Barbara Hammer, Curatorial work / Film Festival / Workshop / Presentation In Cinemateket Stockholm, and Valand Academy

Summary

Barbara Hammer: Nitrate Kisses Den amerikanska experimentfilmaren Barbara Hammers första dokumentära långfilm blev ett genombrott även utanför hbtq-rörelsen. Visningen på Cinemateket i Stockholm inleds av Anna Linder, curator, konstnär och forskare inom projektet Queera rörliga bilder, Akademin Valand i Göteborg. Queer Film Week at Valand Academy 18-23 MAY 2015.

Supported by

Queer Film Week at Valand Academy Organized by the artistic research project Queer Moving Images (Anna Linder and Ingrid Ryberg) in collaboration with Valand Academy, FSSK and Gender studies, Department of cultural sciences, University of Gothenburg. With support from The Swedish Art Grants Committee and The Swedish Research Council.

Description of project

Barbara Hammer: Nitrate Kisses Visning och presentation av Barbara Hammers film Nitrate Kisses. Under kvällen visades en videohälsning från Hammer i New York eftersom hon inte kunde närvara personligen. I “Nitrate Kisses”, som följer fyra älskande homosexuella par, blandas bilder från den homoerotiska “Lot in Sodom” (1933) med intervjuer och Hammers dokumentära filmmaterial. Aldrig tidigare hade lesbiska äldre kvinnors kroppar visats så närgånget, och skildrats som så sexuella. Hammer vann ett flertal internationella priser för filmen, som hon själv kallar sitt bästa verk. Regi: Barbara Hammer, 1 tim 4 min, USA, 1992, 16mm, utan text. Se trailern: http://barbarahammer.com/films/nitrate-kisses/ Queer Film Week at Valand Academy 18-23 MAY 2015 (workshop continued until 24 May) 18-23 May 2015: Curated programme with films by Barbara Hammer, Liz Rosenfeld, Gina Carducci. All screening took place in the film studio at Valand Academy. 21 May 2015: Presentation by Barbara Hammer: MAKING MOVIES OUT OF SEX AND LIFE (and making it all TRANSPARENT). In the Aula at Valand Academy.

Description of work included

Barbara Hammer: Nitrate Kisses Som förfilm visades “Double Strength”, en av Hammers tidiga filmer om lesbiska relationer med fokus på den lesbiska kroppen. A poetic study of the stages of a lesbian relationship by two women performance artists from honeymoon, through struggle, to break-up, to enduring friendship. Starring Terry Sendgraff on trapeze. Regi: Barbara Hammer, 16 min, USA, 1978, 16mm Queer Film Week at Valand Academy Screened Films: Barbara Hammer: Tender Fictions (1995), History Lessons (2000), Barbara Ward Will Never Die – The Early Films (1968–1972), Maya Deren´s Sink (2011), A Horse is not a Metaphore (2009). Gina Carducci and Barbara Hammer: Generations (2010). Gina Carducci: All That Sheltering Emptiness (2010). Liz Rosenfeld: UNTITLED (Dyketactics Revisited (2005), The Surface Tension Trilogy (2015)

Type of work

Curatorial work / Film Festival / Workshop / Presentation

Published in

Cinemateket Stockholm

Valand Academy

Link to web site

http://annalinder.se/barbara-hammer-nitrate-kisses-med-inledning-av-anna-linder

http://akademinvaland.gu.se/aktuellt/n/queer-experimentell-filmfestival-med-barbara-hammer.cid1304109

http://iis.gu.se/aktuellt/queer-experimentell-filmfestival-med-barbara-hammer.cid1304109

http://gig.gu.se/nyheter/n/queer-experimentell-filmfestival-med-barbara-hammer.cid1304109

Other description

Barbara Hammer: Nitrate Kisses Double Strength ingår i samlingen Dyketactics. “Hammer’s films of the ’70’s are the first made by an openly lesbian American filmmaker to explore lesbian identity, desire and sexuality though avant-garde strategies. Merging the physicality of the female body with that of the film medium, Hammer’s films remain memorable for their pioneering articulation of a lesbian aesthetic.” -Jenni Sorkin, WACK! Art & The Feminist Revolution Queer Film Week at Valand Academy Workshop 22-24 May 2015: Workshop on Queer Feminist Experimental Film with participants: Ester Martin Bergsmark, Susana Blaustein Munoz, Maja Borg, Gina Carducci, Kim Ekberg, Barbara Hammer, Halima Handulleh, Marcus Lindeen, Anna Linder, Lasse Långström, Annica Karlsson Rixon, Liz Rosenfeld, Ingrid Ryberg, Jo Widerberg, Neil Wigardt