Super 8 Silent, Films by Katy Martin, 1976-79

black and white, sound, 53 min
scans not available
1976-79.
Rental format: DVD NTSC $212
Available for sale: DVD NTSC $125

About

1976-79.

 

AUTOGRAPH, 1976, 2 min.

A simple performance that prefigures the work I do now.

 

DAFFODILS, 1977, 3 min.

A poem to my husband in the early days of our romance. Included in "Big as Life: A History of 8mm Film in America" at the Museum of Modern Art (New York).

 

DRAWING BREATH, 1978, 3 min.

 

DOT SQUARED, 1977, 3 min.

A camera roll of Bill Brand, animating his computer graphics, using the mainframe at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.

 

TYRONE, PA, 1977 14 min.

A portrait of car culture and the town where I grew up. Film still exhibited in "Come Closer: Art Around the Bowery, 1969-1989" at the New Museum (New York).

 

AT THE GRANDPARENTS, 1978, 5 min.

 

BILL'S FILM SHOOT, 1978, 7 min.

 

FLOWERS AND BIRDS, 1979, 8 min.

On vacation with Bill's mother who loved watching birds. At the time, I was steeped in Japanese aesthetics and the pleasure of looking.

 

APPLE BUTTER BOIL, 1979, 8 min.

A two-day ritual that took place every fall at the Grange next door to my house.

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