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London. Story about a modern art form - collage. Various shots of a piece of collage art then footage of one of the foremost exponents of this art form . Mesens at work. Mesens lights a piece of newspaper with cigarette. He then glues the piece of paper with burnt edges onto a piece of coloured card. Messens uses bus tickets, burnt spills of paper and cigarette cartons as well as many other things. Messens adds various bits and pieces to his design including some salt and pepper! The name of Mesens is synonymous with European Dada and surrealism the narrator informs us. A display of collage work at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is featured. Art lovers look at the works which include pieces by John McHale and Gwyther Irwin. Narrator seems slightly dismissive about this style of art - poking fun a little bit. Note: spellings vary in paperwork - could be . Messens. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
