#mayaderen — Public Fediverse posts

A few pictures of Maya Deren (and Antony Tudor) on the set of one of the shoots for “The Very Eye of Night”
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #TheVeryEyeOfNight #MayaDeren #ballet

Our final piece is “The Very Eye of Night” (1955)(https://youtu.be/VsLdAmK_8LE?si=4YPguspF3GUvHwxi), which is one of final films that Maya Deren completed in her lifetime. It was made over the course of 3yrs in collaboration with choreographer Antony Tudor and the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School in NYC
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And yes, the man in “The Witch’s Cradle” is played by Dada/Cubist/conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp
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Next we have 2 shorts by Maya Deren. The first is “The Witch’s Cradle” (1943) (https://youtu.be/5iErVrOQH5U?si=A76qtdvfa2Ss5Tda) which is an unfinished film comprised of footage that was constructed together posthumously using notes that Deren had written. 
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ALSO, the 1991 Stan Brakhage book “Films at Wit’s End” (https://archive.org/details/filmatwitsendeig0000brak) that was my introduction to Maya Deren’s work and film studies in general when I was in high school
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I also 1000% recommend: “The Legend of Maya Deren, a Documentary and Collected Works, Volume 1, Part 1: Signatures (1917-1942) Available for free here (https://archive.org/details/legendofmayadere0001clar) and “…Volume 1, Part 2: Chambers” (1942-1947) by VèVè Amasasa Clark, Catrina Neiman, and Millicent Hodson, (2006) Available for free here (https://archive.org/details/legendofmayadere0001clar_w7o8)
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You can also check out Maya Deren’s book “Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti” for free here (https://archive.org/details/bwb_C0-AWD-428), the 1954 corresponding film here (https://youtu.be/HqBPjpAeUuQ?si=Iqs_3Tl5X-eQhq8O) and the field recordings here (https://youtu.be/5QHEnA5u39A?si=QNKW4VgsjtuodMGi)
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You can hear more of Maya Deren’s insights about film at the October 1953 “Cinema 16 Symposium” here (https://youtu.be/HA-yzqykwcQ?si=mCbJjW7-NYcqn87o) or read a transcript here (https://archive.org/details/vogel_mchc83-024_f11)
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Maya Deren (April 29, 1917-October 13, 1961) was a Ukrainian-American pioneer of avant-garde filmmaking. She became the first female filmmaker to receive a Guggenheim grant for creative work in film.
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This week’s #LaEsoterica has some strobing and a good deal of imagery that may make people uncomfortable. If this isn’t for you I recommend this (https://youtu.be/LT7HSQhiomQ?si=G5SF2zWbcQrZWDGN) 2022 lecture about Maya Deren’s work through the lens of Black Art- & Dance- History
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In a #LaEsoterica first: We’re starting with our feature presentation: the 2001 documentary about Ukrainian-American avant-garde filmmaker and writer Maya Deren “Im Spiegel der Maya Deren”/“In the Mirror of Maya Deren” directed by Martina Kudláček (https://youtu.be/xpOkIWH3C2E?si=o5YphA409kZez3SC)
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@nojarama As a fan of #MayaDeren's #AtLand and #IngmarBergman's #SeventhSeal, I think this music video is one of the best I've seen in years! (And the song ain't too shabby either.)
#DepecheMode #GhostsAgain

Visual Effects Society 2024 Honorees Include Brooke Breton & Four New Hall Of Famers
#BelowTheLine #News #BrookeBreton #DorothyDavenport #MayaDeren #ReidPaul #RonaldBMoore #ThadBeier #TimMcGovern #VESAwards

https://deadline.com/2024/08/ves-awards-2024-honorees-visual-effects-society-1236048165/

Maya Deren & Marcel Duchamp ~ Witch's Cradle, 1943.
(Evocative music added by Enric Chalaux)

An unfinished, silent experimental short film written and directed by Deren, featuring Duchamp and filmed in Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century gallery.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbBZqp_owiA

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Portraits of #PamelaColmanSmith, #HilmaAfKlint
#RosaleenNorton
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from the #Book in progress
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#illustration #OccultArt #WomenArtists #ArtOfMastodon
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