Cinema
October
26
7 PM
Event Details
Date & Time:
Fri October 26, 2018
7 PM
Location:
The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Audience:
Open to the public
Details:
The Goldsholls studied at the IIT School of Design (the “New Bauhaus”) in the 1940s under renowned artist and educator László Moholy-Nagy, who brought the methods and principles of the Bauhaus movement to the US. Known for architecture and design, the Bauhaus also explored the kinetic possibilities of projected light and film, a legacy that deeply influenced New Bauhaus students in Chicago. Harvard professor Laura Frahm will present her ongoing research on film at the Bauhaus, followed by a screening of key films by Hans Richter and others. We’ll also be joined by filmmaker Alysa Nahmias, who will share a clip from her forthcoming documentary on the New Bauhaus.Films screening will include:
Lightplay: Black White Gray (László Moholy-Nagy, 1926, 16mm, 6 min.)
Filmstudie (Hans Richter, 1926, 16mm, 7 min.)
Rhythmus 21 (Hans Richter, 1921, 16mm, 3 min.)
Rhythmus 23 (Hans Richter, 1923, 16mm, 3 min.)
Lens Distortion (Millie and Mort Goldsholl, ca. 1969, 2k Digital, 4m)
Plus: additional films by Werner Graeff and Kurt Kranz
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Part of the film series
Designers in Film: The Cinematic World of the Goldsholls
This film series complements and extends the Block’s exhibition Up Is Down: Mid-Century Experiments in Advertising and Film at the Goldsholl Studio with five programs of films produced by the Chicago-based Goldsholls, their collaborators, influences, and contemporaries. Presenting a wide spectrum of classic and rarely-seen experimental cinema, animation, and commissioned films, Designers in Film explores the playful and innovative atmosphere of 20th-century moving image-making in which Morton and Millie Goldsholl took a central place.
FREE AND OPEN TO ALL
Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu