Psychedelic Visions and Expanded Consciousness
- Les AngeS Dorment (1965) by Felix Venable
- Les AngeS Dorment (1965) by Felix Venable
- Aether (1972) by Daina Krumins
- Aether (1972) by Daina Krumins
- Aether (1972) by Daina Krumins
- Waterfall (1967) by Chick Strand
- Evolution of the Red Star (1973) by Adam Beckett
- Evolution of the Red Star (1973) by Adam Beckett
- Lapis (1966) by James Whitney
- Lapis (1966) by James Whitney
- The Star Curtain Tantra (1969) by Peter Mays
- Twelve (1977) by Beth Block
January 18, 2012, 8:00PM
Cinefamily, 611 N Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, 90036
**NOTE THE CHANGE IN DAY, TIME, AND LOCATION!**
Tickets: General $10, Students/seniors $6; free for Filmforum members
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Hyperkinetic experimental film and animation in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s both echoed and informed the volcanic psychedelia that defined those years — and the filmmakers featured in tonight’s show created challenging, gorgeous work during that era through obsessive mastery of groundbreaking techniques. Chick Strand’s solarized synchronicities, Pat O’Neill’s optically-printed densely haptic experiments and Adam Beckett’s infinite ecstatic morphs all manage to alter minds, both addled and unaided. The care that went into the films of tonight’s sizeable collection of visionaries cannot be overstated, and their influence is a testament to the potent revolutions that originated in obscurity, but still resound in our collective consciousness.
In person: Beth Block, Peter Mays, Pat O’Neill (Schedules permitting)
Films to be Screened
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Les AngeS Dorment (1965) by Felix Venable
Les AngeS Dorment (1965, 16mm, b/w & color, sound, 8min.)
Directed by Felix Venable -
Pulse (1969, 16mm, b/w, sound, 9min.)
Directed by Peter Spoecker -
The Star Curtain Tantra, by Peter Mays
The Star Curtain Tantra (1969, 16mm, color, sound, 14min.)
Directed by Peter Mays -
Easyout (1972, 16mm, color, sound, 9min.)
Directed by Pat O'Neill -
Binary Bit Patterns (1969, 16mm, color, sound, 3min.)
Directed by Michael Whitney -
Lapis (1966) by James Whitney
Lapis (1966, 16mm, color, sound, 9min.)
Directed by James Whitney -
Coming Down (1968, 16mm, color, sound, 4min.)
Directed by Pat O'Neill(new print from the Academy Film Archive) -
Waterfall (1967) by Chick Strand
Waterfall (1967, 16mm, color, sound, 3min.)
Directed by Chick StrandRestored print from the Academy Film Archive. This film was restored by the Pacific Film Archive and the Academy Film Archive with support from the National Film Preservation Foundation. -
Aether (1972) by Daina Krumins
Aether (1972, 16mm, color, sound, 4min.)
Directed by Daina KruminsOriginal score by Rhys Chatham!
(new print from the Academy Film Archive) -
Evolution of the Red Star (1973) by Adam Beckett
Evolution of the Red Star (1973, 16mm, color, sound, 7min.)
Directed by Adam Beckett(restored print from The iotaCenter collection at the Academy Film Archive) -
Twelve, by Beth Block
Twelve (The First Three Parts...) (1977, 16mm, color, sound, 9 min.)
Directed by Beth BlockThe first part of the film consists of hand painted and scratched film, the second part introduces the use of negative space and the third part incorporates photographic imagery into the increasingly complex images.
[Source: L.A. Filmmaker's Catalogue, 1989] -
Tanka (1976) by David Lebrun
Tanka (1976, 16mm, color, sound, 8min.)
Directed by David Lebrun -
Terminal Self (1971, 16mm, color, sound, 8min.)
Directed by John Whitney Jr.