475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm
Est. 1961.
"The coolest film organization in the world." —John Waters
Talking Portraits, Part 3
Hi 8 Video (Orig.)
A video portrait of an intimate friend of the artist-- Susan Weisser-- and her relationships with her 13-year-old son, Billy, and 17-year-old daughter, Amanda. The author asked them to reconstruct their daily rituals. The results were enactments, accounts, confidences and arguments that freely crisscross each other within the dynamic created by the presence of the video artist and his :unobtrusiveA" Hi-8 camera. Surprising events ensue within evocative framings of sounds and images, and the enchanted constructions from the fanciful revelations of the everyday.
WNET 13 Series Reel New York; Second Prize, 1996 Black Maria Film & Video Festival; Symposium on Independent Film & VIdeo at the University at Colorado, Boulder, June 1996.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (a.k.a. New American Cinema Group) is the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world. Established in 1961 by a group of 22 path-breaking moving image artists (including Andy Warhol, Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clarke, and Stan Brakhage), the Coop has more than 5,000 films, videotapes, and DVDs in its collection.
475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10016
Monday - Friday
11:00am - 5:00pm