THE COLORFUL

PLANET

“Oh, such a boring life without colors!...”

From an ad movie of the 1950s for Sherwin-Williams(Speaker’s voice in off)

If I told you he was your brother

We could reminisce

Then you would go about your day

If I said you ought to give him some of your water

You'd shake your canteen and walk away

Jonathan Renouf

Is a lie

For some reason you never asked why

This is not a black and white world

Leni Riefenstahl

You can't afford to believe in your side

“Mar de gente”

This is not a black and white world

To be aliveI say that the colors must swirl

Hans Sylvester

And I believeThat maybe today

We will all get to appreciate

The beauty of gray

Sebastião Salgado

If I told you she was your mother

We could analyze the situation and be gone

If I said you ought to give her some of your water

Your eyes would light up like the dawn

The perception that divides you from herIs a lie

For some reason we never asked why

This is not a black and white world

You can't afford to believe in your side

“Noé, Noé!”

This is not a black and white world

Leni Riefenstahl

I say that the colors must swirlTo be alive

That maybe todayAnd I believe

We will all get to appreciate

That we will all get to appreciate

The beauty of gray

Sebastião Salgado

The beauty of gray now

Sebastião Salgado

The beauty of gray

Sebastião Salgado

The beauty of gray now

Sebastião Salgado

Sebastião Salgado

Look into your eyes

Giuseppe Penone

No daylight

New day now

“Sunshine”

MusicThe beauty of gray

Performed by LIVE

ImagesInternet

(No credits, except when mentioned)

Photografic referenceGiuseppe Penone : Arte Povera

Leni Riefenstahl : The Nuba Sebastião Salgado : Genesis Project

Mar de Gente and Noé, Noé! Deu a louca no convésMusicals directed by Ivaldo Bertazzo

Sunshine Film directed by Danny Boyle

Special thanks to all whose artwork made possible this slideshowJuão Maya