Nathaniel Dorsky: 18 by 18 (Part 4, “Garden of Light” World Premiere)
Open To The PublicFour evenings of film by Nathaniel Dorsky concludes with the world premiere of "Garden of Light," photographed at the San Francisco Arboretum in 2017.
This event is part of a four-day series presented by Duke’s MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts. More info.
Program
World premiere of the entire “Garden of Light” film cycle:
Elohim
(2017, 31 min)
Elohim, or divine beings, the energy of light as creation.
Abaton
(2017, 19 min.)
Abaton, a sacred place, a sanctuary for dreaming and healing.
Coda
(2017, 16 min.)
Coda is an afterword to Elohim and Abaton, the first shades of death and knowing.
Ode
(2017, 20 min.)
Ode is the fourth section of the cycle… there is now the presence of death and dying as the dry summer begins.
September
(2017, 20 min.)
World Premiere: September’s ripeness, a blessing on earth, our Indian summer…
Monody
(2017, 16 min.)
World Premiere: A monody is an ode sung by a single actor in a Greek tragedy, a poem lamenting a person’s death. In this case, the sixth section of this Arboretum cycle, the death of the garden itself.
Epilogue
(2017, 15 min.)
UPDATE: 19th film just added! World Premiere: Epilogue is the seventh and final film in the Garden of Light arboretum cycle, a descent into the dark damp earth, a period of dying.
About the Artist
Nathaniel Dorsky, born in New York City in 1943, is an experimental filmmaker and film editor who has been making films since 1963. He has lived in San Francisco since 1971. His films have been screened at museums, universities, and festivals around the United States and Europe, and he frequently exhibits new work at the New York Film Festival’s Views from the Avant-Garde and the Wavelengths program of the Toronto International Film Festival. In the spring of 2012 Dorsky screened films as part of the three month long Whitney Biennial. And in October 2015, the New York Film Festival honored his work with a thirty four film complete retrospective at Lincoln Center. He has received numerous awards and recognitions including a Guggenheim Fellowship and grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the LEF Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the California Arts Council.
