Experimental Cinema series at Ryerson
The Loop Collective & The Ryerson School of Image Arts present
THE LIGHTHOUSE SERIES: A Weekly Series Dedicated to Experimental Cinema
Thursday Evenings at 7:00 PM * FREE
School of Image Arts, Ryerson University, room 313
(122 Bond St. – west of Church Street and south of Gould Street)
8 FEB – MARIE MENKEN & STAN BRAKHAGE
Hurry! Hurry! (1957, 3min.), Glimpse of the Garden (1957, 5 min.), Dwightiana (1957, 3.5 min.) by Marie Menken; Wonder Ring (1955, 7 min.), Window Water Baby Moving (1959, 12 min.), Mothlight (1963, 4 min.), Dante Quartet (1987, 8 min.), Black Ice (1994, 2.5 min.), Visions in Meditation #2: Mesa Verde (1989, 18 min.) by Stan Brakhage
15 FEB – JONAS MEKAS
He Stands In A Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life (1996, 124 min.)
22 FEB – TO BE ANNOUNCED!
1 MARCH – CINE-DANCE
A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945, 4 min.) and Very Eye of Night: Choreography for Camera (1958, 15 min.) by Maya Deren; Dance in the Sun (1953, 6min.) by Shirley Clarke; 9 Variations on a Dance Theme (1967, 13 min.) by Hilary Harris; Dervish (1974, 20 min.) by Amy Greenfield; Passion Crucified (1997, 18 min.,) by Garine Torossian; Thanatopsis (1968, 5 min.) by Ed Emshwiller; Christ mass sex dance (1991, 5 min.) by Stan Brakhage
8 MARCH – EROS
Fuses (1964-67, 23 min.), Meat Joy (1964, 6 min.,) and Plumb Line (1968-71,18 min.,) by Carolee Schneemann; self searching frenzy (2004, 8 min.) by Shana Macdonald; Coupling (1999, 9 min.) by Stan Brakhage
15 MARCH – R. BRUCE ELDER : THE BOOK OF PRAISE
Eros and Wonder (2003, 106 min.)
22 MARCH – NEW MEDIA SHOW AT THE SCHOOL OF IMAGE ARTS: THERE WILL BE NO SCREENING
29 MARCH – MICHAEL SNOW
Wavelength (1967, 45 min.); WVLNT: Wavelength for Those Who Don’t Have the Time (2003, 15 min.)
5 APRIL – JOYCE WIELAND (Htree si Lnyo neo Ycoje)
Sailboat (1967, 3 min.); Water Sark (1966, 15 min.); Handtinting (1967, 5.5 min.); Reason Over Passion (1969, 80 min.)
12 APRIL – JACK CHAMBERS
The Hart of London (1970, 80 min.)