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DESCRIPTION:\n	Introduced by guest curator Mónica Savirón \n	\n	Presented w
 ith the support of the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
  \n	\n	\n	Dir. Barbara Meter. 1970–2008\, 70 min. program\, 16mm and 35mm 
 film\, including one double-projector film. In the early 1970s\, Dutch fil
 mmaker Barbara Meter co-founded the Electric Cinema\, to present and produ
 ce independent and avant-garde film. She made fiction films\, political do
 cumentaries\, and then moved to avant-garde film\, pushing the medium forw
 ard with her unique way of repurposing documents and audio recordings\, an
 d with an innovative\, masterful application of optical printing technique
 s. Meter manipulates the images and reworks found sounds to find and creat
 e a personal expressive mode. With film prints lovingly restored by the EY
 E Filmmuseum in Amsterdam\, Found Sounds is the first comprehensive retros
 pective of Barbara Meter’s avant-garde films in the United States. \n	\n\n
 \n	Organized by guest curator Mónica Savirón. \n\n\n	Lamento. 2012\, 3 min
 s. Audio recording of a live performance by Remco Campert. \n\n\n	Ariadne.
  2004\, 12 mins. 35mm (from Super-8). With images of knitting wheels and v
 inyl records evoking the labyrinths of Greek mythology\, Ariadne\, shot on
  Super-8mm film\, reworked and blown up to 16mm with the optical printer\,
  and enlarged to 35mm\, is an homage to the quality of cinema as both weav
 ing craft and relentless labor of love. \n\n\n	Appearances. 2000\, 21 mins
 . 16mm (from Super-8). Meter works with still photographs of Weimar-era Ge
 rmany that were left to her by her parents\, who fled the country in 1934.
  \n\n\n	Convalescing. 2000\, 3 mins. 16mm (from Super-8). In this silent\,
  contemplative\, reflective work that takes place in a room\, Meter treats
  her own footage as if it were found\, re-shooting and manipulating it as 
 if it had been given to her\, trying to figure out what it is and what lay
 s behind it. \n\n\n	Song for Four Hands. 1970\, 3 mins. 16mm (from Super-8
 ). This is a shot\, counter-shot film that creates a conversation without 
 words between a woman\, Barbara Meter\, and a man\, experimental filmmaker
 \, Jos Schoffelen. The film proposes a dialogue deafened by a chord from a
  Mahler symphony. \n\n\n	Stretto. 2005\, 6 mins. 16mm. The word “stretto” 
 is an Italian musical term referred to the final section of a fugue\, char
 acterized by interweaving melodies. In the film\, Meter\, by employing dis
 sociative imagery and disconnected musical tunes\, builds on the polyphoni
 c patterns of history and identity. The soundtrack is John Cage’s Music fo
 r Prepared Piano 2\, a percussion-like piece conceived as a dance accompan
 iment. \n\n\n	Portraits. 1972\, 6 mins. Double projection and audio record
 ing\, 16mm (from Super-8). Alternating one\, two\, and four screens\, Mete
 r features close-ups of artists Sally Potter\, Mattijn Seip\, Pim van Isve
 ldt\, and Mike Dunford from different angles and at fast speed. At the end
 \, a wide\, complex portrait may be created by accumulation of layers in t
 he viewer’s mind. \n\n\n	A Touch. 2008\, 13 mins. 16mm. With sound effects
  of passing trains\, running water\, and wind\, plus an exquisite imagery 
 manipulation with the optical printer\, Meter pays homage to the fragility
  of celluloid\, as well as of our own vulnerable materiality. She treats e
 mulsion as if she were touching skin\, with the same attention\, permissio
 ns\, and apprehensions\, actions and reactions. \n\n\n	Presented in partne
 rship with EYE Filmmuseum\, Amsterdam\; Milwaukee Underground Film Festiva
 l\, Wisconsin\; and (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico\, A Coruña\, Spain. 
 \n\n\n	This is an all-celluloid touring program taking place at the Milwau
 kee Underground Film Festival (April 22)\, Museum of the Moving Image in N
 ew York (April 30)\, and (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico in A Coruña (Jun
 e 2). \n\n\n	Very special thanks to Cullen Gallagher\, Vera Kuipers\, Davi
 d Schwartz\, Simona Monizza\, Marleen Labijt\, Edith van der Heijde\, Guy 
 Edmonds\, Ben Balcom\, Elena Duque\, Ángel Rueda\, Ximena Losada\, Fred Ba
 ez\, Joel Schlemowitz\, José María Armada\, Blanca Regina\, Karel Doing\, 
 Emmanuel Lefrant\, Frédérique Devaux\, Tomoko Kawamoto\, Eric Hynes\, Caro
 lyn Funk\, and Barbara Meter. \n	\n	  \n	\n	Tickets: $15 (Free for members
  at the Film Lover and MoMI Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets 
 online. (Members may contact members@movingimage.us with any questions reg
 arding online reservations.) \n	\n	  \n	\n	Ticket purchase may be applied 
 toward same-day admission to the Museum (see gallery hours). View the Muse
 um’s ticketing policy here. For more information on membership and to join
  online\, visit our membership page. \n	\n
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LOCATION:Bartos Screening Room
SUMMARY:Found Sounds: A Retrospective of Barbara Meter’s Avant-Garde Films
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