Viet Flakes

Viet Flakes (1967)

Viet Flakes was composed from an obsessive collection of Vietnam atrocity images, compiled over five years, from foreign magazines and newspapers. Schneemann uses the 8mm camera to “travel” within the photographs, producing a volatile animation.

Data de estreia
1967-01-21
TMDB
8.2 / 10 (5)
Duração
8 min
Géneros
Guerra
Realizador
Carolee Schneemann

Curiosidades

Viet Flakes is a 1967 American experimental short film by Carolee Schneemann. It is a collage of images of atrocities during the Vietnam War and was produced in protest against the war. Schneemann integrated the film into some of her performance-based works.

Production

For five years, Schneemann accumulated images from newspapers and magazines showing atrocities from the Vietnam War. She began creating Viet Flakes as part of Snows, a performance piece. Schneemann borrowed a movie camera from filmmaker Ken Jacobs. Since it lacked a close-up lens, she bought magnifying glasses which she attached to the camera lens using tape.

Ler na Wikipédia · Texto da Wikipédia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Dados do Wikidata.

Recomendados