Thursday, January 14, 2010

an island summer (with strange powers)

as part of the ica's dance with camera exhibition programing before the screening of bob fosse's 'all that jazz' last nite they screened some shots by maya deren, shirley clarke, and bruce conner's amazing 'breakaway' my favorite however i had never seen before. charles atlas with karole armitage 'an island summer' from 1984
this is part one of two.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0t8YxMVUydI
this is part two of two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxpJQTwZn9s
it is really amazing. in addition this clip immediately brought to my mind the magnetic fields video for strange powers from 1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci37lvMsTsA

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