The Filmmakers’ Co-op - Come to My (Avant-)Garden

Screening of films (1915-2010) commenting on issues of class, immigration, queer identity, & capitalist exploitation through vernal imagery.
About this Event

Gardens have long been a fixture of American avant-garde cinema. Dating back to the 1950s, artists explored and exploded the formal and aesthetic possibilities of flowers, trees, and vernal spaces within the moving image. Spanning 1915 to 2010 and sourced predominantly from the Coop’s collection, these films invoke vernal imagery and public spaces to comment on the distinct (yet often intersecting) issues of class, immigration, queer identity, HIV/AIDS, and capitalist exploitation. Film notes by Matt Mckanzie included here!
PROGRAM:

1. Glimpse of the Garden by Marie Menken (1957), 5 minutes, color, sound, 16mm
2. The Garden of Earthly Delights by Stan Brakhage (1981), 3 minutes, color, silent, 16mm
3. Jerovi by José Rodríguez-Soltero (1965), 12 minutes, color, silent, 16mm
4. Broken Blossoms by Miles McKane (1992), 5 minutes, color, sound, 16mm
5. Out in the Garden by Vincent Grenier (1991), 15 minutes, color, sound, 16mm
6. Berlin/New York by Jack Waters (1986), 20 minutes, color, sound, 16mm
7. Garden Roll Bounce Parking Lot by Melissa Friedling (2010), 5 minutes, color, sound, 16mm
8. In the Park by Charlie Chaplin (1915), 15 minutes, black-and-white, silent, digital

Total Run Time: 80 minutes.
All 16mm film prints sourced from the collection of The Film-Makers’ Cooperative. Charlie Chaplin’s In the Park is in the public domain and will be projected digitally.
Public programming by The Film-Makers’ Cooperative is made possible by the support of the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.