Deren, Menken & Schneemann
In conversation with Sylvano Santini (UQAM), we are presenting a selection of works that literally transformed experimental cinema, in the United States and beyond. Maya Deren built upon the surrealist approach while helping inspire structural cinema, which would dominate the East Coast experimental film scene for years to come. Carolee Schneemann was a pioneer of performance cinema, marked by a hyper-eroticization of the human body. Marie Menken created an unrivaled body of work rooted in the observation of the outdoors and visual sketches.
Presented by Sylvano Santini
A selection of six experimental films by American filmmakers Maya Deren, Marie Menken, and Carolee Schneemann.
Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren, Alexandr Hackenschmied
[USA, 1943, 14 min, 16 mm, no dialogue]
At Land by Maya Deren [USA, 1944, 15 min, num., no dialogue]
Glimpse of the Garden by Marie Menken
[USA, 1957, 5 min, 16 mm, no dialogue]
Notebook by Marie Menken
[USA, 1962, 11 min, 16 mm, no dialogue]
Fuses by Carolee Schneemann
[USA, 1967, 30 min, num., no dialogue]
Plumb Line by Carolee Schneemann
[USA, 1971, 16 min, num., English]
