4 + 8 May 2007

Following art studies and an excursion into architecture, this American filmmaker began in 1975 to produce independent films and videos. He was on the board of New York's famed Collective for Living Cinema, took part in numerous festivals and exhibitions and worked with the legendary Wooster Group, among others.

His films defy all attempts at quick classification, approaching their themes impressionistically and at a leisurely pace. Real locales such as Cinque Terre or Montana as well as imaginary landscapes are charged with associative meditations on geometry, states of the soul or the mythology of social struggle. In 2006 Oberhausen presented his work Ideas of Order in Cinque Terre in the International Competition.

Programme 1:

Frame, 1976, 10'

Vestibule, 1978, 25'

Landscape and Desire, 1981, 46'

The Shanghaied Text, 1996, 20'

Programme 2:

Foto-Roman, 1990, 26'

Buildings and Grounds, 2003, 45'

Flaubert Dreams of Travel, 1986, Ken Kobland + The Wooster Group, 20'

End Credits, 1994, 7'

4 + 8 May 2007 at the Lichtburg Filmpalast

Contact: Carsten Spicher