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Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse
UNITED STATES · 1996

Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse

Stan Brakhage
light and darkness figure emergence ritualistic movement experimental cinema abstract performance
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Synopsis

A thin oval of green-tinged light in thick darkness persists, then gradually descends below the bottom of the frame and, after a pause, rises again to its original position. Out of the surrounding darkness a figure slowly emerges, a woman in a purple robe who moves with stately steps back and forth across the screen, finally fully apparent in the "line" (or circle) of light. She throws off her rob

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