Mind Eye Body
Sat, May 2, 2015
5–5:30 pm
Carolee Schneemann (b. 1939), still from Meat Joy, 1964. 16mm film transferred to video, color, sound; 10:35 min. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Randy Slifka 2009.126 © 2009 Carolee Schneemann / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
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The works in this screening each explore the ritual-like transformation of human energy through the body, movement, and the organic world:
Carolee Schneemann (b. 1939, Philadelphia, PA) Meat Joy, 1964. 16mm film transferred to video, color, sound, 10:35 min. Purchase with funds from Randy Slifka 2009.126
Michael Joo (b. 1966, Ithaca, NY), Salt Transfer Cycle, 1994. Video, color, sound; 8 min. Gift of the artist in honor of Eileen and Michael Cohen 2015.117
Stan Brakhage (b. 1933, Kansas City, MO; d. 2003, Victoria, Canada), Persian Series 13–18, 2001. 16mm film, color, silent; 9 min. Purchase with funds from the Orentreich Family Foundation 2005.118
This screening is free with Museum admission.
