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Dva Vremena U Jednom Prostoru (Two Times in One Space) (1976-79) by Ivan Ladislav Galeta

Thursday, October 18, 1984, 8:00 pm

The Other Side: European Avant-Garde 1960-1980

Program 2: Poland/Yugoslavia

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

800 Chestnut Street

San Francisco, CA, 94133

The Other Side surveys and celebrates 20 years of Europe’s longest and most fertile period of avant-garde filmmaking, from 1960-1980. In collaboration with the Pacific Film Archive, this 10-part series features many films never before seen in the U.S. Five of the programs will be shown at P.F.A. and the remaining five at the Cinematheque. This series was guest- curated by critic Regina Cornwall.

Wojciech Bruszewski: Tekst-Drzwi (Text-Door), 1974; Lyzecka (Teaspoon), 1976; Zapalki (Match-Box), 1975. Ryszard Wasko; 30 Sytuac ji Dzwieckowych (30 Sound Situations), 1975. Tomislav Gotovac: Pravac/Stevens Duke (Straight Line/Stevens-Duke), 1964; Prike Podne Jednog Fauna (The Morning of a Faun), 1963. lvan Ladislav Galeta: Naprijed-Natrag Klavir (Forwards-Backwards Piano), 1977; Dva Vremena U Jednom Prostoru (Two Times in One Space), 1976-79. Radoslaw Viladich: Kuca (The House), 1977.

This evening’s program offers a unique opportunity to view some of Poland and Yugoslavia’s finest avant-garde cinema, films virtually unknown in this country. The films’ influences include Polish Constructivism of the 20s, Hollywood and avant-garde narrative, conceptual art, and Dada.