Fall Film Series: Experimental Abstraction

Thursday, October 19 at 8pm

A collection of experimental and abstract films; we’ll start with several films by Stan Brakhage, including Kindering, Commingled Containters, and Mothlight, a film composed of layers of insect wings and leaves sandwiched between editing tape, with projected light shining through to create a flickering, hypnotic exploration of beauty and nature.

We’ll also enjoy such early experimental classics as Man Ray’s Le Retour à la raison, Hans Richter’s Rhythmus 21, Ralph Steiner’s H20 and Oskar Fischinger’s Composition in Blue, as well as AQU and Off by contemporary video artist Ryan Connor.

The screening will conclude with Anthony McCall’s interactive film Line Describing a Cone, “a film which demanded to be looked at, not on the screen, but in the space of the auditorium. What was at issue was the establishment of a cone of light between the projector and the screen, out of what was initially one pencil-like beam of light.” (Artforum)