To the Winged Distance: Films by Robert Beavers

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Robert BeaversThe Tate Modern Gallery will hold a retrospective of Robert Beavers' works from February 2nd to the 25th. Beavers (USA, 1949) emigrated to Europe in the late sixties, with his lifetime companion Gregory Markopoulos, and his work has been rarely screened until very recently. Beavers' films "are at once lyrical and rigorous, sensuous and complex. Whilst communicating his response to the landscapes, architecture and traditions of the Mediterranean and Alpine countries in which they were filmed, they also incorporate deeply personal and aesthetic themes."

The retrospective is divided in two series of programmes: the To the winged distance series, that will display selected works, and the My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure series that will screen the whole cycle of the same name, composed by eighteen films. Beavers will introduce the first programme (February 2nd) and will have a discussion with critic P.Adams Sitney (Visionary Film) on February 4th, who will previously introduce the screening. 

This retrospective is curated by Mark Webber

Robert Beavers: To The Winged Distance

To The Winged Distance: Programme 1
Friday 2 February 2007, 19.00
Introduction by Robert Beavers

Work Done, 1972/1999, 35mm film, colour, sound, 22 min.
AMOR, 1980, 35mm film, colour, sound, 15 min.
The Hedge Theater, 1986-90/2002, 35mm film, colour, sound, 19 min.

To The Winged Distance: Programme 2
Sunday 4 February 2007, 15.00
Introduction by P. Adams Sitney.Screening followed by a discussion between Robert Beavers and P. Adams Sitney.

From the Notebook of …, 1971/1998, 35mm film, colour, sound, 48 min.

To The Winged Distance: Programme 3
Friday 9 February 2007, 19.00

Early Monthly Segments, 1968-70/2002, 35mm film, colour, silent, 33 min.
Sotiros, 1976-78/1996, 35mm film, colour, sound, 25 min.
The Ground, 1993-2001, 35mm film, colour, sound, 20 min.

To The Winged Distance: Programme 4
Sunday 11 February 2007, 15.00

Palinode, 1970/2001, 16mm film, colour, sound, 21 min.
Diminished Frame, 1970/2001, 16mm film, B&W and colour, sound, 24 min.
The Painting, 1972/1999, 16mm film, colour, sound, 13 min.

To The Winged Distance: Programme 5
Friday 16 February 2007, 19.00

Winged Dialogue, 1967/2000, and Plan of Brussels, 1968/2000, 16mm film, colour, sound, 21 min.
Still Light, 1970/2001, 16mm film, colour, sound, 25 min.
Wingseed, 1985, 16mm film, colour, sound, 15 min.

To The Winged Distance: Programme 6
Sunday 18 February 2007, 15.00

Ruskin, 1975/1997, 35mm film, black-and-white and colour, sound, 45 min.
The Stoas, 1991-97, 35mm film, colour, sound, 22 min.

 

Robert Beavers: My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure

My Hand Outstretched: Programme 1
Friday 23 February 2007, 19.00

Early Monthly Segments, 1968-70/2002, 16mm film, colour, silent, 33 min.
Winged Dialogue
, 1967/2000, and Plan of Brussels, 1968/2000, 16mm film, colour, sound, 21 min.

My Hand Outstretched: Programme 2
Friday 23 February 2007, 21.00

The Count of Days, 1969/2001, 16mm film, colour, sound, 21 min.
Palinode, 1970/2001, 16mm film, colour, sound, 21 min.

My Hand Outstretched: Programme 3
Saturday 24 February 2007, 12.00

Diminished Frame, 1970/2001, 16mm film, black-and-white and colour, sound, 24 min.
Still Light, 1970/2001, 16mm film, colour, sound, 25 min.


My Hand Outstretched: Programme 4

Saturday 24 February 2007, 14.00


From the Notebook of …, 1971/1998, 35mm film, colour, sound, 48 min.
The Painting, 1972/1999, 16mm film, colour, sound, 13 min.

My Hand Outstretched: Programme 5
Saturday 24 February 2007, 17.00

Work Done, 1972/1999, 35mm film, colour, sound, 22 min.
Ruskin, 1975/1997, 35mm film, black-and-white and colour, sound, 45 min.

My Hand Outstretched: Programme 6
Sunday 25 February 2007, 12.00

Sotiros, 1976-78/1996, 35mm film, colour, sound, 25 min.
AMOR, 1980, 35mm film, colour, sound, 15 min.

My Hand Outstretched: Programme 7
Sunday 25 February 2007, 14.00

Efpsychi, 1983/1996, 35mm film, colour, sound, 20 min.Wingseed, 1985, 35mm film, colour, sound, 15 min.
The Hedge Theater, 1986-90/2002, 35mm film, colour, sound, 19 min.

My Hand Outstretched: Programme 8
Sunday 25 February 2007, 17.00

The Stoas, 1991-97, 35mm film, colour, sound, 22 min.
The Ground, 1993-2001, 35mm film, colour, sound, 20 min.

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