The (Moving) Pictures Generation The Cinematic Impulse in Downtown N
Beginning in the late 1970's, a number of visual artists in downtown New York City returned to an exploration of the cinematic. They engaged cinematic movement, time, and the body in their work, and did so across mediums - utilizing not only film, but scu
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The (Moving) Pictures Generation The Cinematic Impulse in Downtown New York Art and Film
Vera Dika
THE ( MOVING ) PICTURES GENERATION Copyright © Vera Dika, 2012.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2012 978-0-230-34144-9
All rights reserved. First published in 2012 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the World, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries.
ISBN 978-1-349-34429-1 ISBN 978-1-137-11851-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137118516 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Dika, Vera, 1951– The (moving) pictures generation : the cinematic impulse in downtown New York art and film / Vera Dika. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Art and motion pictures—New York (State)—New York— History—20th century. 2. Art, American—New York (State)— New York—20th century. 3. Experimental films—New York (State)—New York—History—20th century. I. Title. N72.M6D55 2012 709.04 07—dc23 2011039301 A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Integra Software Services First edition: April 2012 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To my husband, Henry Seggerman
C o n t e n ts
List of Illustrations
ix
Acknowledgments
xi
Prologue: Downtown New York in the Late 1970s and Beyond
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(Moving) Pictures 1 (Moving) Pictures: Introduction
3
2 Stillness/Movement: Joseph Cornell, Edison Company, Andy Warhol, Jack Goldstein
23
3 The Female Body and the Film Frame: Andy Warhol, Cindy Sherman
33
4 Vivienne Dick’s Film Portraits
53
Community 5 Amos Poe and the New York New Wave
71
6 Downtown and Community: Eric Mitchell, James Nares, Nan Goldin
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Narrative Expectations 7 Strategies of Transformation: Jack Goldstein, Robert Longo, Cindy Sherman
119
8 Strategies of Opposition: Eric Mitchell, Kathryn Bigelow, Lizzie Borden
141
The Cinematic Body 9 Performance and the Cinematic: Paul Swan, Eric Bogosian 10 The Ephemeral Body/The Female Voice: Louise Lawler, Ericka Beckman
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Contents
Downtown and the Mainstream 11 Incursions into Popular Culture: Robert Longo, Cindy Sherman, Kathryn Bigelow
181
Conclusion and Continuation
205
Notes
211
Bibliography
227
Index
233
L i s t o f I l l u s t r at i o n s
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Robert Longo, Seven Seals for Missouri Breaks, 1976 Andy Warhol, Beauty #2, 1965 Jack Goldstein, Two Fencers, 1977 Andy Warhol, Empire, 1964 Jack Goldstein, The Jump, 1978 Edie Sedgwick in Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests, 1965 Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #5, 1
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