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 [Ellen Banks] Original Airdate: 6/15/1984 Length: 00:05:29 Item Type: newstape - edited story master Go back to main record. Full Description 1:00:46 Visual: Shots of a painting by Ellen Banks (painter). Callie Crossley reports that Banks' paintings resemble simple patterns of shapes and colors; that the patterns in Banks' paintings represent music. V: Shots of paintings by Banks. Classical music accompanies the shots. Footage of Banks saying that she studied music seriously; that she wanted to express the "feeling of music" in her painting. Crossley reports that Banks devised a mathematical formula based on a grid to use in her paintings. V: Shots of paintings by Banks. Audio of Banks saying that she went through a minimalist phase; that she used a grid pattern in her paintings which resembled the staff used in written music. Crossley reports that each painting by Banks is based on a piece of music. V: Shots of a painting representing a piece of music by Erik Sati (composer). Classical music accompanies the shots. Crossley reports that Banks reads the score before painting; that Banks does not listen to the music before painting. Crossley says that Banks does not want to be influenced by someone else's interpretation of the notes. V: Footage of Banks saying that the paintings began as a note-for-note translation of the music. Banks says that the paintings are now a "sound-for-sound" translation because she does not differentiate between bass and treble notes. Crossley notes that Banks has been painting in this manner for ten years; that she has been featured at the Lopoukhine Gallery since 1979. V: Shot of the exterior of the Lopoukhine Gallery on Newbury Street. Footage of Andre Lopoukhine (owner, Lopoukhine Gallery) saying that gallery visitors are intrigued by Banks's work; that many visitors want to know how Banks chooses a piece of music to paint. Lopoukhine says that Banks's work is original. Shot of a painting by Banks. Crossley reports that the colors chosen by Banks are subjective; that musicians can often hear the music when looking at her paintings. V: Footage of Banks saying that a musician approached her after seeing a show featuring a transcription of a piece of music by Mozart. Shot of a painting by Banks. Crossley reports that Banks started out with great classical composers. V: Shots of a painting by Banks. Ragtime music accompanies the shots. Footage of Banks saying that she has started working with pieces of music by Scott Joplin (composer); that Joplin's compositions are visually exciting. Banks says that she enjoys displaying a Joplin painting next to a Bach painting. Shots of a painting by Banks. Crossley reports that Banks has started working with spirituals as well. V: Shots of a painting. Shots are accompanied by the music of a spiritual. Crossley adds that Banks plans to continue her work. V: Footage of Banks saying that musicians perform pieces of music; that she makes paintings from pieces of music. |
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