What if Brakhage made a film called "Woman I Love" instead of some dead lesbian. You wouldn't make the same comments Eric. Get a life and get a girlfriend.. I would like to talk to you sometime.
On Wed, Aug 10, 2022 at 2:12 PM Eric Theise <[email protected]> wrote: > I hadn't returned to the Bay Area by the time this Barbara Hammer show – > photographs mostly, but also films projected digitally – opened but I went > a few Saturdays ago and it was a treat. Worth going for the photographs > alone but Ratio 3 did the right thing and erected a wall to make their back > gallery a good bit more light-tight and the three films projected there > look great (the four others are displayed on a pair of wall mounted > monitors). One could easily spend an hour or two taking it all in. > > This coming Saturday the 13th is the last day. The gallery's open every > day until then from 11a-5p. I took a couple of friends along as a surprise > so I RSVPed via Ratio 3's website <https://www.ratio3.org/> and that's > probably a good idea. > > In San Francisco's Mission District, across the street from the 24th & > Mission BART stop. > > & it was news to me that the neighboring gallery, Et Al., has turned one > of their spaces into a mostly art-focused bookstore. > > Eric > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Ratio 3 <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 2:17 PM > Subject: Barbara Hammer: Women I Love opening Friday, June 24 > To: <[email protected]> > > > June 24 – August 13, 2022 – Featuring artworks made while Hammer was > living in San Francisco, Women I Love comprises the most extensive > presentation of Hammer’s work on the West Coast to date. > > [image: Barbara Hammer, On the Road, Big Sur, California, 1975] > > *On the Road, Big Sur, California, 1975, *2017. Silver gelatin print, 8 x > 12 inches > *Barbara Hammer : Women I Love* > June 24 – August 13, 2022 > Opening: Friday, June 24, 5 – 8pm > On view: Wednesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm and by appointment > Schedule a visit > > Ratio 3 is pleased to present *Women I Love*, an exhibition of Barbara > Hammer’s early photographs and films. The exhibition, like the film after > which it is titled, offers an immersive introduction to the distinctive > combination of technical experimentation and earnest intimacy that defined > Hammer’s singular vision of lesbian identity and authorship in the 1970s. > Featuring artworks made while Hammer was living in San Francisco, *Women > I Love* comprises the most extensive presentation of Hammer’s work on the > West Coast to date. > > Hammer’s black and white photographs appear throughout the exhibition, > beginning with a selection of vintage silver gelatin prints made by Hammer > herself, and continuing with a suite of recently editioned photographs > printed from Hammer’s archived negatives. From self-portraits to candid > shots of women—alone and in groups—in various states of repose and reverie, > each photograph provides a glimpse into Hammer’s evolving life and work. > Whether unflinchingly erotic or deliberately obscured by lens flares and > double-exposures, Hammer’s photographs are invariably generous. In many > regards, these stylistically varied photographs of the artist and her > friends and lovers mark the beginning of the iconoclastic course Hammer > would chart through subsequent decades. > > While the judicious use of optical effects in her photographs attest to > Hammer’s embrace of technical experimentation, her inventive command of her > media is most apparent in her moving images captured on 16mm film. A > monitor in the second gallery presents two of Hammer’s most iconic short > films *Dyketactics* and *Menses* (both 1974), in a continuous alternating > loop. Accompanied by soundtracks of synthesizers and distorted voices, the > films present surreal images of uninhibited women congregating in groups, > playfully satirizing womanhood and femininity into scenes that are equally > touching and absurd. > > Further into the exhibition, another pair of short films, *Multiple > Orgasm* (1976) and *Haircut* (1978) demonstrate the breadth and > continuous growth of Hammer’s filmmaking practice. Despite being made only > years apart, these two silent films are strikingly distinct; where one is > overtly erotic and composed of densely overlaid color footage, the other > documents a quotidian scene in black and white. Together, the films > demonstrate Hammer’s consistently inventive approach to experimentation, > and the range of visual styles through which she explored and celebrated > the nuances of different kinds of intimacy—from the autoerotic to the > subtler acts of nurture. > > The final gallery features three longer films, screened successively in an > hour-long sequence; *Women I Love* and *Superdyke*, two of Hammer’s most > celebrated films, followed by *Superdyke Meets Madame X*, a collaboration > between Hammer and Max Almy. The films and photographs comprising the > exhibition highlight Hammer’s singular ability to recognize and capture the > nuances of intimacy and sexuality in lesbian relationships and communities. > Hammer’s work of the 1970s was pioneering both in its influence on > contemporary filmmaking and in its representation of lesbian love and life. > > Barbara Hammer was born in 1939 in Hollywood, CA and died in New York, NY > in 2019. Recognized as an influential figure in experimental film, Hammer > exhibited extensively throughout her career. Her work has been the subject > of film retrospectives at major institutions internationally, including the > Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern, and the National Gallery > of Art in DC. > > This exhibition is accompanied by a brochure with a commissioned essay by > Sandra S. Phillips, Curator Emerita of Photography at the San Francisco > Museum of Modern Art. Ratio 3 thanks the Estate of Barbara Hammer and > Company, New York, for their contributions and collaboration in presenting > *Women > I Love*. > > For all inquiries, please contact: [email protected] > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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