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Pacific Film Archive

October 30 - October 30, 2013

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2575 Bancroft Way

Berkeley

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CA

94720
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In Person: Abigail Child Abigail Child’s roots in language poetry and film are readily evident in this collection of works spanning her over thirty-year career. Her 16mm films feature rapid cutting of image, text, and sound, and genre-jumping juxtapositions of private and public histories. Her array of source material includes home movies, industrials, narrative features, and pornography. In contrast, her more recent digital work delves deeply into a single work, whether a Buñuel film, a classic Bollywood feature, or a family’s home movies, and cracks them open with her playful yet subversive explorations. Her newest digital piece evokes an unrealized project by Man Ray and Duchamp. Mutiny 1983, 10 mins, Color, 16mm Mayhem 1987, 20 mins, B&W, 16mm The Future is Behind You 2004, 20 mins, B&W, Digital video To and No Fro 2005, 5 mins, B&W, Digital video Mirror World 2006, 14 mins, Color, Digital video ELSA merdelamerdelamer 2013, 3:30 mins, B&W, Digital video All films: from the artist Total running time: 73 mins Pacific Film Archive Theater 2575 Bancroft Way Berkeley, CA 94720 $5.50 - $9.50 (General Admission) (510) 642-0808