Lecture Series: THE ARCHIVE AND THE IMAGE

Showings

THEATER 1 Tue, Sep 5 6:00 PM

Description

This program of films establishes several important themes of avant-garde media: the creative reuse and reframing of previously shot materials, and an exploration of states of being: dreams, memory, and interiority. Program: ROSE HOBART (1936, dir. Joseph Cornell, USA, 19 min.), TAKE THE 5:10 TO DREAMLAND (1976, dir. Bruce Conner, USA, 6 min.), VALSE TRISTE (pictured, 1977, dir. Bruce Conner, USA, 5 min.), GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM (1981, dir. Su Friedrich, USA, 14 min.), TIME BEING (1991, dir. Gunvor Nelson, Sweden, 6 min.), and DISPLACED PERSON (1981, dir. Daniel Eisenberg, USA, 10 min.). Friederich in attendance.