UNITED STATES · 1996
Two Found Objects of Charles Boultenhouse
European Art Cinema
light and darkness
figure emergence
ritualistic movement
experimental cinema
abstract performance
Synopsis
A thin oval of green-tinged light in thick darkness persists, then gradually descends below the bottom of the frame and, after a pause, rises again to its original position. Out of the surrounding darkness a figure slowly emerges, a woman in a purple robe who moves with stately steps back and forth across the screen, finally fully apparent in the "line" (or circle) of light. She throws off her rob
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