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High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 | Art & Artists
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High Wire: Calder’s Circus at 100 | Art & Artists
Film Documentation
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In 1961, thirty years after creating the Circus, Calder collaborated with the filmmaker Carlos Vilardebó to document what would be his last full performance of the work. Recorded in Calder’s studio in Saché, France, the film demonstrates how Calder, acting as ringmaster, performed his Circus in discrete acts, with his wife, Louisa, playing records on a gramophone.
Carlos Vilardebó, Le Cirque Calder, 1961. 16mm film transferred to digital video, color, sound; 28 min. Courtesy The Calder Foundation, New York, N.Y. © 2026 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York