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Student Exhibition #1

Release Date:January 1, 1943
Running Time:9 min
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Synopsis

At the end of the school year, students presented their work in an exhibition. The film begins with the production of wood hand sculptures and delicate wooden plates and bowls produced on a lathe. Moholy-Nagy in his signature white lab coat walks among students at work. Other student exercises are shown, including different forms of texture charts, a pillow of metal screening, a paper cutting exercise, weight-bearing paper struts, objects illustrating how wood can be made flexible, leading to the development of various forms of wooden springs for use in mattresses and chairs. The development of the Z-spring and its use in an armchair and in a mattress for a bed are demonstrated. Views of the annual student exhibition showing photography, hand sculptures, and paper constructions. A chair of bent plywood and the electric press used to shape it. An assortment of woven textiles from the Weaving Workshop is shown to a woman, seated in the plywood chair.

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