This week we looked at several experimental films, including several by Stan Brakhage. I learned that he worked with Joseph Cornell, one of my favorite artists, so I watched his 19 minute experimental film Rose Hobart (1936). He cut and edited an old silent movie set in Borneo with documentary footage of an eclipse. He replaced the soundtrack with a record found in a junk shop. When shown in a NYC gallery, it was projected through blue glass and slowed to the speed of a silent film. This piece appeals to me because he used found footage to make a new composition.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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This week we looked at several experimental films, including several by Stan Brakhage. I learned that he worked with Joseph Cornell, one of my favorite artists, so I watched his 19 minute experimental film Rose Hobart (1936). He cut and edited an old silent movie set in Borneo with documentary footage of an eclipse. He replaced the soundtrack with a record found in a junk shop. When shown in a NYC gallery, it was projected through blue glass and slowed to the speed of a silent film. This piece appeals to me because he used found footage to make a new composition.
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