“Death – Begetting” : symbolic physical death, to enter the Silence; the negation of banality, of everyday language, of non-stop talking; certain “words” of power that guide us to the Silence… A brank, according to Aleister Crowley, is an old Scottish device, designed for holding closed the mouth of a woman – the woman (seen in Tarot, shutting a lion’s mouth) who signifies Strength. Thus it implies the Silence is more powerful than the (physical) Strength.
Aubrey Beardsley, the influential 1890s illustrator who died at the age of 25, returns to life in the late 20th century.
After The Indian Spielberg, Joëlle and Catherine meet up at the top of « L’Aiguille du Midi ». They take a series of photos. Six months later, in Lille, one of these pictures is thrown at the ground and shot randomly as Joëlle is walking by. These pictures, shot again frame by frame, generate the film : with a repetitive music background, we can see glimpses of storytelling, a story that is setting up, with constant feedback of « L’Aiguille du Midi ».
Georges live with his mother, who is a widow after the death of his father. His father "comes back" and Georges goes with him.
A poetic picture story of everyday life in Berlin, supplemented, contrasted and broken up by text quotes from Christa Wolf and Bertolt Brecht.
Mary Jo wants a puppy more than anything in the world. At first her parents, seemingly made of stone, flatly refuse their youngest daughter's heartfelt pleas and Mary Jo is openly mocked by her older siblings. Finally, when the little girl seems to be devoting every waking moment to dreaming about dogs, the parents relent. Some difficulties ensue, but Mary Jo and her dog Teddy meet them head on.
Experimental, 16mm
Spring tides at Ynys Llanddwyn at the full and new moon are compared to the filmmaker’s own ‘body tides’ from dark to light and back again. Like other films by Judith Noble (formerly Higginbottom), The Red Sea is concerned with the menstrual cycle, and its relationship to lunar cycle. Higginbottom and other feminist artists such as Catherine Elwes, Carolee Schneemann and Judy Clark were trying to reclaim menstruation from its negative image and assert it as a source of creative energy. The Red Sea is made of 16mm film and 35mm still images, re-worked and over-printed.
A short video art piece done in a single shot, depicting a large felt curtain being mechanically raised to reveal a gymnasium. As the curtain is raised, another on the opposite side of the room is dropped.
A video art film which shows various arrangements of wooden planks into precarious, non-functional arrangements. The artist then attempts to disrupt the arrangements into toppling and, through repeat editing, emphasizes the acoustic quality of the wood pieces collapsing.
(Body dialog - architecture - nature - elements)
Diana Wilson’s mysteriously beautiful animated tableaux fluidly unfold before our eyes, a generous receptacle for the mournful, harrowing soundtrack, in which the filmmaker recounts a tragedy from her youth. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.
Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2014.
Tao-Tao the baby rabbit has arguments with their friends, then discovers echoes.
