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STAN BRAKHAGE SPECIAL PROGRAMME Five short films by Stan Brakhage will follow the screening of Jim Shedden\u2019s documentary on the legendary filmmaker.<\/em><\/p>\n Stan Brakhage, Mothlight, USA, 1963, 4 min Stan Brakhage, Reflections on Black, USA, 1955, 12 min Stan Brakhage, Night Music, USA, 1986, 30 sec
\nLeeds City Art Gallery
\nSunday 17 October 1999, at 2pm<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Made without a camera, Mothlight<\/em> was constructed by sandwiching moth wings, flowers and other organic matter between two strips of clear Mylar editing tape. This collage was then printed on 16mm film. The image, which rapidly flashes by, is regarded by the filmmaker to be \u201cas a moth might see from birth to death if black were white\u201d.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The visions of a blind man depict an erotic and aesthetic quest, which transcends the distinction between fantasy and reality. This angst-ridden drama of relationships in a New York tenement building is an early example of Brakhage\u2019s rejection of sound, which he believes interferes with the purity and clarity of vision.<\/p>\n
\nStan Brakhage, Rage Net, USA, 1988, 30 sec
\nStan Brakhage, Glaze of Cathexis, USA, 1990, 4 min
\n<\/strong>In recent decades, Brakhage has concentrated his efforts mainly on \u201cmoving visual thinking\u201d, created by painting directly onto film, or physically scratching into the emulsion. Night Music<\/em> was originally painted on IMAX but has unfortunately never been presented in that format. Rage Net<\/em> and Glaze of Cathexis<\/em> both trace psychological states through hypnotic rushes of colour and form.<\/p>\n