Afterimage: Leslie Thornton
An Aesthetic of Uncertainty: Cinema by Leslie Thornton (US, 1983-2014)
- When
- Thu Oct 16, 2014
- Where
- PFA Theater
- Time
- 7:00pm
- Cost
- $5.50 - $9.50
- Tags
- Movies, Indie, Film Screenings
Description
In Conversation with Leslie Thornton and Pooja Rangan.Pooja Rangan is assistant professor of culture and media at the New School in New York, and is completing a book on the humanitarian impulse in documentary.
Tonight's program features a selection of Leslie Thornton’s short films and digital videos that explore how the West looks at the East; how we look at animals, nature, and each other; and how technology impacts these interactions. It includes Thornton's lush and evocative Adynata, which uses excerpts from Theresa Hak-kyung Cha's Dictée and a host of well-known films to create a semiological overload. Her recent Philosophers Walk on the Sublime takes us to the Alps to talk about philosophy. For Sahara/Mohave, Thornton set out to “hone an ‘aesthetic of uncertainty’ to question our understanding of the real”—an apt description of her life’s work.
Adynata (1983) 30 mins, Color, 16mm, BAM/PFA Preservation Print
Sahara/Mohave (2006) 12 mins, Color, Digital, From the artist
SONGS One Two Three (2012) 14 mins, Color, Digital, From the artist
Binocular Menagerie (2014) 3 mins, Color, Digital, From the artist
Philosophers Walk on the Sublime (2013) 15 mins, Color, Digital, From the artist
Total running time: c. 75 mins
More Info
- Link
- http://bampfa.berkeley.edu/film/FN20834
- Call
- (510) 642-1412
- Call
- 510.642.5249 (Box Office)
- Contact Form (account required)
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