"Where time has no meaning and everything becomes art."
Is everything art? Menduo House presents "A Soft Look". An award-winning documentary short made by Canadian filmmaker Perry Mark Stratychuk on the subject of life as an artist, featuring Winnipeg painter Andrew Valko and his model/partner Julia Lam.
(Still image from the movie "A Soft Look")
The project was filmed on 16mm movie film (4:3 format) in 1983 and later broadcast on television by the Canadian Broadcast Corporation (CBC) in Canada, and is now available for streaming exclusively on Gumroad.
(Still image from the movie "A Soft Look")
The movie's original ambient electronic music soundtrack was also created by Stratychuk and released that year as an EP on vinyl. (Now available for download and streaming oniTunes,Spotify,Amazon, and elsewhere with the title: Body Waves.)
Produced, directed, photographed, edited, and scored by Perry Mark Stratychuk
Festival Awards
Houston Film Festival, Worldfest: Silver Documentary Award, USA 1984
Photographic Society of America Motion Picture Division: Silver Award, Cinematography, Sound, Editing, and Documentary Awards, USA 1984
Canadian International Annual Film Festival: Special Commendation 2nd Place Documentary Award, Canada 1984