American Landscape | 13 Lakes

Dec. 13 + 14 - 7:00 pm

$7 Suggested Donation

Artist in Attendance

Hollywood Theater

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About This Screening

This program explores the American landscape through its multiple meanings and purposes: changed and unchanging, used, misused, archived, created, protected, and enjoyed. The first night begins with James Benning’s 9/1/75, a 22-minute tracking shot that captures a Wisconsin campground on Labor Day. From visiting artist, Brigid McCaffrey, is Castaic Lake, a modern portrait of the state reservoir and recreation area that lies 45 miles north of Los Angeles. Finally, Bowers Cave tells the story of a cave re-discovered in 1888 outside of the town of Castaic, once filled with Chumash indian artifacts, and now part of a landfill. All three of these films illuminate a landscape sculpted by use. The second night is a rare opportunity to see Benning’s 2004 masterpiece 13 Lakes. Composed of 13 ten-minute shots in which sky and lake take equal space, the viewer has time to reflect on both the beauty and the complicated histories of these bodies of water

Program Details

December 13

9/1/75
by James Benning
1975, 16mm, color, sound, 22 min.
Castaic Lake
by Brigid McCaffrey
2010, 16mm, color, sound, 28 min.
Bowers Cave
by Lee Lynch and Lee Anne Schmitt
2008, video, color, sound, 20 min.