2018 Avant-Garde Masters Grants

BreathDeath

(1963), black comedy collage-animation of photos and newsreels by Stan VanDerBeek (Film-Makers' Cooperative).

A Dam Rib Bed

(1964), oneiric two-screen expanded cinema by Stan VanDerBeek (Film-Makers' Cooperative).

Daughters of Chaos

(1980), Marjorie Keller's experimental study of her niece's wedding and female bonding (Anthology Film Archives).

Paper Moon

(1949), color animated interpretation of the Nat King Cole recording by avant-garde artist Flora Mock (UCLA Film & Television Archive).

Part IV: Green Hill

(ca. 1986), Marjorie Keller's diary film of a Rhode Island tidal inlet (Anthology Film Archives).

See Saw Seems

(1965), meditative study of illusion and metamorphosis by Stan VanDerBeek, created from painted-over photographs (Film-Makers' Cooperative).

She/Va

(1973), found footage portrayal of sisterhood by Marjorie Keller (Anthology Film Archives).

Skullduggery Part 2

(1960), Stan VanDerBeek's anti-authoritarian combination of animation and live-action footage of world leaders (Film-Makers' Cooperative).

What Who How

(1957), Stan VanDerBeek's first film, a surreal animated collage (Film-Makers' Cooperative).

Wheeeels No. 1

(1958), Stan VanDerBeek's comedic take on America's infatuation with cars (Film-Makers' Cooperative).

Wheeeels No. 2

(1958), farcical exploration of American car culture by Stan VanDerBeek (Film-Makers' Cooperative).