Exploring the Surreal with Peter Capaldi | Unlock Art

Exploring the Surreal with Peter Capaldi | Unlock Art | Tate

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10 жыл бұрын

Need some help getting to grips with Surrealism? The Doctor will see you now.
Peter Capaldi, a former art student, and the latest actor to play Doctor Who, settles down on Freud's couch to deliver his wry take on the Surrealist movement.
'Unlock Art' is Tate's new short film series, offering a witty inside track on the world of art.
Doctor Who actor Peter Capaldi joins forces with rock duo The Kills, comedian Frank Skinner, Girls star Jemima Kirke and other celebrity art fans to introduce some of the big ideas that have shaped art history. A new film is released each month, with topics ranging from the history of the nude and the nature of the art market, to Pop art.
Unlock Art is a collaboration between Tate and Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts.
Le Méridien Unlock Artmicrosite: www.lemeridien.com/filmseries
As an ongoing supporter of Tate's work, Le Méridien also sponsors the Outset/Frieze Art Fair Fund to benefit the Tate collection, which enables Tate to buy work by emerging artists at Frieze London.
Unlock Art supported by Le Méridien.

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@concon09090 5 жыл бұрын

I could listen to Capaldi explain things for hours, tbh.

@cimmik 7 жыл бұрын

The Doctor should really narrate more documentaries.

@thecsciworker291 3 жыл бұрын

Note the suit. Narrators always wore great suits.

@DreamExtractor 10 жыл бұрын

So I guess the Doctor wanted to start his Curator career early?

@boringgassess 10 жыл бұрын

Thumbs for those that watched the day of the Doctor lol

@cisalzlman 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear one the doctor’s legendary lectures from series 10

@MasterChiefSpartan117 5 жыл бұрын

"Who put those notes and phrases together? Who really composed..Beethoven's Fifth?"

@iwillheadlockyournan731 10 жыл бұрын

This man is so the fucking doctor

@LukeNyul 2 жыл бұрын

How has it taken me this long to discover this video?!? I think Peter Capaldi is the perfect narrator for these sort of mini-documentaries and I really felt I engaged with what was being said.

@Omeganed0 9 жыл бұрын

I need to d a video presentation on Surrealism. I really wasn't expecting the Doctor to help me out on this.

@grumpycat2305 6 жыл бұрын

same

@julicm19 3 жыл бұрын

I need to paint something surrealist and had no idea wtf surrealism was lol

@phelipemancheno 6 жыл бұрын

We need Peter Capaldi back. Best Doctor ever. )-;

@orinattiv 4 жыл бұрын

What?! No! David tannent was the best

@mattellistone364 4 жыл бұрын

@@orinattiv No Capaldi was Better!!

@Joselitty 8 ай бұрын

capaldi was the best.

@oliviabrown9032 5 жыл бұрын

Literally one of the doctors lectures

@NinthCinemaDown 8 жыл бұрын

Surrealism is life.

@aperson6415 4 жыл бұрын

YES

@nicolesong6199 10 ай бұрын

Haven’t seen this video in a while. Thought I’d be back to hear Peter capaldi’s dulcet tones.

@Lionesskeeper 10 жыл бұрын

So great to see a programme on Surrealism. As I love Dali's work.. So great that it was Peter Capaldi talking about it, he's a superb actor(and will be a great Doctor, I just know it), very knowledgable and I've seen his fan art for Doctor Who, it's pretty brilliant. Thank you for this. Very well presented.

@margaretfarquhar9567 5 жыл бұрын

The Doctor could narrate anything and I would listen Love ❤️ Capaldi

@MidnightEkaki 9 жыл бұрын

Looking for surrealism ideas and found the Doctor great :D His voice is so nice~~

@nicolesong6199 8 жыл бұрын

I can relate intensely

@MelissaHash 7 жыл бұрын

Nicole Song yeah, right! The Doctor never ever speaks like that. (At least, I've never heard any Doctor talk of sex!)

@nicolesong6199 7 жыл бұрын

+Melissa Hash also his voice is deep and rumbling, and he has a great accent :P

@iainjacobs8053 10 жыл бұрын

Life nowadays is much more surreal than surrealism ever was, which dilutes it's effect. It's hard to imagine the impact it had in the 30's.

@DarkAngelEU 6 жыл бұрын

Which is why it isn't relevant anymore. People who think prancing around like Ziggy Stardust is still breaking boundaries need to be sent back to the sixties. Freedom has changed, it's way more real now.

@gm7173 6 жыл бұрын

Then surrealism becomes 'surrealer', there is always something that will seem surreal no matter what time period. Of course something surreal in the the 30s may very well be real now, and, like you said, negates it's effect. But still there's always something surreal, whatever the time may be.

@BG_NC 6 жыл бұрын

Google made me do it I think it's less that it's irrelevant, more that art forms as a whole have embraced surrealism to the point where it has become synonymous with the term "artsy." Arguably that means it has more of a social impact now than before, since it is so widespread, but leaves less of an individual impact since we are so used to it.

@higherground711 8 жыл бұрын

I love surrealism! I spend a lot of time on deviantArt in traditional art > paintings > surreal and traditional art > drawings > surreal. Love busy chaotic, pieces and abstract pieces too! It's fun to explore them and see what they bring to mind, what messages they have for me. Let your eyes unfocus sometimes and you'll see other things too.

@sto59 3 жыл бұрын

Let Peter Capaldi return as the Great Curator !

@alissam5302 5 жыл бұрын

His voice, the way he speaks and articulates every single word is very soothing. How can you not like the Scots?! :)

@jamilcharles5674 7 жыл бұрын

Any whovians out there? this is massive!

@zoebrugg7594 4 жыл бұрын

I'm here!!

@alohahejahe___ 4 жыл бұрын

mee

@MasterChiefSpartan117 4 жыл бұрын

Here! Also I've met Doctors 1, 7, 10, 11 , 12

@MrBennyTheOwl 8 жыл бұрын

Surreal visual art is the best kind, so interesting.

@n-spaceproductions9909 8 жыл бұрын

Well, if there's anyone that understands Surrealism...it's The Doc...

@Stiles_Verse 7 жыл бұрын

Tanx for helping me study for my test, Doctor

@nicolesong6199 9 жыл бұрын

My friend said that once they played a video about surrealism in class, and then she squealed because it was presented by Peter Capaldi. I'd squeal too but I'm not in the same year level to learn about surrealism 😅unfortunately

@nazzz0 10 жыл бұрын

Peter, can you stop saying "sex" over and over again in my ear... oh god...

@nicolesong6199 7 жыл бұрын

lmao relatable

@endhai 7 жыл бұрын

Cut it out, burn a CD, put it in an player and press "auto repeat" But I would like to have "apple" "head" and "birds", too on it! So, that's what I did ....

@GranthamStreet 7 жыл бұрын

'luxuriant' as well?

@allknowing145 6 жыл бұрын

He's having sex with my ear. His voice is so fucking sexy.

@basedbattledroid3507 5 жыл бұрын

Actually... keep going Peter.

@aogt1692 6 жыл бұрын

Why is the quality SO DAMN GOOD? I mean, this channel only has 97 thousand subscribers and the quality is on par with a MILLION subscribers! Wow!

@lenakingsleigh 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I remember how this helped me out in art school! Way better explained than my teacher. Well, honestly, I could listen to Peter Capaldi talk all day. And my favourite Doctor talking about art is just the best thing ever! He should definitely narrate more stuff! Love his voice

@alithegreen 10 жыл бұрын

Was Freud right? should art have taken this route? By talking about deconstructing the subconscious, Freud accidentally got people to merely illustrate and celebrate it. 'Oh well, nobody's perfect' as Marcel Duchamp would say. I can listen to Peter Capaldi all day, he has those eyes that say, 'Pay attention, or you will stand for the remainder of the lesson.'

@MelissaHash 7 жыл бұрын

Peter could easily read the bleepin' yellow pages & it would make me #MeltIntoAPuddle!!!

@aperson3784 5 жыл бұрын

this is true

@jonathanlong2751 6 жыл бұрын

I learned about all of this in Art history class. Sophmore year of highschool.

@MaxMercuryAnonymous 5 жыл бұрын

Who better than the Doctor to explain surrealism?

@OfficialJabberwocky 8 жыл бұрын

Through these eyes, I see the world.

@shannonharrison3859 6 жыл бұрын

Such a fun way to sum it all up. Thanks!

@eyylmao1032 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing explanation and video editing, definitely easier to memorize and learn

@om_obaida Жыл бұрын

the best short ever....thanks alot

@Tenshii_Artii 6 жыл бұрын

Man, this was really informative. Me studying Art and History, this was so useful! Simply awesome!

@ButiLao44 5 жыл бұрын

"Freud believed the primary motivation for all things in life was sex" Me, an asexual: *looks at the camera like I'm on The Office*

@SufficientSpells 4 жыл бұрын

Sex, or lack thereof ?

@hookbeak3516 3 жыл бұрын

Could you explain line two a little more? Perhaps appreciation of The Office is required, but then there's the U.K & U.$ version.

@ButiLao44 3 жыл бұрын

@@hookbeak3516 It's just an internet thing people say when they want to express disagreement I guess, like breaking your own 4th wall. You could just look it up on KZfaq I bet there are some compilations about that

@ThePicManiac 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss

@UkuleleVillain 3 жыл бұрын

and death

@Innocuous1 9 жыл бұрын

Hieronymus Bosch - it seems like there is a conspiracy in the art world to pretend that he was not 'surrealist' even though he nailed it 400 years before the movement began. That's like pretending 21st century hipsters invented beards.

@BruceRodriguez 4 жыл бұрын

Bosch and Brueghel as well

@wenjunli2081 4 жыл бұрын

Sound Design for this video was awesome!

@flyingpengwenmattbunting3243 5 жыл бұрын

He is doing it as 12 ❤️❤️

@boringgassess 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Doctor, can not wait for August!! Make him dark Peter make him dark...let's see what the Doctor's subconcious dreams/nightmares are made of please!

@rrozinak 10 жыл бұрын

Well, it seems they have really made it. Have you seen "Listen"?

@boringgassess 10 жыл бұрын

lol I was pretty prophetic a bit eh? However I wasn't that impressed with "listen"..if you notice when in Rupert's bedroom the blanket pulls off, there is something there that doesn't look human.(pefully more development on that later in seaon).plus how did the doctor's "wards" not know the tardis was in the barn, nor did The High Council notice a incursion stamp the way they noticed he appeared in the Day of the Doctor"...Or not remembering Clara's talk to him at bedside?? or the toy solder??? .I know I'm reading to much into it hehe..but I love the show and want the writing to be as tight as possible.. I have a bad feeling this season will go down in flames if they don't start showing some serious Doctor development..so far it's been chaotic at best..and the episodes are not that great either.. But I say this as loudly as I can, it is not Peter Capaldi's fault, the fault lies with the writing/scripts given. I hope by midseason it gts turned around. I really do.(let's hope this prophecy bears true as well hehe}

@nicolesong6199 4 жыл бұрын

ooh, coollll

@melissarosario6176 6 жыл бұрын

my favorite type of art work

@alohahejahe___ 4 жыл бұрын

The Doctor talks about art

@Bx4Life64 9 жыл бұрын

This is an excellent peek into the unconscious machinations of our minds...

@Fejrus887 4 жыл бұрын

wow this uni Professor has some great Videos on his subjects

@lollife1154 9 жыл бұрын

I love exploring nature, keep it onward!

@higherground711 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. ^_^ This was fun and interesting.

@Thecuriouscurator 10 жыл бұрын

Cool video. Peter Capaldi is a great narrator!

@shelbonzo9448 6 ай бұрын

Capaldi speaks and I have to listen. Simple as that.

@hookbeak3516 3 жыл бұрын

An appetiser of a documentary certainly food for thought at 3.71 minutes long from 5.06 its a bite size amount to digest, but you remember how good it tasted. I was fortunate to once see Dali's Metamorphosis of Narcissus at Tate Modern, London 2004.

@ggvlg 10 жыл бұрын

BET will play the Doc EXACTLY like this.

@endhai 7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunatly , he did not!

@user-pi8pi3wj7h 6 жыл бұрын

Doktor Who except he did

@angianyi 6 жыл бұрын

When he’s explaining things he plays it like this, most evidently at the beginning of before the flood

@christopherdicicco9252 10 жыл бұрын

And did anyone catch he wearing his Doctor Who Outfit... well not really but close..

@arcticbear5102 3 жыл бұрын

Change his coat to velvet and then it would basically be his then future outfit.

@wozzywick 10 жыл бұрын

Good to see the mighty boosh mentioned

@tugger 7 жыл бұрын

this was fab

@googlereviewguy7574 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@shkambjaka7570 4 жыл бұрын

Andre Breton’s manifesto is a must read!

@Allesnik 8 жыл бұрын

brilliant! i will begin writing my music as autonomous as possible

@Yenz30415 7 жыл бұрын

I think that's what The Mars Volta does

@joselitopaz2579 5 жыл бұрын

this will always give me asmr vibes

@concon09090 5 жыл бұрын

00:30 RIP in peace

@JaviepalFordring1 7 жыл бұрын

always good explaining Doctor! :D

@ICONIC_art_collage 6 жыл бұрын

Welcome to my surrealism channel!

@cheerfullybrowsing1245 10 жыл бұрын

Bravo

@ocean8754 3 жыл бұрын

that was nice

@jessepinkeye2339 8 жыл бұрын

The Doctor is high as fuck, explaining arts and sh-- ... oh wait, he is always explaining shits. but still awesome

@yelloweyedkittytime155 4 жыл бұрын

Wow the doctor does documentaries

@5kehhn 2 жыл бұрын

Wish it coulda been a longer vid.

@hetaliaheart5201 4 жыл бұрын

My art class watched this and I was like wtaf

@boredgrass 4 жыл бұрын

A big thumbs up just for thumbnail! ;-)

@MikesGlitch 4 жыл бұрын

If only it was longer

@ryanlocke1117 2 жыл бұрын

12th Doctor rlly just assumed the identity of 'Actor Peter Capaldi' so he could make a video about surrealism, chad

@EmilyHeartWuzHere 6 жыл бұрын

can someone please tell me the name of the music in the background around 3:20

@BilboB 9 жыл бұрын

This guy is a G

@ranjandhungana266 7 жыл бұрын

can anyone tell the name of soundtrCK PLZ?

@donboye400 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are beautiful

@Tate 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@fishapiller 3 жыл бұрын

Love surrealism

@minuteskill 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the song title for the closing track?

@yachoumohamed484 9 жыл бұрын

What's the music used in 02:57 when he gives an example about the automatism ?

@Tate 9 жыл бұрын

yachou mohamed Hi Yachou, the whole film was sound-tracked by a composer called Simon Russell

@sound-wizzard 8 жыл бұрын

sounded like Floyd

@minuteskill 5 жыл бұрын

@@Tate Even the ending track? Does it have a title?

@lexhackley4644 5 жыл бұрын

anyone know the song at 1:49

@heidiannemorris 10 жыл бұрын

really enjoyed this short from Tate :) If you enjoy Art you might like this too #fb #tum #twt #tate #surrealism

@hadows3533 6 жыл бұрын

what is the music? please！

@saIvete 9 жыл бұрын

Cardinal Richelieu? What're you doing here?

@refrigerator20plays13 4 жыл бұрын

that scene from the surrealist movie is digsgstusting

@esmeneil5488 4 жыл бұрын

i really did not need to see that eye being cut open

@onvasean2485 8 ай бұрын

Fun fact it is a cat eye not a human eye, does that make it better

@alexmoreira6402 6 жыл бұрын

0:23 what is that pink thing moving ??

6 жыл бұрын

You must be a real student of art.

@streaklight Жыл бұрын

the lobster telephone looks like the memory worm telephone the doctor used in Time Heist!

@rowanarmit3697 6 жыл бұрын

I saw a mighty boosh photo. Yes mate.

@MasoomSuchdeoIPM--Batch 4 жыл бұрын

What's the music at the end

@Tate 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Masoom, that's an original track composed by Simon Russell

@hollysaif 4 ай бұрын

Peter saying “Sex” does something to my loins ngl

@justinsmith5870 6 жыл бұрын

Good but could have been longer. Though maybe this is meant to be part of a series?

@Tate 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Justin, This film is indeed part of a mini series entitled "Unlock Art". You can watch the other episodes here: goo.gl/MVmubk TATE

@farisazim7049 5 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it Apollinaire who coined the term..

@seemadaftary5612 5 жыл бұрын

Doctor Who

@wuld7915 4 жыл бұрын

Art is birthed in the unconscious body and heart. That is the home of our innermost treasures of psychological exploration and discovery; the phantasmagorical journey to the quintessential amorous fragility of life. All else is cerebral, linear and logical; the critical mind wants to define and categorize and sequester us from unity into one conscious field. One day we will become whole, and if that terrifies or unnerves you--perhaps you are more alike than apart--just atoms 'n' stuff of the void coming to its own head. Judgement represses character development, does nothing in the long-haul to keep us separate, so free the mind and realize there is no such thing as 'assets / ownership' or control'--it just is. .

@Cookiecake24 11 ай бұрын

I wonder how Sigmund Freud would have reacted to the AI-generated videos we have today. They capture surrealism perfectly.

@juliepound9322 6 жыл бұрын

OK who clicked this because he was frome doctor who

@jamesgarrett3766 2 жыл бұрын

Where is the Malcolm Tucker Dub?

@user-ek1hx3in8t 5 жыл бұрын

Wait. Presented by who?

@MasterChiefSpartan117 4 жыл бұрын

NICE

@JamieHumeCreative 10 жыл бұрын

Loved it. Cannot stand Freud. Love the Surrealists.... ahhhh.

@sclogse1 5 жыл бұрын

The whistling music at the end says "Western". I was hoping this would be much longer. Pick up The Shadow And It's Shadow. Surrealist Writings On The Cinema. By Paul Hammond. Lots of great stuff in it. Now get off my zombie, you're blocking his glacier!