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Occam’s Thread
UNITED STATES · 2001

Occam’s Thread

Stan Brakhage
abstract philosophy hand-painted animation visual representation of concept ontological inquiry artistic materiality
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Synopsis

This is a hand painted, step printed work which views Occam's economical vision of life (The Razor's Edge') as something more thread-like: a staggered black line, growing steadily more solid, albeit often tangled trails vertically across the film surface, insinuating itself (it's life as it were) through a series of various paint shapes, some of which seem as if about to destroy it, bury it in bla

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