Excellent (& all too rare) curating, indeed – I love those Brakhage
movies (but haven't seen the Belson) – Pierre
On Jan 5, 2008, at 7:50 AM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> It's always been very hard to "catch" screenings of the work of
> "poetic"
> filmmakers, but the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC
> surprised me
> by scheduling this program in support of their J.M.W. Turner
> exhibition:
>
>
> J.M.W. Turner and Film: Belson and Brakhage
> January 5 at 2:00PM
>
> The first segment of a two-part program explores J.M.W. Turner's
> influence
> on contemporary experimental filmmakers Jordan Belson and Stan
> Brakhage,
> both of whom have acknowledged the artist as an inspiration. The
> titles
> selected for the program are masterful interpretations of Turner's
> light,
> echoing the spiritual quality of his compositions. Light (Jordan
> Belson,
> 1973, 16mm, 6 minutes, print provided by the Center for Visual
> Music) will
> be followed by Text of Light (Stan Brakhage, 1974, 16mm, 71 minutes)
> and
> The Lost Films (Stan Brakhage, 1995, 16mm, 45 minutes).
>
>
> Barry Alpert
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