This video draws the viewer inside Picasso's masterpiece Guernica which depicts the aerial attack on the town of Guernica in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War which essentially destroyed three-quarters of the city while the primary objective of the bombing--the bridge--was not hit at all. The painting is notable for conveying the pain, anguish, and suffering inflicted on civilians by war. Lena Gieseke video creation presents Guernica in a three dimensional framework that thoughtfully immerses the viewer into the painting and in 45 seconds contextualizes and conveys Picasso's message better than any art history textbook. At the least this video is a valuable tool for any professor or teacher lecturing on this piece.
In addition what intrigues me also about Gieseke's work here is the exciting and deft blending of old and new, analog and digital, the paint brush and the mouse.
Watch it here.