Archa Theatre

An Evening of Iluminace

The Films of Stan Brakhage (I) and Czech experimental film

The screening of the experimental film of Stan Brakhage and other Czech authors will be accompanied by a reading from the recent issue of the magazine Iluminace (3/99). This issue is dedicated to the field of experimental cinematography (it will be possible to purchase this issue at the theatre Box Office for a reduced price!).

January 27, 2000 at 8:00 p.m.

Dříve než vzápětí / Earlier than present

(dir. Petr Marek, 1994, 2.5 min.) VHS
opening speech + reading from the magazine Iluminace to the structural films about Stan Brakhage

The Way to the Shadow Garden

(dir. Stan Brakhage, 1955, 10 min. - opt. sound) 16mm

Dog Star Man: part II

(dir. Stan Brakhage, 1963, 5 min - silent) 16mm

Mothlight

(dir. Stan Brakhage, 1963, 4 min. - silent) 16mm

Made Manifest

(dir. Stan Brakhage, 1980, 11 min. - silent) 16 mm

Autumnal

(dir. Stan Brakhage, 1993, 5 min. - silent) 16 mm

Study in color and Black and White

(dir. Stan Brakhage, 1993, 3 min. - silent) 16 mm

Ephemeral Solidity

(r. Stan Brakhage, 1993, 3 min. - silent) 16 mm

The Lion and the Zebra Make God´ Raw Jewels

(dir. Stan Brakhage, 1999, 6 min - silent) 16 mm
reading from magazine Iluminace to the structural film, Kurt Kren and Adam Kadmon

(dir. Martin Blažíček, 1996, 5 min. - silent) 16mm

Adam Kadmon

(dir. Martin Čihák - Jan Daňhel - Kryštof Mařatka, 1993/4, 27 min.) 16 mm

Stan Brakhage (*1933) belongs among the outstanding authors of the American avant-garde films (in Archa Theatre, his presentation links to the screening of the films of Maya Deren, Jonas Mekas and others.). His mostly soundless films (in the format of 8mm and 16mm) arise in the level of thinking of light as a specific spirit medium; they are created even without a camera, that is by an entire or fractional intervention in the film tape. The chosen films present all periods of Brakhage's work.

Czech experimental work is represented here by three extraordinary films: Dříve než v zápětí (Earlier than present) is a short clip of extensive works of filmmaker and musician, Petr Marek, Copyright Kren by the way of last portrait of KK, who died only several weeks after the presentation of his retrospective in Prague. The extensive material in the third issue of Iluminace is dedicated to today's almost "classic" work of Adam Kadmon and his alchemic inspiration; additional information can be found on http://www.osf.cz/cinema/experimentcz/