In March 2012, Cai Quo Qiang worked with over 100 local volunteers to create his exhibition "Cai Guo-Qiang: Sky Ladder" at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The exhibition featured three monumental drawings made from gunpowder explosions.This video shows the creation of each drawing, from the artist's loose sketching and stencil work, to gunpowder application, to ignition.

 

Director: Felipe Lima

Producers: Lana Kim, Jett Steiger, Bret Nicely

Cinematographer: Larkin Donley

 

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