1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,800 The Bauhaus! It's best known for its striking modernist architecture, 2 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:12,000 attention-grabbing typography and stylish form-meets-function design. 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,120 But beneath all this was a pioneering art school 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:17,520 that revolutionised the way we teach art - 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,200 placing collaboration, experimentation with materials 6 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,280 and the flouting of art convention at centre stage. 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:29,960 The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius. 8 00:00:29,960 --> 00:00:32,800 But today, we're bringing its guiding principles 9 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:35,160 to a new generation. 10 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:37,000 In a unique experiment, 11 00:00:37,000 --> 00:00:40,280 we'll be bringing the radical ideas of the Bauhaus to life here 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,520 at Central Saint Martins in London 13 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,400 in...a Bauhaus takeover! 14 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:50,800 Over the course of a week, six Central Saint Martins graduates 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:55,320 across fine art, fashion, graphic design and architecture 16 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,520 will be taken back to basics to discover if the school's 17 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:02,240 ground-breaking approach to training artists still holds its power 18 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,680 100 years on. 19 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:06,600 It feels like I'm at a crazy boot camp! 20 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:09,040 I don't know what's coming next. 21 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:11,640 Each day, the students will be challenged to create 22 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:14,520 a new work of art, design or performance 23 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,000 sticking strictly to rules inspired by the artists who taught 24 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,560 at the Bauhaus, 25 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,880 from Oskar Schlemmer, the cutting-edge costume designer, 26 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:27,400 to Wassily Kandinsky, one of the early pioneers of abstract art. 27 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,680 The Bauhaus tore up the old rules of art and design 28 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,080 and placed radical new ones in their place. 29 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,640 Yes! 30 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:37,720 Setting the rules for our students will be key figures from 31 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:40,160 today's worlds of art and design. 32 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,360 Leaping and wild stamping of feet are absolutely essential. 33 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:44,840 Now, in my experience, 34 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:47,840 art school students don't like sticking to the rules, 35 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,520 so it'll be interesting to see how they cope with that! 36 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:52,480 Let the Bauhaus begin! 37 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,880 Welcome to our Bauhaus experiment. 38 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:14,560 Each day, you're going to be challenged to create something new. 39 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:20,040 And in each case, you must stick to the strict Bauhaus rules. 40 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:24,440 There are no tests, no grades and no winners, 41 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:27,760 but all the classes are compulsory. 42 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,080 Oh! And you'll be staging a Bauhaus party on Saturday, 43 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:33,880 so you might want to invite some people along to that. 44 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,360 Now, what does the Bauhaus conjure up for you? 45 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,120 Very minimal design. 46 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,600 I know there were some really great typographers involved. 47 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,000 I really don't know anything, so I'm kind of excited. Well, you're going to find out. 48 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:46,280 OK, get some nice warm clothes on, because 49 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:51,280 your Bauhaus experience begins on the roof! 50 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:57,920 Swiss painter and teacher Johannes Itten was invited 51 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:00,840 by Walter Gropius to lead a preliminary course 52 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:04,760 for the new students, the very first of its kind. 53 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:07,680 He was shaven-headed, strictly vegetarian 54 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,040 and people approached him only in whispers. 55 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:15,880 Itten believed that, to become successful artists, 56 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,480 students must gain a greater sense of self-awareness... 57 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:19,720 Thank you. 58 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:22,800 ..and artist Ian Whittlesea has studied the mysterious set 59 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,640 of exercises that were designed to achieve this. 60 00:03:26,640 --> 00:03:27,840 Welcome. 61 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:32,880 I'm here to help you discover your own true talents and temperament. 62 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,640 The key to all of the exercises are the breath. 63 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,800 And simply breathe slowly in... 64 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:40,440 MUSIC: Aerodynamik by Kraftwerk 65 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,840 ..and slowly out. 66 00:03:43,800 --> 00:03:45,000 Retain the breath... 67 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:47,920 ..and bend slowly forwards. 68 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:52,560 Following the horrors of the First World War, 69 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,800 the Bauhaus sought to create a new humanity, 70 00:03:55,800 --> 00:04:00,760 and Itten's exercises brought together body, mind and spirit. 71 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,240 I think it's like what they do in Japanese industry. 72 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:11,720 And it works there. It gets everyone kind of together. 73 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:13,280 Breath in, three circles. 74 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:16,120 It makes you realise that the day's about to begin. 75 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:17,360 And out. 76 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,400 The three circles. 77 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:24,640 Take your fist and touch the ground. 78 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:26,560 That's actually not a bad dance. 79 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:27,760 And down. 80 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:35,600 If you practice this regularly, you should be able to generate light 81 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,640 from within your own body. 82 00:04:37,640 --> 00:04:41,960 As you breathe in, raise your arms, keep your wrists loose 83 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,240 and hands dangling. 84 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:47,720 What's supposed to happen now is they create light 85 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,080 and it comes out of their body. 86 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:52,480 And it's said that if you enter a dark room, 87 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:55,600 you will see a glow on the end of your fingers. 88 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,520 So, now, we should be prepared for work. 89 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,000 Your body should be full of energy, 90 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,720 your mind should be fresh 91 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:07,040 and your spirit should be lifted. 92 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:11,640 It made me feel like I'm very grounded 93 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:13,600 and aware of my surroundings. 94 00:05:13,600 --> 00:05:16,480 It was bizarrely meditative. 95 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:18,240 I became really aware of my body. 96 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,760 Like, I noticed my hands were, like, slightly different sizes. 97 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,080 They are different sizes! It's really freaking me out! 98 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:25,840 LAUGHTER 99 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:29,520 Johannes Itten was part of a spiritual cult called Mazdaznan, 100 00:05:29,520 --> 00:05:33,040 which was deeply influential amongst students. 101 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,600 About half of the first group of Bauhaus students converted 102 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:39,080 with Itten to Mazdaznan. 103 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,920 So they followed a special diet and they shaved their heads. 104 00:05:43,920 --> 00:05:47,640 What Itten ultimately believed was that art was a way 105 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:53,080 towards humanity evolving to a total state of spirituality. 106 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:54,120 Erm... 107 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,200 Go for it, Itten! 108 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,800 Even the Bauhaus Canteen was subject to Itten's Mazdaznan takeover. 109 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:07,280 So, whether they liked or not, students were forced to eat 110 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:10,320 a rather potent garlic mush. 111 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,480 Everybody had to eat garlic mush. 112 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:16,040 People always said that you could smell them coming. 113 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,120 It smells great, though! It does! THEY LAUGH 114 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:21,120 I don't think I could have this every single day. 115 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,880 Compared to what I ate as a student, this isn't too bad. 116 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,000 You really like it! 117 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:29,080 Give me the recipe! THEY LAUGH 118 00:06:29,080 --> 00:06:32,920 The Bauhaus was a commune in those early years. 119 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:36,280 All of the students would have been eating the same thing. 120 00:06:36,280 --> 00:06:41,440 I'd no idea that the Bauhaus was so spiritual and mystical. 121 00:06:41,440 --> 00:06:44,400 It's almost like you're going to an art school - 122 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,960 and then you get there and you find out it's a monastery. Yeah. 123 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,960 Eventually, he came to see himself more as a religious figure 124 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:52,440 than an artist. 125 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:58,240 And the original Mazdaznan thought somehow became translated 126 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:01,040 into eugenics and race evolution. 127 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:07,680 And they had their own workshop in Switzerland, called Aryana. 128 00:07:09,280 --> 00:07:11,920 So there's a sinister side to it all as well? 129 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,760 How do you feel about it? 130 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,800 It's totally not what I expected. I didn't know... 131 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,600 No, nothing at all! ..this sort of darker side to things. 132 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:23,040 I don't know how I quite feel about the whole thing at the moment. 133 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,240 Itten's abhorrent views on race were not widely shared at the Bauhaus. 134 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:31,000 He was brought to the school not as a spiritual leader, 135 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:32,800 but as a radical teacher. 136 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,120 Itten believed artists should learn their craft 137 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,360 not by copying old masters, but by starting from the beginning again 138 00:07:41,360 --> 00:07:45,320 and rediscovering the most basic of materials. 139 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:48,480 Your task for today is to create an artwork that expresses 140 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,400 contrast of materials. 141 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,160 So you should think of rough and smooth, 142 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:55,800 light and dark, blunt and sharp. 143 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,560 All of your materials need to come from on the ground, 144 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:00,040 or from in the bins. 145 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,400 I've had a quick look in there. 146 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:06,760 There's a lot of rough and smooth, there's sharp, blunt. 147 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:08,000 The whole lot's in there. 148 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,400 Are you going after the chair? Yeah. Ah, fuck! 149 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:17,800 Oh, my God, garlic! 150 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:21,120 There's no better place to find materials than the bin! 151 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:25,040 This is the saddest party ever! I know! They're rock-hard. 152 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:27,160 I've been in this very skip quite a few times. 153 00:08:27,160 --> 00:08:29,320 So you've done all this rummaging around? 154 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:31,440 It started off at the Bauhaus and then ended up 155 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:34,680 in every art school as the first thing you ever do. 156 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:38,400 This is a tap 157 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,280 and a pool of some kind of white mulch that's come out of it... 158 00:08:41,280 --> 00:08:46,360 It's kind of like a condom filled with something. 159 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:50,840 OK, that's it. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, load up. 160 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:53,240 We'll ship it all out and get it up into the studio, 161 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,160 and make some fine art. 162 00:08:56,320 --> 00:09:01,040 Itten's reinvention of art education didn't end at the rubbish tip. 163 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,800 I've got here a blindfold for each of you. 164 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:06,400 And I'd like you to put the blindfold on each other 165 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,000 and feel some of your materials. 166 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:13,000 Itten believed that artists must engage all of their senses 167 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,120 to understand the true nature of materials. 168 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,080 It's light, but I'm feeling the sides, which I wouldn't have normally done. 169 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:23,080 It's still got some sort of life in there. I can smell what's in... 170 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:24,760 HE SNIFFS ..the inside. 171 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:30,000 Itten wrote, "The students had to explore this series of textures 172 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:31,480 "with their fingertips. 173 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:34,240 "In a short time, their sense of touch improved 174 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,360 "to an astonishing degree." 175 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,840 Slow down your breathing and think back to when we were on the roof. 176 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:43,760 And maybe, in that way, we'll get to a deeper understanding 177 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,040 of what it is. 178 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:46,480 Does that make any difference? 179 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:47,920 Not really. THEY LAUGH 180 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:49,080 Right, right. 181 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,360 Now, think about how the contrast between materials 182 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:54,920 reveals the essence of them. 183 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,840 You have an hour-and-a-half. 184 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:58,440 Now, you can begin. 185 00:09:58,440 --> 00:09:59,680 Right! 186 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:02,520 Time to take my senses on a tour of the room. 187 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,160 I have some essences to discover. 188 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:06,840 HE GROANS 189 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:09,400 It's that thing there. It's horrible! 190 00:10:09,400 --> 00:10:11,320 Oh, will you squeeze it? 191 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:12,720 HE GROANS I used to... 192 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:14,880 When I was a kid, I used to have nightmares like that. 193 00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:17,480 It was like rough and smooth, I used to dream in... Yeah. 194 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,040 ..in awful nightmares. And it's right there. 195 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:22,360 That's weird, that, innit? Sort of some sort of way. 196 00:10:22,360 --> 00:10:25,520 Cos you're touching something firm, and it's jelly-like. 197 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:27,760 Yeah, exactly! But I kind of like this just by itself. 198 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,840 But do you know what? I can't stop touching that. No! 199 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,840 It's kind of fun, isn't it? Yeah, it really is! 200 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,280 What's the overall purpose, then, of today's exercise? 201 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,960 I think, at heart, it's to allow the students 202 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:43,040 to discover a sense of play with things. 203 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:46,840 This activity allows them to engage with a huge number of materials 204 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,800 really quickly, 205 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:53,240 to discover which materials they have an inclination towards. 206 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,280 I'm looking at how the different objects and materials 207 00:10:57,280 --> 00:10:59,200 can work together, to balance each other out 208 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,440 and form a sculpture just by themselves. 209 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,800 Is that just balanced on there? Mm-hm. Yeah. Very fragile. 210 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:06,960 I didn't want to use any tools. 211 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,320 So, I'm kind of finding out about these grooves and things 212 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:11,360 that you wouldn't normally pay attention to. 213 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,360 The glass on top of the pumice... Yeah. 214 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,120 So what I'm looking at is how to identify the contrast 215 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:17,880 in materials, but through sound. 216 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:19,800 It's a new kind of piano, is it? 217 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:22,000 You're absolutely right! So you can trigger... May I? 218 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,160 Yeah, go for it, go for it! 219 00:11:24,160 --> 00:11:27,000 PIECES CHIME 220 00:11:30,560 --> 00:11:32,640 That's great! It's... HE LAUGHS 221 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:34,960 It's very impressive. Thank you very much. 222 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:36,440 It doesn't sound that great. 223 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,640 But you've got the touch, you've got the horror of...of that. 224 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,040 You've got everything going there. 225 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:44,560 And what have we got here? 226 00:11:44,560 --> 00:11:46,120 Got a bit of a beast. 227 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:51,600 I'm trying to completely destroy the shape of the original chair. 228 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:55,040 What my idea is, is that you'd touch this and try to break this, 229 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:58,000 whether you use your face, your elbows, your hands... You what? 230 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:00,240 Face? But rubber's quite soft and it protects things, 231 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,160 so I was kind of thinking, "Well, what if it does the opposite? What if it kind of hurts you?" Yeah. 232 00:12:04,160 --> 00:12:06,840 So you'd kind of like bash it with your face, 233 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:08,440 pop it with your mouth, 234 00:12:08,440 --> 00:12:10,160 kind of roll around in it... 235 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:11,600 ..while blindfolded. 236 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,560 As the Bauhaus students carried out these exercises, 237 00:12:14,560 --> 00:12:17,440 Itten was struck by their response. 238 00:12:17,440 --> 00:12:21,760 "They were overcome by a creative fever," he said, 239 00:12:21,760 --> 00:12:25,480 "and rediscovered their entire environment." 240 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:30,160 It resulted in fantastic creations which were, at the time, 241 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:32,000 entirely novel. 242 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:35,440 OK, everyone, time's up. 243 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,520 We'll quickly look at them all together, 244 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:42,000 and then each of you can talk a bit about how it was to make it. 245 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,400 I wanted to have these clouds that you kind of want to go to 246 00:12:45,400 --> 00:12:48,200 but then play with the desire of getting to the clouds, 247 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,280 and so I put the broken glass on there. 248 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,920 This is probably the one that looks most like 249 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,720 what they made at the Bauhaus. 250 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:58,000 And I've not cut, chopped or changed any of the objects. 251 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,880 They're all exactly how I found them. 252 00:12:59,880 --> 00:13:02,520 Itten would say that it naturally balances, 253 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,200 because you've found the... 254 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,240 Yeah. ..the innate tension within the materials. 255 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,000 Do you want to see a demonstration? Go on. 256 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,840 THEY LAUGH 257 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:16,960 One of the things I like most about it is that 258 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:19,880 there's so little evident work. Yeah. 259 00:13:19,880 --> 00:13:22,960 That's something that we can all take from this. 260 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,240 My piece was totally overworked - and slightly over-the-top - 261 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:27,520 but I quite like that. 262 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:31,280 Itten was interested in allowing people to reveal themselves. 263 00:13:31,280 --> 00:13:34,400 As long as it represents you and your thought now, 264 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:36,480 then it is successful. 265 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:38,960 I will be very honest - at the beginning, I kind of thought, 266 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,320 "I don't get how any of this is helping. I don't find it..." 267 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,680 But now, sitting here, I'm going, "Oh, I see it now!" 268 00:13:43,680 --> 00:13:47,280 I've been, like, re-learning and re-examining what I'm doing. 269 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,080 Everybody who's ever been to art school 270 00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:52,480 begins by doing a foundation course. 271 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:55,960 All of those foundation courses are still based largely 272 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,040 on the structure that Itten brought to them. 273 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:03,040 What appears to be a very extreme form of mysticism 274 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:07,600 is still bound up with how we teach our artists today. 275 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,520 When Itten departed after four years at the school, 276 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,840 many of his more extreme Mazdaznan practises left with him. 277 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:20,720 But vegetarianism, daily exercise and experimentation with materials 278 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:24,440 remained at the centre of life at the school. 279 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:27,840 And the Bauhaus remained a deeply spiritual place - 280 00:14:27,840 --> 00:14:32,000 in part through the influence of Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky. 281 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:37,320 Kandinsky had painted one of the first abstract artworks, 282 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:42,480 and he believed in a spiritual connection between shape and colour. 283 00:14:42,480 --> 00:14:47,320 Artist David Batchelor has returned to the theme of colour and geometry 284 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:49,480 frequently in his own work, 285 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,280 which you might have seen illuminating London's Southbank. 286 00:14:53,280 --> 00:14:56,800 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the artist, David Batchelor! 287 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:58,960 APPLAUSE 288 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:02,560 We're going to start with something really simple, which is a survey, 289 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,120 a little test I'm going to get you all to do. 290 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,080 The test involves taking three shapes - 291 00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:11,280 a triangle, a circle and a square - and three colours - 292 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,120 red, yellow and blue - 293 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:16,960 and giving each shape one of those colours. 294 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:22,000 But not arbitrarily - you've got to feel the relationship, OK? 295 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,080 Let's go and do it. 296 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,360 # I'm just mad about Saffron 297 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:30,400 # Saffron's mad about me... # 298 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:32,600 OK, ladies and gentlemen, you may turn over your papers. 299 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:35,880 # I'm just mad about Saffron... # 300 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,560 Very neat. 301 00:15:40,080 --> 00:15:42,160 But is it right? 302 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:46,560 In 1923, Wassily Kandinsky circulated this questionnaire 303 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:49,480 within the Bauhaus and beyond. 304 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:53,400 He hoped the results would establish a universal correspondence 305 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:55,560 between form and colour. 306 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,000 # They call me mellow yellow 307 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:00,360 # Quite rightly... # 308 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:01,560 The triangle... 309 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:05,360 Ah, dammit! 310 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:06,680 ..is yellow. 311 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:07,800 The circle... 312 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:11,960 ..is blue. And - 313 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,360 I hope I've got this right - 314 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:15,240 the square is red. 315 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:22,200 Kandinsky felt that there was an intrinsic, deep, interior reason 316 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:26,040 why these shapes and these colours HAD to belong together. 317 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,400 And if you were a real artist, 318 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:34,440 you could intuitively grasp those essential relationships. 319 00:16:34,440 --> 00:16:37,280 So we now have to find out whether you are real artists! 320 00:16:37,280 --> 00:16:39,120 First one... 321 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:41,080 Close, but no cigar. 322 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,480 Second one. 323 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,320 Oh... Oh, this one works! 324 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:46,720 Actually, it is, yeah! Whose is this? 325 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:47,960 Me! 326 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:51,480 No, this corresponds precisely to Kandinsky's formula. 327 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,800 I just knew that I wanted to put yellow with the triangle, 328 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,480 cos I always feel like yellow's quite an unsettling colour. 329 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,320 You said here, "Yellow's a warning sign." 330 00:16:59,320 --> 00:17:01,120 Yeah. And the warning sign... Do you drive? 331 00:17:01,120 --> 00:17:04,160 No, I can't drive. Good. THEY LAUGH 332 00:17:04,160 --> 00:17:07,800 There was only one other person who got it right, and that... 333 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,040 ..is me. THEY LAUGH 334 00:17:10,040 --> 00:17:15,200 So, the task we're going to set you today involves making something, 335 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:19,240 anything, that employs the three primary colours 336 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:20,920 and these three basic shapes. 337 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,200 Kandinsky believed that if you get these relationships right, 338 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,640 the whole work will have an inner harmony. 339 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:31,640 I want you to make your work with this feeling of harmony about it. 340 00:17:33,280 --> 00:17:35,800 While art students of the past had been taught to paint 341 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:40,400 landscapes and portraits, Kandinsky encouraged his students to explore 342 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:45,400 the creative forces of colours and shapes. 343 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,680 Blue had a depth, which was emphasised in a circle 344 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,800 and even evoked the taste of fresh figs. 345 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,640 I want all the colours and the shapes to harmonise together 346 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,480 and kind of evolve, in and out of each other. 347 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:02,520 Kandinsky fundamentally believed that certain colours 348 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:06,440 and certain forms and certain musical tones and certain moods 349 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:09,840 all had these almost magical correspondences to each other. 350 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:13,720 Itten was kind of quasi-religious, 351 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,840 and so was Kandinsky, and it seems to be like a recurring thing 352 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,480 in the Bauhaus. 353 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:23,280 It all sounds pretty wacky today, but immediately after World War I 354 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:26,720 you've got a world which appears to be falling apart. 355 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:30,920 And they're trying to stick it back together again - in a new way. 356 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,600 The artist becomes this figure who can somehow lead to the world 357 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:36,040 on their spiritual quest. 358 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:40,320 So, come up and join me here in my heavens. 359 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,120 Are you guys going to keep within these...? 360 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,200 The colours that he told us, what the rules were? 361 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,640 I'm not going to stick to what was set. You're not sticking to those colours, yeah? 362 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:49,840 No, I mean, there's a reason why all mine were wrong, 363 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:51,520 cos I don't agree with it, so... 364 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,560 I'm doing what I did in the questionnaire, 365 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,440 not what Kandinsky did, 366 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,120 because I trust myself more than Kandinsky - 367 00:18:58,120 --> 00:19:00,920 which is probably a rookie error. 368 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,880 I'm not sure if I agree with the colours. 369 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:03,840 You rebel! 370 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,680 But I'm quite enjoying the rigidity. 371 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:09,200 Well, David, what do you think? 372 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,480 A lot of them have disregarded all of Kandinsky's rules. 373 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:14,360 Well, frankly, I'm delighted. 374 00:19:14,360 --> 00:19:16,640 What are they going to get out of today? 375 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:20,240 If you can radically limit, you know, the shape and the form 376 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:21,920 and colour that you can work with, 377 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:25,200 it gives you something to push against. 378 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,440 Kandinsky believed that students should start 379 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:33,720 from the simplest forms and work up from there. 380 00:19:33,720 --> 00:19:36,440 It's a bit weird for me cos I never work with, like, straight lines 381 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,400 and these primary colours. 382 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:41,080 You could take the circle or the triangle... 383 00:19:41,080 --> 00:19:45,080 ..and then destroy them. Mm! You could slice them up. 384 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,400 It feels like I'm back at primary school or something. 385 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:49,440 And I haven't discovered mixing yet. 386 00:19:49,440 --> 00:19:51,240 What I'm going to make is a lantern. 387 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:53,600 And the lantern's going to be called My Bau-House. 388 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,080 Are you going to paint it? Yeah, I'll paint it. 389 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,640 And then the clay will hopefully air-dry with the paint on it. 390 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:02,400 Takes a while for it to air-dry, you know. 391 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,440 Fingers crossed! 392 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:10,000 So, I was thinking of making a kind of garment all cut out of triangles. 393 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,920 Yeah. So that's an iron-on foil. 394 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,720 Do you know how it works? 395 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,440 LAUGHS: No. It just happens... Not a clue! 396 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:22,080 There's some ambitious designs here, but the clock is ticking. 397 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:24,320 Will they crack under pressure? 398 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,680 Collapse under the weight of expectation? 399 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,320 Fall at the final hurdle? 400 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,200 I've not actually used this before. 401 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,520 OK, nothing happened! SHE LAUGHS 402 00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,720 I really don't like working with primary colours, 403 00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:40,000 so that's why I'm a bit stressed at this task! 404 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,360 So, the good news is, the walls are done. Ay! 405 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:46,480 The bad news is, it's not drying as quick as I thought it would. 406 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,040 Ah! Yeah! 407 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:49,480 Oh. No. 408 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:51,360 I'm making a full alphabet. 409 00:20:51,360 --> 00:20:54,160 I've got to M - and I've got less than an hour left. 410 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,760 We usually put a fixer on it. 411 00:20:56,760 --> 00:21:00,360 OK, I think I got the wrong idea of what this foil actually does! 412 00:21:00,360 --> 00:21:02,480 SHE LAUGHS 413 00:21:05,080 --> 00:21:08,320 Students, you have 45 minutes left... 414 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:11,720 WHISPERS: Shit! ..so make good use of it. 415 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,320 My foiling didn't work. I've had to Spray Mount them all. 416 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,920 I'm trying to think of household items that I can deconstruct 417 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:20,760 in a simple way. 418 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,200 What is this? A seesaw? 419 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:23,840 It's a shoe. Is it? 420 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,280 It's a shoe, yeah! 421 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:28,680 Oh, don't ask about that one. THEY LAUGH 422 00:21:28,680 --> 00:21:31,600 Is that the saucy one? Yeah. 423 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:32,920 "Sex aid"? 424 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,840 I mean, if that's a sex aid, then surely the teapot could be as well. 425 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,320 Depends on what you're into. 426 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,960 Well...I'd probably go for the teapot. 427 00:21:44,960 --> 00:21:47,800 I can see that it's the alphabet. Mm-hm. 428 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:50,440 But I'm not entirely sure if I'll finish... Is that A? 429 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,760 ..all 26 by the end of this time. 430 00:21:52,760 --> 00:21:55,920 Can you...? Can it be a shortened alphabet? No. 431 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:00,720 At the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition, Kandinsky's correspondence theory 432 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,600 could be seen everywhere - 433 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,960 from a mural design to a child's cradle. 434 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:09,480 All right, people. Time's up. 435 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:13,320 Finish your artworks and bring them over here for display. 436 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:18,640 It's still... It's still wet. 437 00:22:18,640 --> 00:22:20,120 I can't pick it up. 438 00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:21,320 You're going to have to! 439 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,120 Otherwise, you're disqualified - from life! 440 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:30,760 I think you've been extraordinarily resourceful with very limited range 441 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:33,360 of stuff to work with, and I think that's the point. 442 00:22:33,360 --> 00:22:35,280 This was my kind of failure. 443 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,360 And I became really interested in the kind of off-cuts, 444 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,680 so this is now a do-it-yourself Kandinsky. 445 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:45,080 Even though it sounds quite strict - what the Bauhaus was up to 446 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,600 with these rules - I think there actually was plenty of room 447 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:49,280 for improvisation. 448 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:51,600 And I think, often, with art, the bits that are left over 449 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,800 have a sort of life and a charm to them that the art doesn't have. 450 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,200 Who did these small bits of felt? 451 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,440 Those would be me. 452 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,920 I quite like the way you got the... 453 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,320 The sewn line provides a different kind of linear element. 454 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,600 These actually look very much like little Bauhaus experiments. Yes! 455 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:10,240 What have you got - six, 12, 15 different designs? 456 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,280 What, for example, is this one? 457 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:14,680 It's a sofa. 458 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:16,240 Obviously. 459 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,400 This one? That is a teapot. 460 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,120 This one's interesting. What's that? 461 00:23:21,120 --> 00:23:23,320 Oh, God, you're making me say it! 462 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:26,600 You said they're all going to be sort of household, domestic things? 463 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:28,040 Yeah, they are! They are. 464 00:23:28,040 --> 00:23:30,760 So where would you find that? Erm... 465 00:23:30,760 --> 00:23:33,320 In a couple's bedroom. Uh-huh. Yeah. 466 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:35,240 What's it...? Is it a butt-plug? 467 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:37,040 THEY LAUGH 468 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:38,840 It's a butt-plug! 469 00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:44,400 After completing a successful work, Bauhaus students would sometimes 470 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,520 mark the occasion with a candlelit celebration. 471 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,120 I think it would be interesting to still spend more time on this 472 00:23:50,120 --> 00:23:54,040 and think about harmonising and balancing these colours and forms. 473 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:56,360 I think it made a difference yesterday, starting with 474 00:23:56,360 --> 00:23:59,160 the breathing exercises, and it was very calming. 475 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,080 And then, today, we started with a test. 476 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,480 It's like, "Do you think you know about colour? You don't." 477 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:04,960 THEY LAUGH 478 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,000 I really liked today, just having the rules - 479 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:09,200 and either make them or break them. 480 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:12,120 I got on with it much better than I did yesterday. 481 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:15,800 Kandinsky transformed students' understanding of what it meant 482 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:17,000 to be an artist. 483 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,320 But the school's founder, Walter Gropius, 484 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,200 had radical ideas of his own. 485 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,240 An architect by trade, he encouraged students 486 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:29,400 to direct their artistic gaze to the practical world around them - 487 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,080 rethinking the modern home in keeping with 488 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:34,040 the spirit of the times. 489 00:24:35,120 --> 00:24:38,240 The Bauhaus forged relationships with leaders of industry 490 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:42,960 across the country, and today will be no different. 491 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:45,720 Ladies and gentlemen, today, please welcome 492 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,120 Kate Butler, the head of product design at Habitat! 493 00:24:49,120 --> 00:24:51,000 APPLAUSE 494 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:56,400 This chair that you can see is one of the most iconic designs 495 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,880 of the Bauhaus. 496 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,840 Marcel Breuer took the inspiration from the handles of a bicycle. 497 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:06,200 He just stripped it right back to its purest, simplest form. 498 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:09,880 It sort of floats in these geometric, simple shapes. 499 00:25:09,880 --> 00:25:13,200 It does look like it could have been made yesterday. 500 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,600 I can see Dominic sitting in that. 501 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,320 You're looking good in that. It's actually really comfortable. 502 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,560 It's almost a little bit intimidating, the chair, 503 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:22,960 because it's kind of perfect. 504 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,040 I can't... I don't see how I could improve it in any way. 505 00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:31,200 Breuer's Wassily Chair was revered for its continuous line design. 506 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,680 And his tubular steel furniture completely reimagined 507 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:36,680 the modern home. 508 00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:39,520 For today's task, you are going to create 509 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,800 a functional item for the home. 510 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,840 Form must follow function, 511 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:48,120 and you will only be able to use basic techniques to create it. 512 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:49,680 I can't do simplicity. 513 00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:52,640 I always just go overboard. THEY LAUGH 514 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,640 You're going to be working in the metal workshop, 515 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,400 and you're going to be paired up for this. 516 00:25:56,400 --> 00:25:58,400 So, use each other. 517 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:02,680 There was a view at the Bauhaus that women couldn't think in 3-D, 518 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,280 so... 519 00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,000 ..see what you make of that! 520 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:09,080 Can you...? Can you think in 3-D? 521 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,040 Well, we've got to prove that wrong. 522 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,200 Let's go and prove them wrong! 523 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:17,520 After their first year, everyone entered specialist workshops. 524 00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:20,200 But student Marianne Brandt wrote, 525 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,920 "The general opinion was that the metal workshop 526 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,640 "was no place for a woman." 527 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,520 We're going to start with sketching your ideas on paper. 528 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:32,120 You have one hour. 529 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,200 Which ones are our favourite? 530 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,760 Yeah, T-bone cafetiere I really like. 531 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,320 The function is to mainly just make a nice cup of coffee. 532 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,200 In my head, it would normally be like function follows form, 533 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:47,120 because I don't normally make things that have a function. 534 00:26:47,120 --> 00:26:48,880 In a departure from the past, 535 00:26:48,880 --> 00:26:53,440 the Bauhaus gave equal weight to craft as it did fine art. 536 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,840 Students were encouraged to create everyday objects that would serve 537 00:26:56,840 --> 00:26:59,920 the needs of the modern individual. 538 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:03,800 When I'm sat at the table, at home, eating my dinner with my family, 539 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,880 I always feel bad for my dog. He's, like, left out on the floor. 540 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:09,920 So we thought we could build, like, a dog highchair. 541 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:12,360 But then... So your dog's eating with you at the table? Yeah! 542 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:13,600 So he's kind of on our level. 543 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:15,600 Do the rest of the family agree with this? 544 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:16,880 I doubt it. 545 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:19,120 It could have, like, a detachable cage, 546 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:22,360 depending on how much you trust your dog. 547 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:24,840 We're thinking about the needs of millennials today. 548 00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:28,040 So what is it? It's a portable birdbath... 549 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,040 Slash feeder, slash perch. 550 00:27:30,040 --> 00:27:34,320 You can put this on your bird sill so you can encourage nature to come. 551 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,880 Yeah, we... But what if you get, like, a kind of brutal pigeon 552 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:41,000 that's going to land down? It's going to kick it over, innit? 553 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:42,440 Yeah, it might do. Maybe... 554 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:46,840 Maybe you get some hooks and hook it over your bird sill. 555 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:49,560 Right, everyone. Time is up. 556 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:51,480 Let's start with the function. 557 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,320 So we wanted to look at millennial urbanites 558 00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:57,760 who are moving from flat to flat all the time... Yeah. 559 00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:01,960 You know, your traditional birdbath is this massive stone kind of thing, 560 00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:04,400 and you need a garden. The idea is a good one. 561 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:07,120 You know, adapt to what modern life is like. 562 00:28:07,120 --> 00:28:09,400 It's just that you don't want it to get fussy. 563 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,120 We've created a highchair for dogs. 564 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,800 It's got two frames, which would kind of create the height, 565 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:22,480 and then we've got one sheet of metal, which will include the ladder 566 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,840 and the seat and the eating plate. 567 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,800 The ladder? Yeah! 568 00:28:28,800 --> 00:28:32,760 So, practically speaking, how is the dog going to get up the ladder? 569 00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:34,200 Climb up! 570 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,680 We have got a cafetiere. 571 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:37,400 You have no plunger mechanism... Yeah. 572 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,000 ..so it wouldn't actually work. 573 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:41,560 We just haven't figured out, in terms of actually working... 574 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,120 Actually making it work. Yeah. 575 00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,880 Luckily, Ricky's on hand. 576 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:50,640 Alongside their artist teachers, Bauhaus students were trained 577 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:53,560 in manual skills by specialist technicians 578 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:55,520 known as masters of craft. 579 00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:59,400 It's actually quite difficult to make a cutting like this. 580 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,240 You'll get a weak point there. Yeah. 581 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,520 Might need to think about an external handle. 582 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:06,200 We haven't got that long, so chop chop! 583 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:10,000 In the early days of the Bauhaus, Gropius complained that the students 584 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:11,880 were lacking a sense of craft. 585 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,960 He said, "Apprentices? Journeymen? 586 00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:18,440 "At present, these terms are a joke!" 587 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,880 That's actually...terrible. 588 00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,400 THEY LAUGH 589 00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,840 I think... Just really bad! 590 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:27,440 We're a bit behind. 591 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,360 We've had to re-measure everything. 592 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:32,360 Being in the all-female team... 593 00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:35,720 We've got a lot of responsibility on our shoulders. 594 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,480 Walter Gropius wrote, "Whether a container, 595 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:44,000 "a chair or a house, it must perform its function in a practical way 596 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:48,840 "and be durable, inexpensive and beautiful." 597 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,920 Do you think our students are on to anything in there? 598 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:53,360 There was stuff to work out. 599 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:56,000 The cafetiere, I don't think that they've reconciled 600 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,480 what it actually is - 601 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,200 what does the mechanism look like? How's it going to pour? 602 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,040 The function might be compromised. 603 00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:06,480 But through failing and struggling and adapting, 604 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:08,800 it, hopefully, will have improved. 605 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:13,360 How's it going over here, then? Huh? Huh? 606 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:14,640 It's going well. 607 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:17,880 When that's full of coffee, it's going to be pretty weighty. 608 00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:19,920 That's true. Could you say this is a model, 609 00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,320 but twice the size, just so... 610 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:24,560 LAUGHS: Yeah. We've scaled it up. Yeah, we've scaled it up. 611 00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:28,440 Collaboration was one of the founding principles of the Bauhaus, 612 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:32,480 but will today's pairings prove fruitful, or will the students 613 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:35,160 be left with no bananas? 614 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,800 Nice cut! SHE LAUGHS 615 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:38,800 Oh, it went down the back! 616 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:41,400 It's kind of quite... Skewed a bit there. ..curved. 617 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,920 Yeah, put loads on. 618 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:50,240 Trying to fashion some sort of handle on it. 619 00:30:50,240 --> 00:30:54,200 Oh, it's the old handle problem! Yes. It's the handle problem. 620 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:57,600 Wow! That's all I've got to say about this. 621 00:30:57,600 --> 00:30:59,320 We've got a dog now. 622 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:03,360 It's looking good. 623 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,120 We're trying to make the nest. 624 00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:06,720 Oh, look, it's working! 625 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:10,400 OK, everyone, time's up. 626 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:13,600 Put down your glue guns and pop rivets. 627 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:17,880 Kate's going to be here any second now to judge your work 628 00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:19,440 in a designer-ish way. 629 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:23,040 So, bring it all over. Let's lay it out. 630 00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:27,280 The cafetiere, the bird feeder, 631 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:31,720 the dog table...walking device. 632 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,120 I don't know how easy a dog could climb up this. 633 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,080 It might be a bit slippery. 634 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,360 But, actually, I can see that continuous line spirit 635 00:31:39,360 --> 00:31:40,960 of the Wassily Chair. 636 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:45,000 It has to be celebrated cos it's a very original idea. Yeah. 637 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,760 I think the proportions are wrong... Yeah. 638 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:52,800 ..cos it is huge and it's sort of mass catering-style cafetiere. 639 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:56,560 Let's think of it as a coffee pot bringing art and design 640 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,040 to a building site. 641 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:02,040 And a lot of builders, they were very thirsty. 642 00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:06,280 Wow! There's also the bath... 643 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,800 Oh, you've done the Breuer! Inside. Yeah. 644 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:11,520 And the storage place for the birdfeed. 645 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,440 And what about the base? 646 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,480 Actually, we kind of wanted to have that continuous line. 647 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,400 It looks very neat and sharp, and kind of quite pure. Yeah. 648 00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:23,440 So it seems it's the women what won it. 649 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,400 Female students may have been discouraged 650 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,280 from entering the metal workshop, but Marianne Brandt rebelled - 651 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:33,560 producing some of the Bauhaus's most enduring designs. 652 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:37,600 I was a bit nervous this morning when Kate mentioned about 653 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:39,480 the girls in the Bauhaus. 654 00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:43,320 And then when Kate liked it at the end, I was just like, "Ah, yes!" 655 00:32:43,320 --> 00:32:46,920 I think it really helped me to see how you can fuse, like, 656 00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,360 fine art with product design. 657 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,640 Working with Lizzy today - a fine artist - 658 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:53,240 like, I've not done that before. 659 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,080 So I think that was, like, the most different, 660 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,440 but, I think, the best part. 661 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,320 I didn't do that much collaboration with my foundation, 662 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,560 so I think it's nice being able to work with someone. 663 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:05,320 I think it worked really well, and I kind of wish we'd have had 664 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:07,800 more opportunities like that at university. 665 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:10,400 Bauhaus is the cornerstone of contemporary design. 666 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:13,920 We use the principles every day. 667 00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,360 From lighting to wallpaper 668 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,520 to chess sets, the work produced by the Bauhaus 669 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:23,640 was unrecognisable from that of art academies before it. 670 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:26,440 But sculptor Gerhard Marx warned, 671 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:30,640 "Production must never be allowed to become the goal in itself. 672 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,360 "Otherwise, the Bauhaus will become just another factory." 673 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:40,080 The appointment of Hungarian artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy ensured that, 674 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:44,920 far from a factory, the school became a hive of experimentation. 675 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,800 He encouraged students to seek out fresh perspectives 676 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:52,000 through new media, like photography. 677 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,200 Please welcome Constanza Isaza Martinez. 678 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:57,160 Constanza is at the forefront 679 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:59,880 of today's experimental photography scene. 680 00:33:59,880 --> 00:34:02,800 For today's task, you must create a photograph that explores 681 00:34:02,800 --> 00:34:05,000 the theme of light and shadow. 682 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,200 The only catch is, you can't use a camera. 683 00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,160 Yes! What? 684 00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,680 I have no idea what to expect. 685 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:15,320 But I bet you take loads of photographs on your phone. 686 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,440 I know nothing about the old techniques. 687 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:21,040 All you've got is some chemicals and a piece of paper. Yep. 688 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:24,440 Moholy-Nagy breathed new life into cameraless photography 689 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,640 with what he dubbed the "photogram". 690 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:31,360 It involved simply placing objects on light-sensitive paper 691 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,600 and exposing them to light. 692 00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,440 What we're going to be doing here is the kind of 693 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:38,640 planning and design phase. What you see here, when it's black, 694 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:40,720 it's going to be white in your print. 695 00:34:40,720 --> 00:34:42,920 How's that? THEY LAUGH 696 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,960 Does it work? You can even see eyelashes. 697 00:34:45,960 --> 00:34:52,040 I remember doing this in the '80s, when photocopiers first appeared. 698 00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,520 With your face? 699 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,320 No, with my arse. LAUGHS: That's what I thought! 700 00:34:56,320 --> 00:34:59,560 What did Moholy-Nagy bring to the photogram? 701 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,040 Well, Moholy-Nagy was really interested 702 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:07,280 in the abstract possibilities of the medium and in a new way of seeing, 703 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:12,000 and just a way of using the medium that really pushed the limits 704 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,640 of what people had thought photography was capable of. 705 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:18,400 For Moholy-Nagy, the preparation was key. 706 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:23,360 He said, "The choice of object, segment, light and shadow 707 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,600 "are highly creative, artistic decisions." 708 00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:29,000 Is that the salt? Yeah. 709 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,800 I'll be honest, I'm a bit bored, cos I just want to go up there and play. 710 00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,600 I don't like this sense of planning, 711 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,920 which is a bit anti-Bauhaus, in a way. 712 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:38,360 I'm really looking forward to being in the darkroom, 713 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:41,240 cos, at the moment, I've just been taking those photos on my phone. 714 00:35:41,240 --> 00:35:44,040 Yeah, I've never been in one, so I don't even know. 715 00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:49,000 Remember that your paper is not sensitive to red light, 716 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,640 so a piece of this would be the same as having a black sheet on top. 717 00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:58,280 At the Bauhaus, Moholy-Nagy worked in makeshift dark rooms 718 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,240 with his wife, Lucia. 719 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:05,280 Today, the students will be assisted in the dark room by Melanie King 720 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:09,040 from the London Alternative Photography Collective. 721 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,320 What on Earth's happening here? 722 00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,520 So I want to look at the movement of my hand. 723 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:17,040 Ready? One, two, three. 724 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,000 As Amar exposes his image, 725 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,680 everything he blocks out to light will be white. 726 00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,600 Well-timed! Great! 727 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,120 My heart was beating. 728 00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,120 Now for the developing stage. 729 00:36:29,120 --> 00:36:30,600 What will emerge? 730 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,040 Wow, look! Oh, wow! Getting a long exposure. 731 00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:34,680 That's worked really well. 732 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,440 You spent all of last night practicing 733 00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,160 turning your hand over in five seconds. 734 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,520 OK. One, two, three. 735 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:48,360 Oh, wow! Ooh! 736 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:53,600 I'm going to be a bit...weird, and chew the paper. 737 00:36:53,600 --> 00:36:56,120 Goodness! You forgot to put the kitchen sink on. 738 00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,080 Wispy! Mm! 739 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:05,560 It's like when you push your face deep into a hedge. 740 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:10,920 I'm going to make my own tribute to Moholy-Nagy, 741 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:14,400 who reinvented the self-portrait with his photograms. 742 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,920 But I've moved on since the 1980s. 743 00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:20,040 This time, I'm going to use my face! 744 00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:22,520 Wow! 745 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,960 It does look a bit like smoke... 746 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:26,800 ..and balls, doesn't it? 747 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:30,120 I think it looks like a black cat in a wig. Yeah! 748 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,760 OK, I'm going to leave you to do your second one. 749 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,560 I look forward to seeing the results. 750 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:40,840 They're going to be the eyes, hopefully. 751 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:43,520 Gloves as hair. 752 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,160 Fabulous. 753 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:50,480 Moholy-Nagy was trying to get a very deep connection 754 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:53,880 with his materials and a really deep understanding of how they worked 755 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,800 and how they reacted to certain things. 756 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:57,240 Oh, my God! 757 00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,480 Half of it white. Yeah, why is half of it white? 758 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,560 It might be the red cellophane. 759 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,880 I just think that this is very relevant, artistically, 760 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:11,800 because people are really striving for that hands-on way 761 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,680 of making images. 762 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:14,760 Ooh! 763 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,200 Hello! 764 00:38:18,200 --> 00:38:21,360 Let's see if we can guess who did which. 765 00:38:21,360 --> 00:38:23,600 Erm...Dominic? 766 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:24,800 No! 767 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:25,920 Amar. 768 00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,560 Nailed it, yeah. Yeah? Yeah. 769 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,080 Cos it's that flash-style hand. 770 00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:31,680 That one. Who did that? 771 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:32,760 Me! 772 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:34,280 It went a bit wrong, though. 773 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,160 So, yeah, what happened there? Cos I had the cellophane, 774 00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,000 which I thought was clear. 775 00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:42,120 But it turned out it was orange, but you can't see it in the darkroom, 776 00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:43,960 and it completely blocked the light. 777 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,720 Is this supposed to look like a face? 778 00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:48,480 Yeah! Yeah. THEY LAUGH 779 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:51,560 It's very playful, isn't it? I just wanted to have fun with it. 780 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:53,880 You've been really, really experimental in your approach, 781 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,360 and really creative, I think, 782 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:58,840 in your choice of object and your compositions. 783 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,120 It's really made me... 784 00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:02,760 ..look at the materials. 785 00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:04,960 Like, the beauty that is kind of found in this, like, 786 00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:06,400 cellophane or clingfilm - 787 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:09,840 these everyday materials, like, we just never think about. 788 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,320 You know, this has made me realise how powerful light can be - 789 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:13,960 to create something so beautiful, 790 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,400 something so inspired in just a short amount of time. 791 00:39:16,400 --> 00:39:19,160 So that's been, like, the most eye-opening thing, I think, for me. 792 00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:22,240 Moholy-Nagy manipulated his distinctive photograms 793 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:24,840 to create strikingly modern images 794 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:28,520 in the emerging field of graphic design. 795 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,680 To experiment in this new medium, 796 00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:34,880 a printing and advertising workshop was set up at the school. 797 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:37,880 At its helm was Austrian designer Herbert Bayer, 798 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:42,000 a former student who designed the famous geometric lettering 799 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:43,720 on the Bauhaus building. 800 00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:48,040 His work has had a huge impact on graphic designer Neville Brody, 801 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:51,480 best known for his bold designs for The Face magazine. 802 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:52,920 Neville Brody! 803 00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,040 Thank you, Jim. 804 00:39:56,040 --> 00:39:58,800 Tomorrow evening, you're going to have a costume party. 805 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,080 And the theme is going to be metal. 806 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:05,160 The challenge today is to create a poster to promote this. 807 00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,840 The poster has to be communicating the subject really clearly. 808 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,160 And it has to be attention-seeking. 809 00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,800 So, I'm sure you guys are going to be well up for all of that. 810 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:15,800 There's only... 811 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,520 There's only two rules - 812 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,960 you can't mix upper case and lower case. 813 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:25,200 And you have to include an element which is part of a new language, 814 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:26,840 which you're going to invent. 815 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:30,320 This, out of all the days, is the most on home turf for me. 816 00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:31,840 Is your brain whirring? 817 00:40:31,840 --> 00:40:34,160 No, it's really, really blank! Is it? This is so... 818 00:40:34,160 --> 00:40:36,200 You've got no ideas? This is so unusual to me. 819 00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:39,040 Don't worry, and just be crazily imaginative. 820 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:42,080 I've got an example here of Herbert Bayer typography. 821 00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:45,480 I mean, it's quite amazing, really, how modern this looks. 822 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,840 I really don't like that. It just makes... You don't like it? 823 00:40:47,840 --> 00:40:49,320 It makes it hard to read. 824 00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,520 But it communicates the theme accurately, 825 00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:55,080 which is a kind of crazy costume party. 826 00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:57,840 So, you've got about an hour and a half for this, 827 00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,320 for the sketching. 828 00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,000 I'm looking at weapons. 829 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,640 So I've stabbed... 830 00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,400 ..the word. It's quite aggressive. 831 00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:15,000 I quite like the idea of having the scientific element of metal. 832 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,400 That reads through the periodic table. Yeah. 833 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:21,280 Oh, my God! The periodic table totally goes against our rule... 834 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:22,720 ..of upper case and lower case. 835 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,560 Cos it's all one capital and one lower? 836 00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,240 Oh, yeah. Damn! I can work on a Bauhaus symbol. Yeah. 837 00:41:27,240 --> 00:41:29,680 The symbol can kind of be something that all represents... 838 00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:33,240 Oh, that's representing us? ..our entire... Yeah. ..project. 839 00:41:34,800 --> 00:41:36,360 What's that? 840 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:40,760 "KLLLAD". The "KLLLAD" is just all our initials put together. 841 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:45,040 At the Bauhaus, fonts and symbols where continually reinvented 842 00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:49,680 and experimented with, breaking the established rules of typography. 843 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,240 Anything jump out? 844 00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:54,920 This jumps out. 845 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:57,640 Yeah, I think that's too much. Maybe that's me. 846 00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,160 Yeah, but you have this readability obsession! 847 00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:02,280 But sometimes it needs to be literal. 848 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:04,920 But for a crazy costume party? 849 00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:06,400 What I liked about this 850 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,040 was that there is a new language element, here. 851 00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,600 It's like a rewind button. Yeah. That's like a rewind. Yeah. 852 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:14,080 Yeah. But it's turning it into a letterform as well, 853 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,320 which Bauhaus would have loved. 854 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:19,800 There's one thing missing for me, which is a kind of human element. 855 00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,480 This does feel a little bit like it's going to be a car repair party. 856 00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:24,760 Yeah. 857 00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:29,760 The Bauhaus created designs for journals, posters and invites, 858 00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,080 promoting the artistic activity of the school. 859 00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:36,080 And they were often experimental in nature. 860 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,080 It was all about attention-seeking, attention-grabbing. 861 00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:41,720 Being direct, being appealing. 862 00:42:41,720 --> 00:42:43,480 And they built a lot of the principles 863 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,920 that we now know as advertising. 864 00:42:45,920 --> 00:42:49,040 I think they really helped us step out of the decorative, 865 00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:51,600 illustrative style of the Victorians 866 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:53,920 and step into a modern Europe. 867 00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,440 The Bauhaus used a printing process known as letterpress... 868 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:58,760 Hello! 869 00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,120 ..and guiding our students through the technique 870 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,880 is Helen Ingham, their master of craft for the day. 871 00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:07,960 That would work, actually. That it be nice, wouldn't it, that? 872 00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,200 Yeah. Yeah, you could cut that! 873 00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,400 Shall we get on and do it? Yeah, let's start laying it out. 874 00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:17,480 Herbert Bayer said "I'm only going to use sans-serif type." 875 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,800 The serif is a little dangling point, isn't it? 876 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:22,360 The serif is the bit that sticks out. A bit of fancy? 877 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,400 Bayer said, you know, "This is just decoration. 878 00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:25,920 "Don't need it, get rid of it." 879 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:27,640 And I don't need upper case and lower case. 880 00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:30,880 So he just kept reducing and reducing. 881 00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,920 I don't know what Neville's going to think of it 882 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:34,960 and, frankly, I feel quite pressured. 883 00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:37,040 He is very much looked up to in the type 884 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:38,960 and graphic design world. 885 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:40,840 Having him here... 886 00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:44,080 ..is no joke. It's quite nerve-racking. 887 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:48,760 We want to do a kind of collage of human and the metal tools. 888 00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:50,920 We could go to Ricky and just ask him... Oh, yeah! 889 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,600 ..for just like a load of fun stuff. 890 00:43:55,680 --> 00:43:58,680 Ricky, we're going to have a rifle through your... Bits and bobs! 891 00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:00,080 Absolutely! 892 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,320 I've got a hat! 893 00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:03,480 Love it! 894 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:17,080 Bauhaus students made use of cutting-edge advertising techniques, 895 00:44:17,080 --> 00:44:19,600 designed to catch the viewer's eye. 896 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:22,880 They frequently cut together images from multiple sources, 897 00:44:22,880 --> 00:44:25,560 in a process known as photomontage. 898 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:27,880 Put your arms at funny angles, OK. 899 00:44:27,880 --> 00:44:30,920 Or do I look like I just jumped off a building? I don't know! 900 00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:33,640 Cool. Should we put some chains on your hand? 901 00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:38,440 The chains just make it look sexual. 902 00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:41,120 They do. Yeah, I think it got a bit weird. 903 00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:45,680 Sometimes, the letters will push outside of the boundaries, 904 00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,480 even if it's only by a fraction or a hairline. 905 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,840 That could really throw off the whole composition. 906 00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:53,800 I thought the four would fit perfectly in this space, 907 00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,560 but it's ever so slightly too wide. 908 00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:59,640 It's sort of maths meets Tetris, in a lot of ways. 909 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:03,760 One of Bayer's students wrote, 910 00:45:03,760 --> 00:45:08,000 "A joy in experimentation developed, heedless of every extreme." 911 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,680 Right, the moment of truth. 912 00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,240 Ah. Nice! 913 00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:14,280 OK... 914 00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:17,040 Oh, can you put your hand in there? Yeah! 915 00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:20,560 Oh... That's interesting. 916 00:45:20,560 --> 00:45:23,920 Yeah, I like that, and I also like those bits together. 917 00:45:23,920 --> 00:45:25,600 Get your face on there. 918 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:32,640 Oh, my... That's worked quite well, hasn't it? Yeah! 919 00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:38,360 I want the beginning and the end letters to be sort of symbols. 920 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,760 Cos that's like a rewind button, that's like a play button. 921 00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,280 So it kind of works... Oh, yeah! Check you out! ..in that sense. 922 00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:44,880 I know, right? Yeah! 923 00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:48,600 Trace it off, flip the tracing paper over... Yeah. 924 00:45:48,600 --> 00:45:51,000 ..put some chalk on the back of the tracing paper, 925 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,920 and then we can transfer it. 926 00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:54,280 Great, fabulous. 927 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:56,320 Thank you very much! 928 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,640 What I like about this sort of process is that it goes back 929 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:00,600 to that very analogue way of working. 930 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,320 And in my own practice, I'm very, very digital. 931 00:46:03,320 --> 00:46:07,320 If I were set this brief, I would just go straight to the computer. 932 00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:08,960 There is no way I'd... 933 00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:10,960 ..bother in letterpressing... 934 00:46:10,960 --> 00:46:12,760 ..because that just takes time. 935 00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:16,640 I'd like to keep it as analogue as possible. 936 00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,840 Just going to put the last few bits of lead on. 937 00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:22,400 And then we should be done! 938 00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,320 Hello! Hey! 939 00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:26,360 We have the central image. 940 00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:28,440 A bit more of a minimal one. 941 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,480 It's gonna be difficult to print, I'll tell you that. 942 00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:34,320 The Bauhaus were one of the first institutions 943 00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:38,360 to pull together typography and photography in to one place, 944 00:46:38,360 --> 00:46:41,000 and set, basically, the pattern for commercial design 945 00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:44,280 for the next 100 years. 946 00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:48,840 I think that's really nice. 947 00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:50,520 Ooh... 948 00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,120 I think that's the best one yet! 949 00:46:55,160 --> 00:46:58,680 Yes! That's lovely. Oh, that's good, isn't it? 950 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:01,680 Yeah, that's really nice. Is everyone pleased with it? Yeah. 951 00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:03,280 Yeah. I'm happy with that. 952 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:05,160 Have you changed your mind since this morning? 953 00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,440 No, but... But I do like that. 954 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:12,120 That's all right, then. You just won't admit it, will you? 955 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:14,520 That's it. There we are, look, that's me! 956 00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,320 You've got KLLLAD on your face. 957 00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:19,240 That's really punk! 958 00:47:19,240 --> 00:47:21,560 Right, I'm going to go and get Neville now. 959 00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,800 Choose your favourite three and lay them out. 960 00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:28,720 Wow! Which do you think? 961 00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:30,920 It's pretty stunning. 962 00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:34,280 You've got your kind of new invented forms going on. 963 00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:35,800 Which is brilliant. 964 00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,840 It's definitely attention-seeking. 965 00:47:38,840 --> 00:47:41,080 This one feels a bit more metallic. 966 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:44,120 But this is the sort of one I'd want as a poster. 967 00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:46,880 So, for me, that's the winner. 968 00:47:46,880 --> 00:47:49,000 So, well done, guys! I think that's brilliant. 969 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:53,320 And very much in the kind of Bauhaus style of creating through making. 970 00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:54,800 Thank you! Thank you very much. 971 00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,800 See you later! See you later! And enjoy the party! 972 00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,360 Today, I think it's been quite difficult. 973 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:03,720 Because this way of working is very, like, technical, and slow paced. 974 00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:09,240 I work fast and produce a lot of kind of bad work. And... 975 00:48:09,240 --> 00:48:11,960 I always enjoy any time that I spend in letterpress, 976 00:48:11,960 --> 00:48:13,600 but I still learned a lot today. 977 00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:15,560 I realise you guys did the photo collage, 978 00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:17,880 but that's something completely alien to me. 979 00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:22,080 I'm normally very rigid, grids, I work in quite a structured way. 980 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:24,000 Would you take this further in your practice, 981 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:25,840 in terms of collaborating with... Yeah! 982 00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:27,880 ..fine artists, and just seeing what they produce 983 00:48:27,880 --> 00:48:29,880 and trying to work together? I'd love to, yeah! 984 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:33,240 Because I think your two brains work in a completely different way to me, 985 00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:37,200 but they still produce work that I really like! Yeah! 986 00:48:37,200 --> 00:48:39,520 The Bauhaus taught students 987 00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:44,160 that creativity didn't stem from the individual alone. 988 00:48:44,160 --> 00:48:48,280 Collaboration between courses was actively encouraged. 989 00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:51,440 And what better way to do this than a party? 990 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,840 From a kite festival to a Chinese lantern party, 991 00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:57,720 and even a beard, nose and heart party, 992 00:48:57,720 --> 00:49:00,360 the Bauhaus went big on fun. 993 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:02,800 And leading them all was Oskar Schlemmer, 994 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:06,560 the German artist, costume designer, and choreographer 995 00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,000 who ran the Bauhaus theatre group. 996 00:49:10,000 --> 00:49:11,440 Schlemmer has had a big influence 997 00:49:11,440 --> 00:49:13,960 on acclaimed fashion designer Holly Fulton, 998 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,760 known for her Bauhaus-inspired prints. 999 00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:23,160 Welcome to the final day of The Bauhaus Experiment. 1000 00:49:23,160 --> 00:49:27,800 The metal party is going to be held in here today. 1001 00:49:27,800 --> 00:49:32,400 And to explain more about that, please welcome Holly Fulton! 1002 00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:39,520 Good morning! Your task today is to stage a costume ball 1003 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:41,560 based on the theme of metal. 1004 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:43,560 And you must also dress this gallery space 1005 00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:45,680 at Saint Martins for the occasion. 1006 00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:47,280 I would encourage you to think big. 1007 00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:51,160 This is about creating dynamic, interesting shapes. 1008 00:49:51,160 --> 00:49:54,600 Masters and students will also take part in the Bauhaus dance. 1009 00:49:54,600 --> 00:49:56,680 In pairs, but without touching. 1010 00:49:56,680 --> 00:50:00,600 And leaping and wild stamping of feet are absolutely essential! 1011 00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,680 This is a real opportunity to let your imagination run riot. 1012 00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:07,480 I can't wait! It's a time to go crazy - I like this! 1013 00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:10,920 So, your guests are going be arriving at four o'clock. 1014 00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:13,240 But I'd get a move on, if I was you. 1015 00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:17,560 A metal party was held at the Bauhaus in February 1929, 1016 00:50:17,560 --> 00:50:22,360 with costumes and room decoration fashioned out of everyday objects. 1017 00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:24,360 This is some of the delights that we've assembled 1018 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,160 for you to work with today. 1019 00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,640 A lot of foil - you're going to need that! 1020 00:50:28,640 --> 00:50:30,320 We've got thermal blankets. 1021 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:32,200 I'm excited about this! 1022 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,600 Yeah! It's the star piece. 1023 00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:36,600 I feel like we need a concept. 1024 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,840 I was thinking about, like, magnetic fields? 1025 00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:40,080 And linking that. 1026 00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:42,080 Oh, my God, yeah, yeah, because, like, 1027 00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:45,040 some of us will repel and some of us will attract! 1028 00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:49,000 Think of it is a very sensory experience. Yeah. 1029 00:50:49,000 --> 00:50:52,320 Sensory or sensual? Well, could be both! 1030 00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:55,040 We need more stuff. 1031 00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:56,080 Follow me! 1032 00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:02,240 That should work. 1033 00:51:02,240 --> 00:51:04,160 Oh, my God, those streamers! 1034 00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:05,800 Oh! Oh, my God! That's really... 1035 00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:07,880 Oh, my God, this is perfect! Yeah? 1036 00:51:07,880 --> 00:51:10,320 I think we should get at least one shower head. 1037 00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:13,040 Oh, my God! 1038 00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:15,680 I'm making a little accessory 1039 00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:18,080 that I might utilise myself at the party. 1040 00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:19,800 It's a whole-body chain! 1041 00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:23,440 Oh, my God, yeah! 1042 00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:25,800 Oh, my God, mirror! 1043 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:27,640 And it's only three quid - let's get loads! 1044 00:51:27,640 --> 00:51:29,400 Let's just get them all. 1045 00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,040 Thank you very much! Thank you, you too. Bye! 1046 00:51:35,720 --> 00:51:37,720 Hey! Welcome back! 1047 00:51:39,600 --> 00:51:41,960 These are amazing. 1048 00:51:41,960 --> 00:51:44,160 I'm loving this mirror! 1049 00:51:44,160 --> 00:51:46,520 People can see the Bauhaus as quite a kind of serious, 1050 00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:48,920 almost quite austere in its aesthetic. But the parties 1051 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,400 in particular show that there was this real playful side, 1052 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:53,640 and I think it was really just an opportunity 1053 00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:56,480 for the students and the masters across all the different disciplines 1054 00:51:56,480 --> 00:52:00,680 to come together and use it as a sort of playground for creativity. 1055 00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:02,360 I actually enjoy working with Amir 1056 00:52:02,360 --> 00:52:03,840 because I think what he brings 1057 00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:06,440 and what I have just complements each other really well. 1058 00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,200 I'm quite a literal thinker, quite rational, 1059 00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,120 and Dom, like, brings the flavour to it. 1060 00:52:11,120 --> 00:52:13,080 There was probably a healthy competition 1061 00:52:13,080 --> 00:52:16,080 to come up with something that was totally their own each time. 1062 00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:20,400 I've got a little crown! Oh, my God! That's so good! 1063 00:52:20,400 --> 00:52:21,840 They need to pick up the pace. 1064 00:52:21,840 --> 00:52:23,040 Might have to get a... 1065 00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:24,400 ..a metal whip out! 1066 00:52:25,760 --> 00:52:27,920 That sounds like a Bauhaus party! 1067 00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:32,320 OK, people, come on! You've got less than two hours. 1068 00:52:32,320 --> 00:52:35,720 I think this really needs to start looking like it's a party area. 1069 00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:38,760 What do we think? I think that's definitely...a winning look. 1070 00:52:38,760 --> 00:52:41,280 Oskar Schlemmer's abstract costume designs 1071 00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:45,520 were ground-breaking in their originality. And at the parties, 1072 00:52:45,520 --> 00:52:49,760 his outlandish ideas were turned into reality by the students. 1073 00:52:49,760 --> 00:52:52,960 It's fucking good! Go on, try it! What, put it on? 1074 00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:55,000 That's pretty good! That's pretty good! 1075 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:58,040 Hey, what about if that goes on the top of it? 1076 00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:02,040 That's brilliant! 1077 00:53:02,040 --> 00:53:04,120 You've got, like, a hugely long head! 1078 00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:07,760 At the Bauhaus metal party, Oskar Schlemmer recalls, 1079 00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:11,240 "A child's slide, covered in white sheet metal 1080 00:53:11,240 --> 00:53:15,320 "led one past immeasurable gleaming silver balls, 1081 00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:18,040 "lined up and sparkling under spotlights, 1082 00:53:18,040 --> 00:53:21,080 "right into the heart of the party." 1083 00:53:21,080 --> 00:53:25,000 Oh, it's moving on at quite a pace, isn't it? 1084 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:26,960 Oh, oh! 1085 00:53:26,960 --> 00:53:28,720 CHIMES 1086 00:53:28,720 --> 00:53:31,080 Yes! Who needs a band? 1087 00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:33,400 This is great, isn't it? 1088 00:53:33,400 --> 00:53:36,720 It's like, what's that game, bowls? That old man game? 1089 00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:39,160 Oh! 1090 00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,040 Jim! 1091 00:53:41,040 --> 00:53:43,680 I just put that back. 1092 00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,400 Have you thought about the dance at all, yet? Yeah. 1093 00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,240 We're doing, like, opposites attract. 1094 00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:51,240 Whatever A does, B does the opposite. B does the opposite, yeah. 1095 00:53:51,240 --> 00:53:53,800 And then they swap. Do you think this is a good signal, then, 1096 00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:55,240 for the next person to take the lead? 1097 00:53:55,240 --> 00:53:57,000 I think that's a really good signal. 1098 00:53:57,000 --> 00:53:59,720 Everybody's been going through these sets of rules this week. 1099 00:53:59,720 --> 00:54:01,560 And, like... 1100 00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:03,360 ..we've not broken them that much. 1101 00:54:03,360 --> 00:54:05,480 We've kind of danced around the perimeters of rules, 1102 00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:08,280 and I guess that's what we'll be doing here. When do the guests come? 1103 00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:09,680 In like 25 minutes. 1104 00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,920 How...? 25 minutes. 1105 00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:13,600 Oh, my God. Shall we get changed? 1106 00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:15,480 Yeah, let's get dressed. Let's do it. 1107 00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:22,400 I'm going to attempt to make a metallic cyclops horse... 1108 00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:24,880 ..that may wander into the party at some point. 1109 00:54:24,880 --> 00:54:28,800 So what I'll need to do is cut a hole in it, about there. 1110 00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:32,680 Head through there. 1111 00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:34,280 These are the legs. 1112 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:40,240 How's it look? Oh, my God! 1113 00:54:40,240 --> 00:54:43,520 Does it work? You're like a deformed Dalek! 1114 00:54:43,520 --> 00:54:46,160 Is it? That's so weird. It's quite disturbing. 1115 00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:48,960 It's quite difficult to control. 1116 00:54:51,440 --> 00:54:52,760 Me eye's gone. 1117 00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,120 Have you got me eye? 1118 00:54:56,120 --> 00:54:57,240 Anyone? 1119 00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,640 OK, people, are you ready? 1120 00:55:03,640 --> 00:55:06,120 Yeah! Yes, you're ready! 1121 00:55:06,120 --> 00:55:07,640 Is that a baby in there? 1122 00:55:07,640 --> 00:55:09,640 A womblike feature. Yes! 1123 00:55:09,640 --> 00:55:11,440 Good. Now, look. 1124 00:55:11,440 --> 00:55:14,400 Wearing the helmet that I designed. That is quite Bauhaus, 1125 00:55:14,400 --> 00:55:17,800 that, actually, isn't it? Yeah! 1126 00:55:17,800 --> 00:55:21,000 Lizzie. Yes? That's just frightening. 1127 00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:24,240 It's like a very disturbed relative of Neptune. 1128 00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:28,880 I honestly have never been more excited. 1129 00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:31,960 Pulled it out the bag again! Come on, party people. 1130 00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:34,200 Party time! 1131 00:55:37,080 --> 00:55:38,720 Schlemmer remembers, 1132 00:55:38,720 --> 00:55:41,640 "The Bauhaus band had dressed festively 1133 00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:44,320 "in coquettish silver top hats 1134 00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:50,480 "and it launched into the music with great elan, rhythm and verve. 1135 00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:55,000 "Guests were served lovely cakes with a bit of glitter." 1136 00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:57,440 Nut free and vegan! 1137 00:55:57,440 --> 00:56:00,880 It's amazing! I love the decorations. 1138 00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:02,760 What do you think she looks like? 1139 00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:05,560 Cleaning apparatus... 1140 00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:08,400 I was thinking, like, goddess. OK! 1141 00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:10,200 If you look into here... 1142 00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:11,920 ..you can see your future. 1143 00:56:11,920 --> 00:56:13,080 Oh, my God, no! 1144 00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:14,960 It broke! 1145 00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:16,960 It's all falling apart. 1146 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:20,520 OK, everybody! Prepare for the Bauhaus dance! 1147 00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:27,160 OK, opposites. 1148 00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:29,600 But how am I going to mirror Holly's moves 1149 00:56:29,600 --> 00:56:31,840 if I can't see through me helmet? 1150 00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:40,720 The Bauhaus may have brought in strict principles of art and design 1151 00:56:40,720 --> 00:56:43,840 but, crucially, it gives students the freedom 1152 00:56:43,840 --> 00:56:46,880 to experiment with new ideas. 1153 00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:50,720 Bringing together young people across every creative field, 1154 00:56:50,720 --> 00:56:54,120 it invented the art school as we know it. 1155 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:56,280 And this collaborative spirit 1156 00:56:56,280 --> 00:56:58,920 came together most of all in the parties, 1157 00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:03,360 where the legacy of the Bauhaus is very much alive here today. 1158 00:57:06,240 --> 00:57:07,760 Has everyone gone? 1159 00:57:09,040 --> 00:57:10,480 They've all gone! 1160 00:57:13,400 --> 00:57:15,320 We left you all by yourself! 1161 00:57:15,320 --> 00:57:18,280 You danced so hard! I'm actually so out of breath! I'm absolutely... 1162 00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:21,640 You wouldn't believe how much heat generates inside this! 1163 00:57:21,640 --> 00:57:24,920 I think every dance ever should be like this - it's so freeing! 1164 00:57:24,920 --> 00:57:28,160 I thought that was a strong performance! 1165 00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:30,400 It encapsulated the spirit of what they've done today 1166 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:33,240 and the spirit of the Bauhaus. We didn't do any leaping, though. 1167 00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:35,880 We'll let it slide, seeing as it's the last day. 1168 00:57:35,880 --> 00:57:39,760 I thought that was a superb end to an excellent week. 1169 00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,560 I hold my ball up to you all! 1170 00:57:44,560 --> 00:57:46,880 That dance could not be more different... 1171 00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,480 ..than the meditative breathing on the first day! 1172 00:57:49,480 --> 00:57:50,720 Imagine, on Monday, 1173 00:57:50,720 --> 00:57:53,840 if we knew we'd have all looked like this together at the end. 1174 00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:56,720 I feel like I could do the whole week again. Right now. 1175 00:57:56,720 --> 00:57:59,160 I've never done so many projects as collaboratively 1176 00:57:59,160 --> 00:58:01,040 across so many different... 1177 00:58:01,040 --> 00:58:02,920 It's been intense. Yeah, it's been intense. 1178 00:58:02,920 --> 00:58:05,360 Imagine if you did this for three years! 1179 00:58:05,360 --> 00:58:08,000 I'd love it! It would completely change you as a person, 1180 00:58:08,000 --> 00:58:11,280 I think, doing this for longer than a week. 1181 00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:14,280 Well, well done, everyone. What a fabulous week. 1182 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,000 Do you know what it is, as well? 1183 00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:18,360 I think everyone's kind of bonded and we've all got on 1184 00:58:18,360 --> 00:58:21,600 and we've enjoyed helping each other out and working on things, 1185 00:58:21,600 --> 00:58:23,640 which is what the Bauhaus was all about. 1186 00:58:23,640 --> 00:58:26,240 Let's finish off with a little dance. 1187 00:58:35,320 --> 00:58:37,360 SAXOPHONE TRILLS 1188 00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:47,000 Goodbye! 1189 00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:48,960 Goodbye, my friends! 1190 00:58:48,960 --> 00:58:51,320 Goodbye. Goodbye. 1191 00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:58,920 I think that should be the final frame of the film.