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COLLECTION NAME:
Stan Brakhage Collection
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Identifier:
narv_brak_lecture_nov18Afternoon_P1.mp3
Title:
Stan Brakhage lecture on art and filmmaking , Part 1
Description:
Brakhage talks about the arts and how they are perceived. He shows three short films of his. In an hour-long Q&A, he talks about wanting to be a poet when he was growing up. Goes into Jonas Mekas, The Wizard of Oz, Gertrude Stein, sentimentality, being an artist, his filmmaking process, a person's destiny, being worn out by society, the artist's role, American culture, art belonging in the home, the fragility of works of art. Occasionally Ken Jacobs comments on the topics. Continued on 'Stan Brakhage lecture on art and filmmaking, Part 2.
Description Type:
Abstract
Description:
00:00 Brakhage talks about recognizing art

05:30 Body language of students listening to a piece of music

09:00 Metaphors for present time of human history and American culture

14:45 Discusses the unconscious

16:40 His house and how artists live

18:40 Defines art

20:30 How his films have been received

21:50 Perceiving music

24:20 Unconscious and physical "atmosphere of an audience"

30:30 Q+A session begins

01:01:50 Jacobs comments

01:02:25 Brakhage on finding love and fulfilling your destiny

01:04:10 His own weariness

01:10:00 Talks about artists lives

01:13:50 American culture and art

01:18:50 Jacobs comments

01:21:00 Art in the home

01:25:45 The setting for viewing art

01:32:00 Jacobs comments

01:34:08 End
Description Type:
SegmentSequence
Subject:
Brakhage, Stan
Subject Type:
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
Subject:
Arts and society
Subject Type:
Subject:
Artists -- 20th century
Subject Type:
local
Subject:
Independent filmmakers -- United States
Subject Type:
local
Subject:
Experimental films -- United States
Subject Type:
local
Source:
narv_brak_lecture_nov18Afternoon_P1
Creator:
Brakhage, Stan
Creator Type:
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82017258
Contributor:
Jacobs, Ken, 1933-
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Date:
Undated
Format Medium:
audio/mp3
Language:
English
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Stan Brakhage lecture on art and filmmaking , Part 1