Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) by Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid
Saturday, October 1, 1983, 8:00 pm
Maya Deren Retrospective
762 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA, 94110
Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943, 15 min.
At Land, 1944, 15 min.
A Study in Choreography for Camera, 1945, 5 min.
Ritual in Transfigured Time, 1946, 15 min.
Meditation on Violence, 1948, 12 min.
The Very Eye of Night, 1956, 15 min.
Dancer, photographer, voodoo priestess, filmmaker, Maya Deren emmigrated to the U.S. from Russia as a child. She became one of the first proponents of the American avant-garde in 1943 when she made Meshes… with her husband Alexander Hammid. Riddled with mythology, Freudian symbolism, and mysticism, Deren’s films signaled the birth of a new era in poetic filmmaking. This show will be San Francisco’s first comprehensive retrospective of her work in years.
Two screenings at 8pm and 10pm.