DUCHAMP PGM 3: READY-MADE FILMS
While Duchamp is arguably the father of found-footage filmmaking, many of the films that have been directly or indirectly inspired by his approach have stopped short of representing true (i.e., mostly or entirely un-edited or -manipulated) ready-mades. This program, however, collects a number of films that have more fully embraced Duchamp's gesture of recontextualizing objects (in this case filmic objects) without significantly altering them. The "found" films represented here include home movies, news reports, color test strips, corporate films, soundtracks, and other film materials that have been liberated from archives, labs, or street vendors, and re-presented by their new, "adopted" authors. Ken Jacobs ARTIE AND MARTY ROSENBLATT'S BABY PICTURES 1963, 4 min, 8mm-to-16mm, silent. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives. Albert Fine READYMADE 1966, 2.5 min, 16mm-to-digital, silent Muntadas TRANSFER 1975, 19 min, video Phil Solomon THE PASSAGE OF THE BRIDE 1980, 6 min, 16mm, silent Ken Jacobs PERFECT FILM 1985, 24 min, 16mm Peter Tscherkassky SHOT/COUNTERSHOT 1987, 11 sec, 16mm, silent Luther Price SHELLY WINTERS 2010, 8 min, 16mm. Restored by Anthology Film Archives.