Rebecah Rutkoff
Robert Beavers
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Add rightsAuthor(s) Rebecah Rutkoff
Format paperback book
Year 2017
Language(s) English
Pages 220 pages
Description
Over a career spanning nearly fifty years, Robert Beavers has distinguished himself as one of the most important American avant-garde filmmakers. From My Hand Outstretched to Winged and Sightless Measure, his cycle of 18 films made in Europe since 1967, to Pitcher of Colored Light (2007) and The Suppliant (2010), intimate portraits filmed in the United States, Beavers has produced a deeply original cinematic language framed by his use of colored filters and mattes. His investigations of the manual work of anonymous artisans complement his dialogues with Ruskin, Leonardo and Borromini in Ruskin (1975/1997), From the Notebook of (1971/1998) and The Hedge Theatre (1986/2002). This volume contains critical research on Beavers' most important films and a collection of the filmmaker's writings. Occupying a unique space between poetry and philosophy, his aphoristic meditations enliven his own work and generously illuminate the art of film.
About the Author
Rebekah Rutkoff is a writer based in New York. She is the author of The Irresponsible Magician: Essays and Fictions (Semiotext (e), 2015) and has received fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, the Creative Capital / Warhol Foundation Writers Grant Program and the Onassis Foundation.