No One Can Achieve Perfection is a 2008 documentary film directed by Katrin Ottarsdóttir

Katrin Ottarsdóttir

Katrin Ottarsdóttir is a Faroese movie director.Katrin Ottarsdóttir went to Denmark in 1976 and is the first person from the Faroe Islands to study at the film school in Copenhagen...

. It is a portrait of the Faroese sculptor Hans Pauli Olsen

Hans Pauli Olsen

Hans Pauli Olsen is a sculptor based in Denmark, and held in high regard.He is one of the most popular artists in the Faroes. His work is to be found not only in art galleries but in many towns in the Faroes, especially in the Faroese capital Tórshavn...

(born 1957).

Synopsis

The film follows the creation of sculptor Hans Pauli Olsen's biggest sculpture so far. We take part in the process when the artist is working in his backyard studio together with his young nude model. We are the fly on the wall, when the artist forgets about the camera and exists only for creating his art with his bare hands. And we experience the contrast between art as subtile, exhibited works in distinguished halls of art and as a simple lump of clay in a dirty garage.

External links

• Blue Bird Film Website of filmmaker Katrin Ottarsdóttir