Ellen Banks
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Callie Crossley reports on Ellen Banks (painter). Crossley interviews Banks, who talks about how she expresses music visually through her paintings. Crossley notes that the patterns of shapes and colors in Banks' paintings represent music. Crossley reports that each painting is based on a piece of music. The report includes footage from an interview Andre Lopoukhine (owner, Lopoukhine Gallery), who says that gallery visitors are intrigued by Banks's work. Crossley explains that Banks has based paintings on the work of composers Erik Sati, Mozart, and Scott Joplin. She adds that Banks has recently started working with spirituals. The report includes shots of Banks's work. Some shots of her paintings are accompanied by music
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.
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.
