SCREENING
Amy Halpern Program 3: Plausible Light Sources
Saturday, Feb 11, 2023 at 5:30 pm
Location: Bartos Screening Room
Part of Films of Amy Halpern and Persistent Visions
Halpern made nearly 40 films and one feature, almost all on 16mm. During the 40 years she spent in Los Angeles, she collaborated with such luminaries as Pat O’Neill, Charles Burnett, and her husband David Lebrun. Halpern grew close with the legendary filmmaker Chick Strand and appears in her film Soft Fiction among other influential and formative west coast experimental films. She and her films inspired countless artists, including those she taught at various institutions around L.A., most notably at the University of Southern California. Halpern brought people together for a common good, cofounding two screening cooperatives: The New York Collective for Living Cinema (1972–82) and the Los Angeles Independent Film Oasis (1975–80).
Films include:
Invocation
1982, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 2 mins.
Roll #1 for Nancy
1972, 16mm, color, silent 18fps, 5 mins.
Three Preparations
1972, 16mm, color, silent 18fps, 6 mins.
Cigarette Burn
1978, 16mm, b&w, sound, 8 mins.
Self-Portrait as a City
1977, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 5 mins.
Plausible Light Source
1976, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 1 mins.
Ginko Yellow
2022, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 5 mins.
Fire Belly
2021, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 3 mins.
Cuticle Torture
1981, 16mm, b&w, silent 24fps, 2 mins.
Palm Down
2010, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 6 mins.
Newt Leaders
2020, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 5 mins.
By Halves
2010, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 7 mins.
Injury on a Theme
2010, 16mm, color, sound, 7 mins.
Verge (for my sisters)
2022, 16mm, color, silent 24fps, 6 mins.
Birds in the Window
2020, dir. Amy Halpern & David Lebrun, digital, color, sound, 9 mins.
Total running time: approx. 74 mins. plus reel breaks
Tickets: $15 / $11 senior and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). Order tickets. Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission. Review safety protocols before your visit.