Film and video program happening this MONDAY at Microscope in Brooklyn, NY*Monday February 4, 7PM* *MORE OF HIM* films and videos by Stan Brakhage, Christopher Harris, Ted Kennedy, Owen Land (George Landow), Jeanne Liotta, Tenzin Phuntsog, and Jonas Mekas admission $6 – several artists will be present For *More of Him *we have selected a range of film and videos, varying in approach and tone, dealing with the iconography of Jesus, Jesus as a star and rebel, the Christian conversion experience, modern day Passion Play rituals and other related issues. The program features works by three seminal figures of the avant-garde: Stan Brakhage’s hand-painted “The Jesus Trilogy and Coda”, one of the final works by the legendary filmmaker who died in 2003; Owen Land’s 1973 “Thank You Jesus for the Eternal Present”, the first of several, often witty, Christian themed films; and Jonas Mekas’ *Day 191* from the 365 Project, which includes footage of Billy Graham at a Madison Square Garden Crusade in the mid-1950s. More recent works include Christopher Harris’ “28.IV.81(Descending Figures)”*, *a double projection piece filmed at the Holy Land Experience Theme Park in Orlando Florida; “Crosswalk”*,* by Jeanne Liotta, recorded at consecutive Good Friday parades in the Lower East Side; Tenzin Phuntsog, “Christo Redentor”* *shot from a helicopter circling the giant statue in Rio de Janeiro and Ted Kennedy’s appropriated footage collage triptych “Rebel”*.* * *
*Program:* *Crosswalk * *Jeanne Liotta, 35mm transfer, color, stereo sound, 2010, 19 min* *28.IV.81 (Descending Figures)* *Christopher Harris, Dual 16mm, color, silent, 2011, 3 min* *Rebel* *Ted Kennedy, digital video, color, sound, 2009, 3:36 min* Rebel is a video collage of material appropriated from narrative and educational sources. A coming of age story. *Christo Redentor * *Tenzin Phuntsog*, *HD video, color, sound, 2011, 12 min (sound by Brian Chase)* *DAY 191 of 365 Project* *Jonas Mekas, digital video, color, sound, 3.5 min, 2007 * *Thank You Jesus for the Eternal Present* *Owen Land (George Landow) 16mm, color & b/w, 5.75 min, 1973* *The Jesus Trilogy and Coda* *Stan Brakhage, 16mm, color, 20 min, 2001* Approximately 66 minutes Full Program notes and bios at www.microscopegallery.co Microscope Gallery, 4 Charles Place, Brooklyn, NY 11221; tel: 347.925.1433, [email protected]
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