Mothlight

Fragments of moth wings, plants, and flowers were mounted on clear film to create this personal, organic study., Presents a fluttering light collage which might be described as what a moth might see from birth to death if black were white. Made by pasting moth wings and bits of plants between strips of mylar tape and then running the film through an optical printer.

Credits

Stan Brakhage (direction)

Complete catalog record
Fragments of moth wings, plants, and flowers were mounted on clear film to create this personal, organic study.
, Presents a fluttering light collage which might be described as what a moth might see from birth to death if black were white. Made by pasting moth wings and bits of plants between strips of mylar tape and then running the film through an optical printer.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record
  2. BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, credits
  3. Wikidata · Q3325160 ↗ — country, genre