Program:
FLY by Yoko Ono
1970, 16mm Sound Color 20min
Filmed in a New York attic in two days. John and Yoko asked New York
actress Virginia Lust to lie down naked whilst they filmed a fly
exploring her body. Approximately 200 flies were used and each had to be
stunned with a special gas. The film showed a fly traversing the girl's
body from her toes to her head, exploring every part. It was claimed
that Virginia Lust also had to be sedated during the filming.
COLOR AID by Richard Serra
1971 , 36’, 16mm, colour, soundLike
the three "Hands" films by Richard Serra (1968), the subject of Color
Aid are fingers as actors of real time activity. Monochrome colour cards
lying on top of each other and filling the whole screen are being
pulled away individually with a swishing sound by a single finger, each
time bringing a new colour into view. In the extreme close-up, each
colour fills the whole picture with a single colour. The fingertip,
appearing from several sides in the picture, pulls noisily across the
surface of the paper, producing one after the other, colour sequences of
yellow, blue, pink, brown, or hues from a different colour palette
before the eyes of the viewer. The speed at which they are pulled away
and the intervals in which the hand appears for its performance both
vary.
HAND CATCHING LEAD by Richard Serra
1968, 3’, 16mm, b/w,
silentThis is the first film by Serra. He records his right hand, trying
to catch pieces of lead as they are falling. The hand opens and closes,
trying to get hold of the falling lead. As the film progresses, the
effort becomes more apparent, and the hand gets tired.
FAT FEET by Red Grooms Mimi Gross
a Yellow Ball / Ruckus Films Production, 1965-66
An animated film, ca. 20 min.
Director:
Red Grooms with Mimi GrossPhotography: Yvonne Andersen (
Falcone)Storyboard: Mimi Gross and Red GroomsArt work: Mimi Gross, Red
Grooms, Yvonne AndersonFlat animation: Red Grooms and Mimi GrossSet,
construction, props and painting: Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Yvonne
Andersen,Visiting artist and filmmaker George KucharVarious visiting
students and friendsStop Action Animation (actors and life sized props):
Everyone aroundEditing: Yvonne Andersen, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross,
Dominic FalconeSound: Yvonne Andersen, Dominic Falcone, Red
GroomsCostumes and make up: Mimi Gross
Actors:Dominic Falcone: “ policeman”Mimi Gross: “ old lady” , “ bum”, “
druggist”, “black face walk-on”Yvonne Andersen: “woman of the night”Red
Grooms: “ black haired fatfoot man”, “candybar eater” “firechief”Edmund
Leites: “street sweeper”Susan Leites: “woman of the night”Paul and
Jeanie Falcone: “the kids” (various parts) With students of Yellow Ball
Workshop, and dear friends living in the Cambridge and Boston area
(1965)
Produced by: Dominic Falcone, Red Grooms, and Mimi Gross
VIET FLAKES by Carolee Schneemann
1965 16mm B/W toned film, Sound collage by James Tenney 8min
"Viet
Flakes was composed from an obsessive collection of Vietnam atrocity
images, compiled over five years, from foreign magazines and newspapers.
Schneemann uses the 8mm camera to "travel" within the photographs,
producing a volatile animation. Broken rhythms and visual fractures are
heightened by a sound collage by James Tenney, which features Vietnamese
religious chants and secular songs, fragments of Bach, and '60s pop
hits. "One of the most effective indictments of the Vietnam War ever
made". — Robert Enright, Border Crossings."
SEE THROUGH by Vito Acconci
1970, 5 min, color, silent, 16mm
See Through is a Super 8 film in which Acconci boxes with his own reflection in a mirror until the mirror is shattered
