Detail View: Stan Brakhage Collection: Stan Brakhage on James Davis

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narv_#50-31LectureOrigDavisAndMenken.mp3
Title: 
Stan Brakhage on James Davis
Description: 
Stan Brakhage discusses dreams and the difficulty of trying to portray them in art. Then he describes James Davis' films, which consist of light refractions off of plastic sculptures. Brakhage gives a biography of Davis, which includes some of Brakhage's personal stories of Davis. He mentions Marie Menken and her work. Brakhage analyzes Davis' 'Reflections' and Menken's 'Moonplay.'
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Abstract
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00:00 Stan Brakhage begins 1:37:06 End
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SegmentSequence
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Course title: History of Film: "I as Eye" (Film and First Person Singular) - The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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Venue
Subject: 
Dreams in art
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85039486
Subject: 
Davis, James Edward
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009009065
Subject: 
Menken, Marie, 1909-1970
Subject Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008152638
Subject: 
Reflections (Motion picture)
Subject Type: 
local
Subject: 
Moonplay (Motion picture)
Subject Type: 
local
Subject: 
Dreams in motion pictures
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local
Source: 
narv_#50-31LectureOrigDavisAndMenken
Creator: 
Brakhage, Stan
Creator Type: 
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
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Date: 
1976-03-08
Format Medium: 
audio/mp3
Language: 
English
Identifier ARK: 
https://ark.colorado.edu/ark:/47540/w0561712s6wq