Meet You at the Hippos

Meet You at the Hippos (2021)

November 30th, 20210h 59min

Documentary, History
0%

Overview

Actor Mark Bonnar is on a mission to understand more about the Scottish new towns in which he grew up, exploring the street sculpture made by artists such as his dad in the 60s, 70s and 80s. He discovers why the new towns are there and how they enticed people out of the bigger cities, and uncovers the surprising ways in which public art changed the new towns and the new towns changed public art. Mark's father, Stan, made sculptures that stand to this day on the streets of Glenrothes, East Kilbride and the Scottish new town that never was, Stonehouse. These new towns employed town artists to make artworks in the very housing precincts the new residents were moving into.


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

White Walls Say Nothing

White Walls Say Nothing


Released on: 2017-05-02
Documentary

Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It has os...

Francofonia

Francofonia


Released on: 2015-11-11
Drama, History

Master filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (Russian Ark) transforms a portrait of the world-renowned museum ...

The Wormwood Star

The Wormwood Star


Released on: 1956-01-01
Documentary

A portrait of artist, actress, poet and occultist Marjorie Cameron, it shows images of her paintings...

Dear Basketball

Dear Basketball


Released on: 2017-04-23
Animation, History

An animated telling of Kobe Bryant's titular poem, signaling his retirement from the sport that made...

Jaar. Lament of the Images

Jaar. Lament of the Images


Released on: 2017-10-05
Documentary

Follows Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar as he finds his artistic voice and develops the socially critica...

Freeze: But is it Art?

Freeze: But is it Art?


Released on: 1994-02-22
Documentary

In 1988, art student Damien Hirst and a group of like-minded associates mounted an exhibition in a b...

Seedbed

Seedbed


Released on: 1972-01-01
Documentary

“In this legendary sculpture/performance Acconci lay beneath a ramp built in the Sonnabend Gallery. ...

Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous

Rothko: Pictures Must Be Miraculous


Released on: 2019-10-25
Documentary

Mark Rothko, a master of abstract expressionism, created 835 paintings during his five-decade career...

Mistr Theodorik

Mistr Theodorik


Released on: 1994-01-01
Documentary

Dream Me Up Scotty!

Dream Me Up Scotty!


Released on: 2013-12-23
Documentary

Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 10...

Queer as Art

Queer as Art


Released on: 2017-07-27
Documentary

Documentary celebrating the LGBTQ contribution to the arts in Britain in the 50 years since decrimin...

Secret impressionists

Secret impressionists


Released on: 2020-08-03
Documentary

How did the Impressionists view the world? What relationship did they have with technique, with colo...

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition

Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition


Released on: 2023-04-18
Documentary

With loans from across the world, this major retrospective will bring together Vermeer’s most famous...

Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali

Soft Self-Portrait of Salvador Dali


Released on: 1969-12-29
Documentary

A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles.

Under the Weight of a Waking Dream

Under the Weight of a Waking Dream


Released on: 2025-01-20
Documentary

‘Under the Weight of a Waking Dream’ is Zefier's debut swan song to the ending year. Comprised of po...

I'll See You Again

I'll See You Again


Released on: 2022-11-18
Documentary

A group of artists settle in a swamp on the banks of the Indre River. Meanwhile, a voice describes a...

Enrico Caruso: A Voice for the Ages

Enrico Caruso: A Voice for the Ages


Released on: 2022-10-02
Documentary

Born in 1873 in a poor neighbourhood in Naples, Enrico Caruso conquered the world with his singing v...

The Flood

The Flood


Released on: 2021-07-08
Documentary

The decision to move to Holland doesn't sound like a wise idea. Why move to a country that could be ...

Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy


Released on: 2011-11-18
Documentary

One of the best-known Chinese figurative painters, Liu Xiaodong goes back to his hometown of Jinchen...