FILM
Processus, Transe, Rituel |
Written 30 January |
Thursday 07 May, 19:00Centre Pompidou, 75004 [map]
This programme offers the chance to explore experimental cinema, documentary, and artists’ films and videos whilst also looking at the history and practices of non-commercial cinema.
Jack Smith was an American filmmaker, actor, and pioneer of underground cinema. He is generally acclaimed as a founding father of American performance art, and has been critically recognized as a master photographer, though his photographic works are rare and remain largely unknown. The most famous (and arguably the most notorious) of Smith's productions is Flaming Creatures (1962). The film is basically a travesty on Hollywood B movies and tribute to actress
Maria Montez, who starred in many such productions. However, authorities considered some scenes to be pornographic. Copies of the movie were confiscated at the premiere and it was subsequently banned (technically, it still is to this day).
The Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a series of disorientating multiscreen expanded cinema productions (1966 and ’67) organized by
Andy Warhol featuring musical performances by
The Velvet Underground &
Nico, film projections, dancing and performances by Factory regulars, such as
Mary Woronov and
Gerard Malanga. E.P.I was also where the largest number of screenings of Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests occurred. Ronald Nameth has been active in experimental film and video 1960, as well working with large multimedia projections and video installations. Nameth was in the first wave of artists to work with electronic media in the mid '60s. He first utilized electronic music devices and deconstructed the television to create electronic imagery.
| What: | Processus, Transe, Rituel |
| When: | Thursday 07 May, 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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