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FILMMAKER
SUMMER 2022 | VOL 30
Eruptions: Fire of Love Director Sara Dosa Interviewed by Director and Author Sandi Tan
“…that intimacy that comes with knowing, that curiosity that drives scientific inquiry, can also be compared to the process of when you’re falling in love…
“…So, we thought that animation grounded in a paper archive, in this kind of research process, could be a playful way to set that theme that also reflected their own period of falling in love...
“Katia and Maurice also collected thousands of illustrations of volcanoes dating back centuries. They were scientific and almost psychedelic in their whimsy…”
Cover image by Lucy Munger featuring historical artworks inspired by the Krafft’s archives and hand-drawn creations by Rui Ting Ji
Please know that your illustrations truly captured the spirit of Katia and Maurice, who I worked with 33 years ago in Washington DC -- 2 years before their deaths. I was in the an education department at the Smithsonian, tasked to prepare an exhibition featuring the films and photos of the Kraffts for a tour of 10 museums in the US. It was my job to get to know the Kraffts when they visited the museum. I did just that. Katia was a great influence on my career in earth science education. /in/leanne-wiberg-7667a21a/
