Voice of the Turtle / Union Square Sunday / Barton Fair

Year Published: 19601970

Creator: Fletcher Oakes

Complete Record: Voice of the Turtle (1965) Experimental Film montage, images of naked little boy, found footage, impressionistic style and editing. Union Square Sunday (1964) Preachers at Union Square in San Francisco on a Sunday. People sitting on benches listening. Black minister Brother Walter of the Pentecostal church talks about end of the world. Sound recording by Steve Reich who used audio recording to create his seminal minimalist composition “It’s Gonna Rain” Barton Fair (1973) Orleans County Fair in Barton, Virginia. Experimental film montage with many superimpositions. Images of performers, fair attendees, carnival rides etc.