When:
4/2/2012 - 4/2/2012
08:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Where:
REDCAT Theater
631 W. 2nd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Event Website
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Narrative Bodies- Films and Videos by Abigail Child
Poet, essayist and filmmaker Abigail Child sees her creations as a curious and particular intersection, often humorous, sometimes alchemical, between sound and image. Bodies, fetishes, symbols, icons and relics are reinvented and refitted to new realities and new desires. The total assembly is a movement metaphorically (with the ghostly re-emergence of Griffith on one side and on the other Eisenstein), and the images and poetic rhythms use structure as a magnifying glass to uncover the lies and injustices of history. Child’s film cycle, Is This What You Were Born For (1981–89), is a landmark of contemporary avant-garde cinema, and her recent works continue to be widely shown and celebrated. Films include Peripeteia I (1977), Perils (1986), Mayhem (1987), The Future is Behind You (2004–05), Mirror World (2006) and Ligatures (2009).
In person: Abigail Child
Jack H. Skirball Screening Series
$10 [students $8, CalArts $5]
Where:
REDCAT Theater
631 W. 2nd St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Event Website
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