
The Art of Vision
Stills
About
Includes the complete DOG STAR MAN and is a full extension of the singularly visible themes of it. Inspired by that period of music in which the word symphonia was created and by the thought that the term, as then, was created to name the overlap and enmeshing of suites, this film presents the visual symphony that DOG STAR MAN can be seen as and also all the suites of which it is composed. But as it is a film, and a work of music, the above suggests only one of the possible approaches to it. For instance, as cinematographer. at source, means writer of movement, certain poetic analogies might serve as well. The form is conditioned by the works of arts which have inspired DOG STAR MAN, its growth of form by the physiology and experiences ( including experiences of art) of the man who made it. Finally it must be seen for what it is. An art of vision possible in a medium which has dominated our century, and which herewith frees itself from dependence on all other art forms. Film has tended, even in the most experimental of intention, culture, pretense, and imitation. Now Brakhage's ART OF VISION exists so utterly free of all that. It is a totality of making so intense it becomes a systemic exploration of the forms and terms of the medium itself. To explore the form without exhausting the form: a definitive making in any art is the health of the whole art, of the arts. Art in its oldest sense is skill, skill of making; THE ART OF VISION is the skill of making seeing. THE ART OF VISION, The Art of Fugue, a presumptuous comparison only so long as we accord film only evidential value. This film makes immediate the integrity of the medium. Climax of the edited film, a new continent of the eye's sway. Mind at the mercy of the eye at last. – Robert Kelly
Films
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Gnir Rednow
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Interim
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, sound, 24 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Desistfilm
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, sound, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
In Between
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, sound, 9.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Reflections on Black
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, sound, 12 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Way to Shadow Garden
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Wonder Ring
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 4 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Loving
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 4 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Nightcats
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Daybreak & Whiteye
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, sound, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Anticipation of the Night
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 40 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Window Water Baby Moving
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 12 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Wedlock House: An Intercourse
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, silent, 11 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Sirius Remembered
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 10.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Cat's Cradle
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Dead
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 11 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Centuries of June
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Thigh Line Lyre Triangular
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 9 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Prelude: Dog Star Man
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Films by Stan Brakhage: An Avant-Garde Home Movie
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 3.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimentalNarrative
Blue Moses
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, sound, 10.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimentalNarrative
Dog Star Man: Part I
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 30 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Dog Star Man: Part II
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 5.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Mothlight
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 4 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Oh Life—A Woe Story—The A Test News
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Dog Star Man (Complete)
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Dog Star Man: Part III
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 7.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Dog Star Man: Part IV
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 6 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Zone Moment
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, sound, 3 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Two: Creeley/McClure
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Pasht
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
3 Films: Blue White/Bloodstone/Vein
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 8 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Black Vision
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 2.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Fire of Waters
Stan Brakhage16mm, black and white, sound, 10 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Polite Madness
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 2.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreDocumentaryExperimental
Scenes From Under Childhood: Section No. 1
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 24.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
My Mountain: Song 27
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 24.25 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Horseman, The Woman And The Moth
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 19 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
My Mountain: Song 27: Part 2: Rivers
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 32.75 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Scenes From Under Childhood: Section No. 2
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 40 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Scenes From Under Childhood: Section No. 3
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 27.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Scenes From Under Childhood: Section No. 4
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 46 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Eyes
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 35.5 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Machine of Eden
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 11 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Animals of Eden and After
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 35 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
Sexual Meditation: #1 Motel
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 7 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Weir-Falcon Saga
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 29 minRental format: 16mm - Read MoreExperimental
The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
Stan Brakhage16mm, color, silent, 32 minRental format: 16mm