The Text of light

Duration: 70

Year Published: 1974

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: silent

Copyright: Registered 2Oct74 · MP25816 (Jul-Dec 1974) Copyright holder: Stan Brakhage

Description: A film in which nearly every image was photographed through a crystal ashtray. The camera concentrates on a small area of glass and records multiple patterns of light and color. Brakhage uses the ashtray as an extension of the camera lens, as a window on various shape and light patterns and visions. The filmmaker identifies two statements as being integral to the work: Duns Scotus Erigena's All that is is light, and William Blakes's To see the world in a grain of sand. Images that seem similar or repetitious reveal subtle variations which become increasingly important.

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