Center of Gravity: Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley, program 1 - Five Artists: BillBobBillBillBob

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A personal tribute to artist friendship, this 1971 filmic collaboration reflects on a moment in time in the lives and careers of Bay Area legends William Allan, William Geis, Robert Hudson, Robert Nelson and William T. Wiley. These painters, sculptors and filmmakers and their circle associated with Funk art enjoyed a certain freedom on the West Coast to forge their own territory and forms of expression. Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley were drawn to documenting the spirit of how this close-knit group, affiliated with SFAI as students and faculty, were “working together, dreaming together, and had this unusual and interesting rapport. (Nelson)” Five Artists offers a collective portrait of the everyday life of these artists and their families in Marin County. Alternating between color and black-and-white footage, Nelson and Wiley interweave non-synchronous commentary by the artists and their acquaintances. (Tanya Zimbardo)

Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley: As friends living in Marin County, Gunvor Nelson and Dorothy Wiley began making films together in the 1960s that foregrounded their personal experiences while examining issues of family, parenthood, partnership and domestic life in the In the context of artist filmmaking in Northern California. Featuring original soundtracks, their collaborative and solo films explore the poetics of everyday life, from portraits of motherhood to close studies of various bodies. Nelson, who is now based in Sweden, and Wiley were among the earliest members of the cooperative Canyon Cinema. An influential force, Gunvor Nelson taught at SFAI from 1970 to 1992.  (Tanya Zimbardo)

Center of Gravity: Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley is a multi-venue series this fall considering the artists’ pioneering filmmaking and milieu.

Presented in association with Canyon Cinema Foundation and the San Francisco Art Institute’s Graduate Lecture Series.

Curated and Presented by Tanya Zimbardo

Admission: $10 General Admission. Admission is FREE to Cinematheque members and to SFAI’s students, faculty and staff (with ID). Purchase advance tickets here

Venue: 

San Francisco Art Institute - San Francisco, United States

Dates: 

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 19:00 to Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 18:55

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Dates: 

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 - 19:00 to Wednesday, October 18, 2017 - 18:55
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