FILM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Plastic Film, Abstract Expressionism, Maya Deren
12 Jan 2016
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Rigorous, reductive (& frequently repetitive) films which often isolated. Films whose primary task was the investigation of film. The content of the film is film the film is therefore formal in nature. Structural films were made & exhibited in the context of the visual arts, not in the realm of narrative movies. Similar developments in the visual arts; minimalism, conceptual art: carl andre, lever, 1966. Minimalist sculpture, emphasizing specific materials that artist is working with (firebricks), elements are emphasized (like gravity: joseph kosurth, one and three chairs, 1965. Man said this course destroyed his ability to have pleasure from watching films. This notoriously unpleasurable film should be seen as a way to increase understanding of cinema. Michael snow (1929-) canadian visual artist & filmmaker. Michael snow: canada"s best known artist (visual, filmmaker, musician. Joyce wieland (1938-1998) canadian visual artist & filmmaker. Excluded shots from an industrial fil that was never finished.
