FILM
Paul Sharits |
Written 30 January |
Wednesday 20 January, 19:00Centre Pompidou, 75004 [map]Paul Sharits
The cinema of
Paul Sharits, major figure of experimental cinema of the 1960s- 1970s, was and remains still difficult to understand; the principles remaining as distant as possible from the production and reception of commercial cinema.
« At the risk of appearing immodest …, I have the feeling of working on a totally new concept of cinema. Traditionally, “abstract films” … are not more cinematic than the narrative-dramatic films that compress literature and theatre onto a two dimensional screen. I want to abandon imitation and illusion and enter directly into the higher drama: the two-dimensional strips of celluloid; photograms taken individually; perforation and emulsion; projector operations; the screen itself… in this cinematic drama, the light is energy rather than a tool of representation of non-filmic objects; the light, like energy, is emitted to create objects, shapes and textures.. one can generate virtual shapes, create a real movement (rather than illustrate it), build a real colour space (rather than depict it) and be part of a real time (immediate presence).” Paul Sharits
Razor Blades
1965-1968 / 25' / 2 screens
Analytical Studies II : Unframed Lines
1971-1976 / 30'
Epileptic Seizure Comparison
1976 / 30'
| What: | Paul Sharits |
| When: | Wednesday 20 January, 19:00 |
| Where: | Centre Pompidou, Place Georges Pompidou 75004 [map] |
| Transport: | Rambuteau, Hôtel de Ville, Châtelet-Les Halles |
| Cost: | 4 - 6EUR |
| Phone: | 01 44 78 12 33 |
| Web: | www.centrepompidou.fr |
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