Biographie
Stan Brakhage (1933–2003) was a visionary artist who made over 300 films. They explore our perceptions of our outer and inner worlds as well as the viewing process itself. Brakhage's persistent and uncompromising working methods generated masterpieces, which give novel perspectives on film as a medium and on us humans as psychophysiological entities.
Brakhage 1 consists of short but powerful pieces. The themes alternate between the conflicting emotions set forth by a birth of a child (Window Water Baby Moving) and the mysticism of a deserted city (Visions in Meditation #2) all the way to an analysis of death and existence (Mothlight). An appropriate finale for the screening is the last piece of work from the artist, which he scraped on celluloid with his nails while lying on his deathbed. It has been said that watching Chinese Series is like a dash through a bamboo forest.
The well-known Pittsburgh-trilogy by Stan Brakhage documents the everyday work of police patrols, surgeons and pathologists. The main character is the human body: the constraint of its movements (by the police in eyes), fixing it up (by the surgeons in Deus Ex) and studying it after the spirit has already parted (in The Act of Seeing with one's own eyes, which takes place in the morgue). The trilogy explores the metaphysical questions of our existence related to chaos, suffering and dying while avoiding witty remarks or pointing fingers. Brakhage displays the carnal side of human existence almost laconically but at the same time he is not afraid to approach his subject matter with thorough fervor. After one transcends the initial sensations of horror and repulsion, the spectator may even see the poetic beauty in a skinned human body.
Stan Brakhage's profound interest towards the qualities of light can be perceived throughout his work, but in The Text of Light it becomes the main theme. This film is art by light. He studies how light refracts as it travels through different materials and, at the same time, how light alters its form during the cinematic processes. As a starting point Brakhage uses William Blake's idea of seeing the world in a grain of sand, even though instead of a grain of sand he uses an ashtray he borrowed from Gordon Rosenbaum's office.
Docpoint | Sami van Ingen, Juha Nurminen
Réalisateur
Films | |
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2003 |
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One |
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two |
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2000 |
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him |
1999 |
Alternating Currents |
1995 |
The Lost Films |
1991 |
A Child's Garden and the Serious Sea |
1990 |
Passage Through: A Ritual |
1988 |
Faust's Other: An Idyll |
1987 |
Faustfilm: An Opera: Part I |
1986 |
The Loom |
1984 |
Tortured Dust |
1980 |
Sincerity V |
1974 |
The Text of Light |
1968 |
Lovemaking |
1965 |
The Art of Vision |
Documentaires | |
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2001 |
Garden Path |
1977 |
The Governor |
1975 |
Sincerity II |
1971 |
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes |
1967 |
For Life, Against the War |
1965 |
15 Song Traits |
Fire of Waters |
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1964 |
Song 1 |
Song 2 |
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Song 3 |
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Song 4 |
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Song 5 |
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Song 6 |
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Song 7 |
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Song 8 |
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1963 |
Meat Jewel |
1959 |
Window Water Baby Moving |
1955 |
Centuries of June |
Untitled Film of Geoffrey Holder's Wedding |
Acteur
Films | |
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2012 |
MENTALLUSIONS: Radical Eclectic Films of Benjamin Meade |
2003 |
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One |
1993 |
Cannibal : The Musical ! |
1984 |
Tortured Dust |
Documentaires | |
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2010 |
Free Radicals |
2006 |
Notes on Marie Menken |
2004 |
Brakhage: The Final Word |
2002 |
Im Spiegel der Maya Deren |
Jonas at the Ocean |
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Vakvagany |
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2001 |
Garden Path |
2000 |
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty |
1999 |
Keepers of the Frame |
1998 |
Brakhage |
1994 |
Jonas in the Desert |
1993 |
Abstract Cinema (téléfilm) |
1991 |
Joseph Cornell: Worlds in a Box (téléfilm) |
1964 |
Dog Star Man |
1959 |
Window Water Baby Moving |
Courts métrages | |
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2009 |
For Stan |
2004 |
Preserving Cultural Traditions in a Period of Instability |
1988 |
I... Dreaming |
1974 |
The Stars Are Beautiful |
1964 |
Dog Star Man: Part III |
Dog Star Man: Part IV |
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1963 |
Dog Star Man: Part II |
1962 |
Dog Star Man: Part I |
Prelude: Dog Star Man |
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1959 |
Cat's Cradle |
Wedlock House: An Intercourse |
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1956 |
The One Romantic Adventure of Edward |
1954 |
The Extraordinary Child |
Directeur de la photographie
Films | |
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2000 |
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him |
1990 |
Passage Through: A Ritual |
1987 |
Faustfilm: An Opera: Part I |
1984 |
Tortured Dust |
1974 |
The Text of Light |
Documentaires | |
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1977 |
The Governor |
1975 |
Sincerity II |
1971 |
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes |
1965 |
15 Song Traits |
Fire of Waters |
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1964 |
Dog Star Man |
1959 |
Window Water Baby Moving |
1955 |
Centuries of June |
Monteur
Documentaires | |
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1959 |
Window Water Baby Moving |
Courts métrages | |
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1962 |
Prelude: Dog Star Man |
1954 |
Desistfilm |
Scénariste
Films | |
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2003 |
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume One |
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volume Two |
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2000 |
The God of Day Had Gone Down Upon Him |
1987 |
Faustfilm: An Opera: Part I |
Documentaires | |
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1964 |
Dog Star Man |
Courts métrages | |
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2015 |
Masterworks of American Avant-garde Experimental Film 1920-1970 (compilation vidéo) |
2003 |
Water for Maya |
1962 |
Dog Star Man: Part I |
Producteur
Documentaires | |
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1959 |
Window Water Baby Moving |
Participant
Émissions | |
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2004 |
The 76th Annual Academy Awards |
1989 |
The Late Show |
Fanclub
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