New York Loft (1981)
9 minMar 12th, 1981
Both NEW YORK LOFT and DOLL HOUSE convey a strong sense of resourcefulness this making something out of interiors specifically domestic spaces And domestic they are in an avantgarde sort of way The filmmaker gives plentiful evidence of arranging things moving them adjusting placing and replacing First are poles and sticks found second is fabric sheets pillows in a third section we see round things Circular magnets machine parts film cans and the like eventually become visually paralleled with the camera lens itself The lens is seen as Barbara films into a round mirror How different are the visions of this womanwithamoviecamera from Vertov of sixty years ago Each extols the cameraeye but Hammer replaces Vertovs sociopolitical kinotruths with adventures in domestic space Claudia Gorbman Jump Cut
DirectorBarbara Hammer
