Maya Deren's Sink

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Maya Deren's Sink (2011)

Directed by Barbara Hammer

History, Documentary · 30m

Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life as recounted by those who knew her. Teiji Ito's family, Carolee Schneemann and Judith Malvina, float through the homes recalling in tiny bits and pieces words of Deren's architectural and personal interior space. Clips from Maya Deren's films are projected back into the spaces where they were originally filmed appearing on the floorboard, furniture, and in the bowl of her former sink. Fluid light projections of intimate space provide an elusive agency for a filmmaker most of us will never know as film with its imaginary nature evokes a former time and space.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Barbara Hammer
Writer
Barbara Hammer
Director of Photography
Barbara Hammer, Erin Harper
Editor
Barbara Hammer, Stephanie Testa

Details

Release date
2011-01-05
Runtime
30m
Genres
History, Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United States of America
Production
New York State Council on the Arts