Screenings

Time capsules. The collage films of Arthur Lipsett

The figure of Arthur Lipsett occupies one of the most original and exciting fringes of editing and film collage. His work, which fascinated filmmakers as varied as Kubrick, Brakhage and George Lucas, was interrupted by Lipsett’s mental problems (he suffered from bipolar disorder) and the torment that led to his suicide, at the age of 46. He started out making sound collages, which he then transferred to his brilliant, enigmatic pieces produced by Canada’s NFB: combinations of images and sounds, in films of recycling and deconstruction, ironic and sarcastic visual essays about consumerism or critiques of the mass media, with jazzy or syncopated rhythms that illuminated a sense of cinema and a unique way of thinking.

Very Nice, Very NiceArthur Lipsett,1961, video, 6 min; 21-87, A. Lipsett,1964, 16 mm, 9 min; Perceptual Learning, A. Lipsett,1965, video, 11 min; Free Fall, A. Lipsett,1964, video, 9 min; A Trip Down Memory Lane, A. Lipsett, 1965, video, 12 min; Fluxes, A. Lipsett,1968, 16 mm, 23 min; Lipsett DiariesTheodore Ushev, 2010, 35 mm, 14 min.

Date
16 January 2014
Times

20:00

Space
The Auditorium
Admission fee

1 session: 4 € / Concessions: 3 € /
5-session pass: 15 € / Concessions: 12 €
Friends of the CCCB: free of charge

Ticket sales

Advance sales at the ticket desk of the CCCB and from Telentrada: 902 10 12 12 www.telentrada.com


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