Oct 26th 2018

Light Play: Film and the Bauhaus

@ The Block Museum

40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208

Opening Friday, October 26th, from 7PM - 9PM

The Goldsholls studied at the IIT School of Design (the “New Bauhaus”) in the 1940s under renowned artist and educator László Moholy-Nagy, who brought the methods and principles of the Bauhaus movement to the US. Known for architecture and design, the Bauhaus also explored the kinetic possibilities of projected light and film, a legacy that deeply influenced New Bauhaus students in Chicago. Harvard professor Laura Frahm will present her ongoing research on film at the Bauhaus, followed by a screening of key films by Hans Richter and others. We’ll also be joined by filmmaker Alysa Nahmias, who will share a clip from her forthcoming documentary on the New Bauhaus.

Films screening will include:

Lightplay: Black White Gray (László Moholy-Nagy, 1926, 16mm, 6 min.)

Filmstudie (Hans Richter, 1926, 16mm, 7 min.)

Rhythmus 21 (Hans Richter, 1921, 16mm, 3 min.)

Rhythmus 23 (Hans Richter, 1923, 16mm, 3 min.)

Lens Distortion (Millie and Mort Goldsholl, ca. 1969, 2k Digital, 4m)

Plus: additional films by Werner Graeff and Kurt Kranz
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Part of the film series
Designers in Film: The Cinematic World of the Goldsholls

This film series complements and extends the Block’s exhibition Up Is Down: Mid-Century Experiments in Advertising and Film at the Goldsholl Studio with five programs of films produced by the Chicago-based Goldsholls, their collaborators, influences, and contemporaries. Presenting a wide spectrum of classic and rarely-seen experimental cinema, animation, and commissioned films, Designers in Film explores the playful and innovative atmosphere of 20th-century moving image-making in which Morton and Millie Goldsholl took a central place.

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

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