition that the Chinese artist Cai Guo-Quiang made in the Prado Museum. The film reveals all the secrets of the work of Cai Guo-Qiang, one of the great international contemporary artists, famous for his original explosion technique in his drawings thanks to the properties of gunpowder.
Direction
Coixet captures creative process with intimate patience
Practical Effects
Actual gunpowder drawings—zero CGI, maximum nerve
Production
Prado Museum as co-conspirator in beautiful madness
Director
Isabel Coixet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cai's gunpowder technique bridges Chinese invention heritage with Western museum canon—literally exploding the 'artist in residence' concept.
Isabel Coixet is a fiction filmmaker (My Life Without Me) making this her rare documentary—she approached Cai's process like character development.
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