El documental muestra el ciclo vital de la oruga procesionaria del pino (Thaumetopoea Pityocampa), abundante en bosques de pinos de Europa del Sur y América del Sur y considerada como el insecto defoliador más importante de los pinares españoles.
The documentary shows the life cycle of the pine processionary caterpillar (Thaumetopoea Pityocampa), abundant in Southern European and South American forests, considered as the most important defoliating insect of the Spanish pine forests.
"Primera obra de Ulises Carrión, artista que pocos años más tarde haría una importante carrera con el conceptualismo europeo de los años setenta. En ella un grupo de jóvenes se dedicaban a destruir periódicos y todo tipo de mensajes entre los que incluso se encontraba la convocatoria al mismo concurso" (Vázquez Mantecón, 2012).
"First film by Ulises Carrión, an artist that a few years later would make an important career with the European conceptualism of the seventies. In it, a group of young people are dedicated to destroying newspapers and all kinds of messages, including the very contest announcement [Independent National Film Contest]" (Vázquez Mantecón, 2012).
A film sponsored by the Crown Zellerbach Corporation, an American pulp and paper conglomerate.
"Bureau of Mines, United States Department of the Interior ; presented in cooperation with Kaiser Refractories ; produced by John J. Hennessy Motion Pictures," via WorldCat.
Total Pages: 299
Amateur Cinema