Rate of Change: Acts of Light Part 1
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ACTS OF LIGHT is a trilogy consisting of RATE OF CHANGE, ANGULAR MOMENTUM, and CIRCLES OF CONFUSION. Together they develop a study of pure color based on the notion that film is essentially change and not motion. The films build one on the other as first pure change, then relational change, and finally, irrational change. They can be seen together or as separate works. This section has no original, no frames, only slowly continuously shifting colors, cycling around the perimeter of the spectrum. The changes are so slow as to be unseen, yet they alter perception of the color.
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Projection Instructions
A program of 16mm films that involve special instructions to the projectionist, curator, or spectator
Join us for a modular program of 16mm films that involve special instructions to the projectionist, curator, or spectator, underscoring the performative dimensions of cinematic exhibition. Venues wishing to exhibit a version of the program are encouraged to curate individual combinations of films from the list below that reflect their own interests, equipment, and exhibition spaces.
Films
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Tree
Bill Brand16mm, black and white, sound, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Always Open/Never Closed
Bill Brand16mm, color, silent, 11.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreInstallation
Pong Ping Pong
Bill Brand16mm, black and white, sound, 25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Moment
Bill Brand16mm, black and white, sound, 23.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Zip-Tone-Cat-Tune
Bill Brand16mm, color, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Demolition of a Wall
Bill Brand16mm, black and white, sound, 27 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Touch Tone Phone Film
Bill Brand16mm, black and white, sound, 7.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Angular Momentum: Acts of Light Part 2
Bill Brand16mm, color, sound, 20 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Circles of Confusion: Acts Of Light Part 3
Bill Brand16mm, color, sound, 14.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreAnimationExperimental
The Trail to Koskimo, His First Hunt
Bill Brand16mm, color, sound, 34 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreAnimationExperimental
Cartoons
Bill Brand16mm, color and b/w, sound, 39.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Works In The Field
Bill Brand16mm, color, silent, 39.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimentalNarrative
Split Decision
Bill Brand16mm, color, sound, 15 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Chuck's Will's Widow
Bill Brand16mm, color, silent, 12 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Coalfields
Bill Brand16mm & DVD (sale only), color, sound, 38.5 minRental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC - Read MoreDocumentary
Home Less Home
Bill Brand16mm, color, sound, 75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Suite
Bill Brandcolor, sound, 28 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Skinside Out
Bill Brandcolor, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Swan's Island
Bill Brandcolor, sound, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreDocumentaryInstallation
Masstransiscope
Bill Brandcolor, sound, 10 minRental format: DVD NTSC - Read MoreExperimental
Susie's Ghost
Bill Brand16mm, color, sound, 7 minRental formats: 16mm, DVD NTSC