This is kind of neat. In this video Ferenc Cakó gives a kind of performance by sculpting sand on a projector, called sand animation… but it’s much more impressive than it sounds. Some of the images he creates are beautiful. It is interesting too that each image is only temporary (in physical form anyway). Which is reminiscent of Tibetan Buddhist Mandalas, which take days to make and are then destroyed shortly after completion (in part) as a reminder of the impermanence of things on earth. Regardless of the point it’s pleasant to watch.
Apparently this took place at Sicaf in 2003. Sicaf is an animation and cartoon festival that happens in Seoul every year.
The only thing I find slightly disturbing is Cakó’s attempt at copyright on his website:
Live Sand Animation © is the idea, and the creation of Mr Ferenc Cakó. He created the Live Sand Animation Show in 1994. Nobody else did this before him, therefrore [sic] it is Copyrighted all over the world.
It seems he wants to copyright the idea of sculpting sand on a projector with a live audience. I certainly wouldn’t argue that his performances could be copyrighted, but that’s where it ends. You can’t copyright an art form. Not yet anyway. And besides, as I mentioned above, people have been creating sand art for a while now so clearly his work is derivative.
