(12 Jul 2024)
RUSSIA SAND SCULPTURES
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
LENGTH: 6:11
ASSOCIATED PRESS
St. Petersburg, Russia – 11 July 2024
1. Various of sand sculpture
2. Various of sculptor working
3. Wide of sculpture depicting 13th-century Russian commander Alexander Nevsky and Russian poet Alexander Pushkin
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alyona Petrova, festival director:
"This year the festival is called ‘The Sun of the Russian Land’. We have chosen this theme, dedicating it to two legendary personalities who influenced the fate of Russia, probably in a very serious way. This is Alexander Nevsky, our faithful holy prince – we’re celebrating this year the 300th anniversary of the transfer of his relics to Saint Alexander Nevsky Monastery – and Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, the sun (star) of Russian poetry."
5. Wide of festival site
6. Various of sand sculptors working
7. Various close-ups of sculpture
8. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Alyona Petrova, festival director:
"The strongest sculptors of Russia are really gathered here, and I think that the jury will have a very difficult time choosing first, second, third place. I don’t know how they will cope with this, because the works are very strong, very beautiful, very creative. And the sculptors were so inspired that they started challenging for more: give us more sand, give us new forms, and more, and more they would increase and increase (their demands). We have brought in more than 700 tons of sand here now. We have created a beach here."
9. Wide of sculpture, sculptors on site
10. Various of sculptor working
11. Various of sculptures
12. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Maksim Bespalov, sculptor from Yekaterinburg:
"Sand is my favorite material. There is sun, a good team, friends I haven’t seen for a long time, communication. And at the same time, we create something for everyone, so that they can come and see, and be happy."
13. Various of sculpture
14. Various of sculptor Vadim Bondarets working
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vadim Bandarets, sculptor from Belarus:
"It was hard to cope with the weather, because, of course, we fix the works so that the rain doesn’t do any harm, but usually we do that when they’re completed. And here it rains every day and you have to finish one part, not fix it or decide, maybe not to fix it and risk it being washed away the next day. And of course, then it’s hard to smooth out the transitions (between parts) on different levels so that everything is neat. But, in the end, we managed it."
16. Various of sculptors working
17. Wide of sculptor Sergey Zaplatin working
18. Close of Zaplatin’s sculpture
19. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Zaplatin, sculptor from Yekaterinburg:
"My sculpture is dedicated to the Battle on the Ice (led by Alexander Nevsky). Indeed, today is our last day to finish it. We are trying to speed up and finish everything by the deadline without losing quality."
20. Close of Zaplatin’s hand as he works
21. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Sergey Zaplatin, sculptor from Yekaterinburg:
"Quarry sand is brought in and the formwork is built on several levels. Wooden frames are assembled. First, the first level is put in place, then the next, the next, and so you get a pyramid. So, the work is done from top to bottom. The upper form is disassembled and gradually, as it is completed, the form is disassembled and the sculptor goes down to lower levels."
22. Wide of sculpture by Indian sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik
23. Various of workers disassembling frames
24. Various of Pattnaik’s sculpture
25. SOUNDBITE (English) Sudarsan Pattnaik, sculptor from India:
28. Wide of sculpture
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