On the occasion of the Hammer Museum exhibit Marisa Merz: The Sky is a Great Space this selection of extremely rare short films, reveals the exciting, eclectic collaborations among painters, poets, directors, and theater actors in 1960s Italy.
Films by Tonino De Bernardi, Pia Epremian, Alfredo Leonardi and Plinio Martelli highlight an adventurous underground cinema influenced by Arte Povera in Turin, the experimental films of Cooperative Cinema Indipendente in Rome, and the American avant-garde and independent film scene. This selection of films in particular focuses of the artist Michelagelo Pistoletto.
Organized by the IIC in collaboration with the Archivio Nazionale Cinema d’Impresa, CSC-Cineteca Nazionale and in conjunction with the Hammer Museum.
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Film Program – July 20
Tonino De Bernardi, La vestizione (1968), 26 min.
Plinio Martelli, Maria fotografia (1968), 12 min.
Pia Epremian, Pistoletto & Sotheby’s (1968), 22 min.
Alfredo Leonardi, Libro di Santi di Roma Eterna (1968), 15 min.