Thursday, March 27, 2008

ROBERT BREER

Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 27 March 2008. 16mm (original format) prints from LUX.
ROBERT BREER REEL 1
Form Phases 1. US 1952. silent, b&w+hand-colored. Basic abstract animation
Form Phases 2. US 1952. silent, Kodachrome, abstract animation, 1+2 total 5 min
Motion Pictures. US 1956. silent, colour, 4 min. Colour patterns
Image by Images. US 1959. b&w, sound, 2 min. Simple abstractions
Récreation. US 1957. Sound: Noël Burch. In French. Kodachrome, sound, 2 min. Image bombardment
ROBERT BREER REEL 2
Fistfight. US 1964. Music: Stockhausen. Colour, sound, 11 min. Frame-by-frame collage
Un miracle. US 1954. & Pontus Hulten. Kodachrome, sound, 1 min. Gag on Pope Pius XII.
Jamestown Baloos. US 1957. b&w+colour, sound and silent, 6 min. Crescendo with water-colour, with drums
Blazes. US 1961. Sound, colour, 4 min. A visual explosion
ROBERT BREER REEL 3
Horse Over Tea Kettle. US 1962. Sound, colour, 6 min (the film was interrupted, not broken, four times, because of the condition of the print). Humoristic cartoon
Breathing. US 1963. Colour, sound, 6 min. Simple moving lines
Untitled, probably: A Man and His Dog Out for Air. US 1958. 3 min, abstract patterns
Homage to Jean Tinguely's Homage to New York. US 1968. Sound, b&w, 12 min. In French, includes live documentary footage on the mounting of the installation
Pat's Birthday. US 1962. B&w, 14 min. Live footage of a summer party.
Total duration of the show 74 min

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