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In every generation there is a small number of artists whose clarity of voice and individual vision inspire a renewed passion for their medium, even as they deepen our appreciation for all art. Filmmakers Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler are two such artists. Internationally celebrated for their bodies of work spanning over 50 years, Dorsky and Hiler will present three programs of their recent films. Working with hand-held and hand-wound 16mm cameras, both create a cinema of exquisite beauty that unfolds in time and retains the mystery and ambiguities of life being lived rather than illustrated.
Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler have been closely entwined for most of their lives, yet each makes distinctive work. Dorsky, a renowned cinematographer, editor and author, has produced 49 films since 1964. Hiler, whose practice includes painting and stained glass, has only been showing his films in recent years. Their films are contemplative, subtle and brimming with startling visual discoveries that awaken us to our own humanity. These are films that invite us in but don’t tell us how to look and respond: they are streams of interconnected records and reflections of the visual world, transforming recognizable objects and places into realms of seemingly infinite and unexpected discovery. We are being returned, as though for the first time, to the original magic of cinema. The Archive is honored to present this series with Dorsky and Hiler in person.
Program notes by Steve Anker.
Special thanks: Steve Anker, Nathaniel Dorsky, Jerome Hiler.
