Water Sark (1965)

"I decided to make a film at my kitchen table, there is nothing like knowing my table. The high art of the housewife. You take prisms, glass, lights and myself to it. 'The Housewife is High.' Water Sark is a film sculpture, being made while you wait."

Date of release
1965-12-31
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (11)
Runtime
14m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Joyce Wieland

Casting

Interesting facts

Water Sark is a 1965 experimental short film by Canadian artist Joyce Wieland.

Production

Wieland was an multidisciplinary artist who had worked in painting, quilting, and soft sculpture. She made Water Sark while living in New York. Wieland began work in 1963, while completing the films Patriotism and Patriotism Part II. She characterized it as a "desperate self-portrait", which she viewed as an extension of her drawing practice.

The film's experimental jazz soundtrack was recorded by pianist Carla Bley, songwriter Ray Jessel, and trumpeter Michael Mantler. Wieland selected the title Water Sark because she viewed water as a central element of the film symbolizing creativity and the unconscious. The word sark was a filler word she associated with boats, but which had no actual meaning.

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