Optic Nerve: Program Two

Our second screening complementing the Columbus Museum of Art's Optic Nerve exhibition reexamines avant-garde films from the 1960s that explore the basic optical foundations of cinema. Most notably, it explores the flicker created by the rapid projection of a series of still images. J. Ronald Green, a professor in Ohio State's history of art department and film studies program, assembled the selection of groundbreaking films by revolutionary filmmakers Scott Bartlett, Stan Brakhage, Tony Conrad, Hollis Frampton, Peter Kubelka, and Paul Sharits. (program app. 120 mins., 35mm and 16mm) Optic Nerve: Program Two

Prelude: Dog Star Man (Stan Brakhage, 1961, 25 mins., 16mm)

Arnulf Rainer (Peter Kubelka, 1960, 7 mins., 35mm)

Ray Gun Virus (Paul Sharits, 1966, 14 mins., 16mm)

T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G, (Paul Sharits, 1968, 12 mins., 16mm)

Heterodyne (Hollis Frampton, 1967, 7 mins., 16mm)

OFFON (Scott Bartlett, 1968, 9 mins., 16mm)

The Flicker (Tony Conrad, 1966, 30 mins., 16mm)