Shedding Light
Co-Presented by Aurora Picture Show
and The Menil Collection
Free Admission
Wednesday, September 7
7:30pm screening is SOLD OUT
Just added: 9:30pm screening RSVP HERE
Filmmaker McLean Fahnestock in attendance
In conjunction with the exhibition of Andy Warhol’s film, Sunset, Aurora Picture Show and The Menil Collection co-present this special program featuring a selection of rarely-seen historic and contemporary short films that focus on the Sun, light, color, reflection, refraction, and horizons. The program includes a range of works by François De Menil, John Cage and Richard Lippold, Jordan Belson, Stan Brakhage’s Comingled Containers, Ed Emshwiller, and contemporary media artists Semiconductor, Dennis Hlynsky, Kayla Parker, Michael Bell-Smith, Larura Kraning and McLean Fahnestock. Curated by Mary Magsamen.
Program includes:
The Sun by John Cage and Richard Lippold, 1956
Samadhi by Jordan Belson, 1967
Evening of Light by François De Menil, 1969
Sunstone by Ed Emshwiller, 1979
Comingled Containers by Stan Brakhage, 1996
Sunset Strip by Kayla Parker, 1996
Video Created to Fix Stuck Pixels in Computer Monitors Recast (with soundtrack and sunset) as Video to Fix Your Stuck Mind by Michael BellSmith, 2005
Black Rain by Semiconductor, 2006
In The Offing by McLean Fahnestock, 2013
Crows Over Providence RI by Dennis Hlynsky, 2014
Swamp Sunset 00015 by Dennis Hlynsky, 2014
Irradiant Field by Laura Kraning, 2016
