[Courtesy of the Estate of Stan Brakhage and Fred Camper. Click for enlargement.]
I now no longer photograph, but rather paint upon clear strips of film—essentially freeing myself from the dilemmas of re-presentation. I aspire to a visual music, a “music” for the eyes (as my films are entirely without sound-tracks these days). Just as a composer can be said to work primarily with “musical ideas”, I can be said to work with the ideas intrinsic to film, which is the only medium capable of making paradigmatic “closure” apropos Primal Sight.— STAN BRAKHAGE
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“Trilogy”: Brakhage, Film Poet
