2024 Avant-Garde Masters Grants

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(1981), Tatsu Aoki’s vibrant depiction of domestic life at his apartment in Chicago (Chicago Film Society).

7/4/77

(1977), JoAnn Elam’s intimate film of a Fourth of July gathering (Chicago Film Archives).

Alaya

(1976-87), meditation on sand, wind, and light by Nathaniel Dorsky (Pacific Film Archive).

Ariel

(1983), Nathaniel Dorsky’s exploration of the physical and abstract qualities of film (Pacific Film Archive).

Blizzard of '79

(1979), JoAnn Elam’s lyrical examination of her snowed-in Chicago neighborhood (Chicago Film Archives).

A Country Mile

(ca. 1973), mesmerizing journey down a rural, wooded path by JoAnn Elam (Chicago Film Archives).

Dream Works

(1983), Freudian psychoanalysis of a cat by Tatsu Aoki (Chicago Film Society).

Fool’s Spring: Two Personal Gifts

(1966-67), Nathaniel Dorsky’s and Jerome Hiler’s mutually inspired films, made as birthday gifts for one another (Pacific Film Archive).

Garden and Joe

(ca. 1980), JoAnn Elam’s loving depiction of her lush garden (Chicago Film Archives).

Harmony

(1991), abstract depiction of the hustle and bustle of the Loop in Chicago by Tatsu Aoki (Chicago Film Society).

Joe Cutting Tree

(ca. 1980), JoAnn Elam’s exploration of everyday labor (Chicago Film Archives).

Memphremagog

(ca. 1973), frenetic travel montage by JoAnn Elam (Chicago Film Archives).

Opening/Closing

(1972), Kathleen Laughlin’s animated vision of the everyday task of doing laundry (Walker Art Center).

Pneuma

(1977-83), examination of the dynamics of film emulsion by Nathaniel Dorsky (Pacific Film Archive).

Rapturous

(1984), Tatsu Aoki’s kaleidoscopic vision of an ordinary parking garage (Chicago Film Society).