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Maya Deren

Maya Deren (April 29, 1917, Kiev – October 13, 1961, New York City), born Eleanora Derenkowsky, was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist of the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, poet, writer and photographer.

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Rituals of Alternate Times

By Attaque(e)r le ... on Wed, 16/02/2022 - 16:02

Everyday life. Actions performed in passing, words uttered automatically, to which we do not attach importance. Performed and uttered constantly, over and over again... so many everyday rituals escape us— repeated countless times, known by heart, they no longer surprise, they become invisible.
Dates:
Friday, February 25, 2022 - 19:00
Venue:
BWA Zielona Góra - Zielona Góra, Poland
Archivio Aperto 2021

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 11/10/2021 - 03:46

The XIV edition of Archivio Aperto with be held live and online, free and worldwide, on MyMovies platform. Archivio Aperto is the festival dedicated to the rediscovery of the experimental and amateur film heritage, run by Home Movies - Archivio Nazionale del Film di Famiglia of Bologna (Italy).
Dates:
Saturday, October 9, 2021 (All day) to Wednesday, October 27, 2021 (All day)
“The gatekeepers exist to be overthrown.” - Amos Vogel, Repeats and Responses

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 14/09/2021 - 09:26

“The most important question – Where is the experimental film movement? – is the one which I wish someone could answer for me”, wrote Maya Deren in August 1946 to the filmmaker Frank Stauffacher who was preparing a program for the San Francisco Museum of Art called “Art in Cinema”. Deren, who was 29 at the time, was a reference because in 1943 she had already started showing the experimental films she made with Alexander Hammid to a select audience.
Dates:
Thursday, September 23, 2021 (All day) to Thursday, September 30, 2021 (All day)
Venue:
Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art - Berlin, Germany
Films and Sounds: Reflecting on 60 Years of The New York Experimental Film Community

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 13/09/2021 - 03:54

Films and Sounds: Reflecting on 60 Years of The New York Experimental Film Community w/ MM Serra , Chuck Smith . Sebastian Mekas Emily Singer and Michelle Borreggine

Screening in-person premiere , Tales and Visions of Community with MM Serra: "To Jonas, with Love" (2021) is a short film honoring Jonas Mekas' films diaries and his impact on the underground film world. Accompanied by a screening of personal vision films featuring artists Maya Deren, Jonas Mekas, Marie Menken, MM Serra, Edward Owens, and Barbara Rubin distributed by The Film Makers Coop.

Dates:
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - 18:00
Venue:
IRL - New York, United States
OFFoff Open Air: Publiek Park

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 14/06/2021 - 10:04

Art Cinema OFFoff presents a 16mm open-air program of five films in the outdoor theater of the Citadelpark. This free evening is part of Publiek Park – a four-day open-air exhibition (July 1-4), organized by the Young Friends v/h S.M.A.K., which brings together visual art, performance, music and cinema at the crossroads of culture, nature and heritage.
Dates:
Saturday, July 3, 2021 - 22:30
Venue:
Aphitheatre Ghent - Ghent, Belgium
The Melancholy Lens: Loss and Mourning in American Avant-Garde Cinema
The impact of significant loss has exerted a powerful influence on several American avant-garde filmmakers. The Melancholy Lens offers a detailed look at biographical and psychological factors discernible in the art of Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, Gregory Markopoulos, Robert Beavers, and Ernie Gehr with an aim toward a greater understanding of their work.
Rating:

Average: 1 (1 vote)
Category:
Books
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
The Maya Deren Collection
Maya Deren is one of the most important American experimental filmmakers of all time and Kino Classics and Re:Voir are proud to present new 2K restorations of her essential work. Along with being a filmmaker, Deren was a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer and photographer, and she brings all of these disciplines together in her dreamlike and ecstatic films.
Rating:

Average: 4 (4 votes)
Category:
Blu-Ray
Publisher:
Kino Lorber
Re:voir
The Maya Deren Collection
Maya Deren is one of the most important American experimental filmmakers of all time and Kino Classics and Re:Voir are proud to present new 2K restorations of her essential work. Along with being a filmmaker, Deren was a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer and photographer, and she brings all of these disciplines together in her dreamlike and ecstatic films.
Rating:

Average: 3.2 (10 votes)
Category:
DVD
Publisher:
Kino Lorber
Re:voir
Lessons in Perception. The Avant-Garde Filmmaker as Practical Psychologist
Narrative comprehension, memory, motion, depth perception, synesthesia, hallucination, and dreaming have long been objects of fascination for cognitive psychologists. They have also been among the most potent sources of creative inspiration for experimental filmmakers. Lessons in Perception melds film theory and cognitive science in a stimulating investigation of the work of iconic experimental artists such as Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Maya Deren, and Jordan Belson.
Rating:

Average: 3.8 (4 votes)
Category:
Books
Publisher:
Berghahn Books
IFI & AEMI Projections & IMMA: Out of Body

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 18/07/2017 - 10:33

Presented in partnership with IMMA’s exhibition ‘As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics’, aemi is delighted to collaborate with artist Susan MacWilliam to present ‘Out of Body’, a selection of films that explore the psychic and physical spaces of body and landscape.

Dates:
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 - 18:30
Venue:
Irish Film Institute - Dublin, Ireland