Stan Brakhage, Modernist Paradox, and the Interactive Viewer
A program of films by Stan Brakhage, curated by Fred Camper for the 2004 conference of the University Film and Video Association
Mothlight. 1963. 16mm; 3 minutes; color; silent.
Creation. 1979. 16mm; 17 minutes; color; silent.
Murder Psalm. 1980. 16mm; 18 minutes; color; silent.
Cannot Exist. 1994. 16mm; 1 minute; color; silent.
Chartres Series. 1994. 16mm; 9 ½ minutes; color; silent.
The Birds of Paradise. 1999. 16mm; 3 minutes; color; silent.
This screening and lecture, which is designed as an introduction to some aspects of Brakhage's work, is free and open to the public, and will be presented at the Bancroft Student Union at the University of Toledo [their site has driving directions, which they misidentify as "directions." Because they involve Interstates they are only driving directions, not walking or bicycling directions, thus implicating the University of Toledo in the national crime of confusing automobiles with human identity], Friday, August 6, 2004, from 5:30 to 7:00 PM.