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The Text of light
- Title
- The Text of light [motion picture] / Stan Brakhage.
- Publication
- Collinsville, CO : S. Brakhage, 1974.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3632 T C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 C.1 REEL 3 OF 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3632 T C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 C.1 REEL 2 OF 3 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3632 T C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 C.1 REEL 1 OF 3 | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Brakhage, Stan.
- Description
- 2 film reels (70 min.) : si. col.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- A film in which nearly every image was photographed through a crystal ashtray. The camera concentrates on a small area of glass and records multiple patterns of light and color. Brakhage uses the ashtray as an extension of the camera lens, as a "window" on various shape and light patterns and visions. The filmmaker identifies two statements as being integral to the work: Duns Scotus Erigena's "All that is is light," and William Blakes's "To see the world in a grain of sand." Images that seem similar or repetitious reveal subtle variations which become increasingly important.
- Subject
- Credits (note)
- Director, Stan Brakhage.
- Title
- The Text of light [motion picture] / Stan Brakhage.
- Imprint
- Collinsville, CO : S. Brakhage, 1974.
- Credits
- Director, Stan Brakhage.
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- Added Author
- Brakhage, Stan.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 3632 T