To the Winged Distance: Programme 2

Date: 4 February 2007 | Season: Robert Beavers 2007

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TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: PROGRAMME 2
Sunday 4 February 2007, at 3pm
London Tate Modern

Introduction by Robert Beavers.

Robert Beavers, From the Notebook of …, 1971/1998, 35mm, colour, sound, 48 min
From the Notebook of … was shot in Florence and takes as its point of departure Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks and Paul Valéry’s essay on da Vinci’s process. These two elements suggest an implicit comparison between the treatment of space in Renaissance art and the moving image. The film marks a critical development in the artist’s work in that he repeatedly employs a series of rapid pans and upward tilts along the city’s buildings or facades, often integrating glimpses of his own face. As Beavers notes in his writing on the film, the camera movements are tied to the filmmakers’ presence and suggest his investigating gaze. (Henriette Huldisch, Whitney Museum of American Art)

NB: The advertised introduction and discussion with P. Adams Sitney was unfortunately cancelled.