miércoles, septiembre 01, 2004
because I am an artist
I am devoting my life to what is inappropriately called "The Experimental Film" in America, because I am an artist and, as such, am convinced that freedom of personal expression (that which is called "experiment" by those who don't understand it) is the natural beginning of any art...There is no place for an artist in the film studios, because they have universally adopted theatrical or literary forms and have become [an] extension of the art of the theater at best, or the novel at worst. There is virtually no art of the film to be found in any formalized motion picture producing system I know of and probably never will be. Brakhage, Metaphors on Vision.
Cosmic Baseball Asociation on Brakhage
The "freedom of personal expression." How could such expression ever find the light of day in the commercial movie making industry where stars and fantasy stories mixed to produce profits not visions? Films that have been called "experimental," "avant-garde," "personal," "subjective," "trance," "lyrical," "independent," "underground" and so on are films in which the artist's motivation is more poetic than commercial.
Cosmic Baseball Asociation on Brakhage
The "freedom of personal expression." How could such expression ever find the light of day in the commercial movie making industry where stars and fantasy stories mixed to produce profits not visions? Films that have been called "experimental," "avant-garde," "personal," "subjective," "trance," "lyrical," "independent," "underground" and so on are films in which the artist's motivation is more poetic than commercial.
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Pionero del Film Experimental (Expanded Cinema)
Un autor vital en el libro Expanded Cinema y en nuestros estudios de poetica mediatica. La siguiente es una entrada en Wikipedia la enciclopedia libre. Material de basico de estudio sobre cinematografia segun su perspectiva (The Brakhage Lectures) se encuentra en un PDF en UBU WEB
Stan Brakhage (January 14, 1933 - March 9, 2003) was an American filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century.
Brakhage's film are usually abstract and lack a traditional story. They are also generally silent, thus emphasising their visual element which Brakhage thought more fundamental to film than sound. His films range in length from just a few seconds to several hours, but most last between two or three minutes and one hour. Most of his work was done in 8mm or 16mm film, and he frequently hand-painted the film or scratched the image directly into the film emulsion, and sometimes used collage techniques. For Mothlight (1963), for example, he stuck moth wings onto tape and made prints from it.
Stan Brakhage (January 14, 1933 - March 9, 2003) was an American filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century.
Brakhage's film are usually abstract and lack a traditional story. They are also generally silent, thus emphasising their visual element which Brakhage thought more fundamental to film than sound. His films range in length from just a few seconds to several hours, but most last between two or three minutes and one hour. Most of his work was done in 8mm or 16mm film, and he frequently hand-painted the film or scratched the image directly into the film emulsion, and sometimes used collage techniques. For Mothlight (1963), for example, he stuck moth wings onto tape and made prints from it.
Brakhage is revered as one of the most important experimental filmmakers of the 20th century, and his work has had some small impact on mainstream cinema also with the credits of the film Seven, with their scratched emulsion, rapid cutaways and bursts of light, being very much in Brakhage's style.
Among Brakhage's students were the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, and he is featured in their student film Cannibal! The Musical. The character Stan in South Park is apparently an homage to Brakhage, in name if nothing else. The opening track of Stereolab's album Dots and Loops, "Brakhage", is also named after him.
After his death, a DVD including 26 of Brakhage's films, by Brakhage, was released by the Criterion Collection.
