Richard Kerr
Crisis Collision Resolve
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Add rightsFormat Blu-ray Interzone
Original format 16mm, 35mm, video
Year 1991-2017
Language(s) English
Artist(s) Richard Kerr
Running time 165 min
Films
PLEIN AIR ETUDE (1991) 5'
PLEIN AIR (1991) 21'
THE MACHINE IN THE GARDEN (1991) 20'
I WAS A STRONG MAN UNTIL I LEFT HOME (2000) 27'
PICTURES OF SOUND (2000) 12'
COLLAGE D'HOLLYWOOD (2003) 9'
HOLLYWOOD DÉCOLLAGE (2003) 9'
A UNIVERSE OF BROKEN PARTS (2007) 11'
ACTION : STUDY (2009) 5'
DE MOUVEMENT (2009) 7'
HOUSE ARREST (2012) 20'
MORNING ... CAME A DAY EARLY (2014) 10'
WHOLLY HOLY (2017) 8'
THE DISSOLVING CAROUSEL by Stephen Broomer
Description
During the 1980s, Canadian artist and filmmaker Richard Kerr gradually turned toward a "quickened cinema": a cinema of moving images, editing, and aggressive sound design. His work in this "quickened cinema" became increasingly total, parallel to his engagement with the "teacher-practitioner" model, collaborating directly with his students and working with simple, accessible tools.
This collection brings together thirteen films made by Kerr between 1991 and 2017, tracing an important phase of his creative evolution. Crisis Collision Resolve presents itself as the portrait of an artist pushing the boundaries of the moving image, while establishing a dynamic dialogue between pedagogy, collective action, and personal vision.