Barbara Hammer
dal 2/2/2012 al 25/2/2012
Segnalato da
2/2/2012
Barbara Hammer
Tate Modern, London
The Fearless Frame. This month-long series of Hammer's work includes screenings of early, rarely seen Super-8 films, an evening of free expanded cinema performances in the Turbine Hall and special events featuring artists and speakers from across Europe and North America. Hammer said that '...as an experimental filmmaker and lesbian feminist, I have advocated that radical content deserves radical form'.
curated by Stuart Comer and Barbara Hammer
Tate Film presents a major survey of the work of Barbara Hammer (b. 1939) in February 2012. This month-long series of Hammer’s work will include screenings of early, rarely seen Super-8 films, an evening of free expanded cinema performances in the Turbine Hall, and special events featuring artists and speakers from across Europe and North America. The season will be launched with a premiere of her new short film, Maya Deren’s Sink (2011), a tribute to Deren’s longstanding influence on the artist.
A pivotal figure in American experimental film and an acclaimed pioneer of queer cinema, Hammer’s prolific output includes the earliest avant-garde films that openly address lesbian life and sexuality. Her work remains of fundamental importance for a new generation of artists exploring new voices and new modes of experimenting with the moving image.
Hammer said that ‘as an experimental filmmaker and lesbian feminist, I have advocated that radical content deserves radical form.’ She has fearlessly pursued innovation from her earliest experiments with sexuality and feminist identity in the 1960s and ‘70s to her stunning perceptual and optical printing experiments during the 1980s and the documentaries she continues to make that unearth secret histories and give voice to those traditionally without one. Her films have transformed the screen into an active and experimental field that powerfully brings together images and the bodies they represent.
Barbara Hammer: The Fearless Frame has been curated by Barbara Hammer and Stuart Comer. Programme highlights include:
Programme subject to change:
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 1: Maya Deren and Me Friday 3 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 2: Hammer Super 8 Saturday 4 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 3: For An Active Cinema Sunday 5 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 4: Hammer Expanded Sunday 5 February 2012 free
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 5: Resistance Thursday 9 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 6: Fragile Light Friday 10 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 7: Shattering the Mirror Stage Saturday 11 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 8: Seeing with a Horse’s Eye Sunday 12 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 9: The Goddess Zeitgeist Tuesday 14 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 10: Life in the 80s: Struggles in Conservative Times Wednesday 15 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 11: Hidden Histories Friday 17 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 12: Barbara Hammer Study Day: Performative Lectures and Dialogues Saturday 18 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 13: Land and Water Saturday 18 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 14: Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions Sunday 19 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 15: The Scopophiliac Audience Sunday 19 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 16: Breaking the Law: Barbara Hammer and William E Jones Friday 24 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 17: Emily Roysdon Saturday 25 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 18: Out in South Africa Sunday 26 February 2012
* Barbara Hammer: Programme 19: For Florrie Sunday 26 February 2012
Image: Barbara Hammer, Sync Touch, 1981 © Barbara Hammer
For further press information and programme details please contact contact Kate Moores, Tate Press Office on 0207 887 8730 or email kate.moores@tate.org.uk.
Tate Modern
Bankside - London
Admission £5 ( £4 concessions)