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Screening and Discussion: Surrealist Film Shorts: Howard Karren - Beyond

  • Provincetown Art Association and Museum 460 Commercial St. Provincetown, MA 02657 (map)

Screening and Discussion: Surrealist Film Shorts: Howard Karren - Beyond

Presenter: Howard Karren
Venue: Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Date: August 21, 2024 at 6pm

Surrealist imagery soon entered the realm of mainstream filmmaking, appearing mostly as dreams and sometimes full features. Avant-garde artists began to move beyond. Here are two examples: in “Le Chant du Styrène” (“The Song of Styrene”), French New Wave master Alain Resnais turns plastic into poetry, and in “The Order,” a 31-minute excerpt of his three-hour epic Cremaster 3 (part of the nine-hour-long, five-part Cremaster Cycle), Barney looked to create form beyond biology, “cremaster” being the muscle that raises or lowers the testicles in response to temperature.

Le Chant du Styrène (1958), “The Song of Styrene,” directed by Alain Resnais, written by Raymond Queneau, color, 13 min.

Cremaster 3: The Order (2002), written, directed and starring Matthew Barney, color, 31 min.

First come first served. Free for PAAM members and $15 for non-members.

 
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