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Born as a means to watch rarely screened artist films in their original format. This film programme was assembled in 5 parts, each exploring different aspects in the formation of avant garde cinema, from the 1960 to the present. Films were loaned from artist's own archives, along with those from New York, Paris and London.
The five part series culminated with a debut screening and Q&A of two new works by Nathaniel Dorsky at the cinema museum in Kennington, London.
A screen printed poster was designed for each show and are available to purchase at the Close-Up Film Centre on Brick Lane, East London.
Thanks to Close-Up, (London), Light Cone, (Paris), Light Industry, (New York), LUX, (London)
closeupfilmcentre.com/
lightcone.org/
lightindustry.org/
lux.org.uk/
cinemamuseum.org.uk/



Part I:
The Visitation, Nathaniel Dorsky, 16mm
The Riddle of Lumen, Stan Brakhage, 16mm
Hart of London, Jack Chambers, 16mm
Part II:
Short Film Series, Guy Sherwin, 16mm
Man with Mirror, Guy Sherwin, performance S-8
Part III:
Passage Through: A Ritual, Stan Brakhage, 16mm
Musical Stairs, Guy Sherwin, 16mm
Part IV:
All My Life, Brice Ballie, 16mm
Bessie Smith, Charles Levine, 16mm
Harmonica, Larry Gottheim, 16mm
Little Stabs at Happiness, Ken Jacobs, 16mm
The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins, Les Blank, 16mm
Part V:
An evening with Nathaniel Dorsky at The Cinema Museum - Three films and a Q&A
17 Reasons Why, 16mm
Variations, 16mm
Threnody, 16mm