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The Dream Factory: A Surrealist Art Film Series continues today with Three Films of Man Ray (Ray, 1923-1929).
Sponsored by the art department, the screening will be introduced by Alastair Noble, assistant professor of art. The series takes place noon-1 p.m. every other Wednesday through Nov. 19 in Williams Center room 108. The screenings finish in time for students to make their 1 p.m. classes.
In addition to being a filmmaker, Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitsky) was a master of experimental and fashion photography and a painter, poet, essayist, philosopher, and leader of American modernism. Known for documenting the cultural elite living in France, Man Ray spent much of his time fighting the formal constraints of the visual arts.
“Inventions of light forms and movements” is the way Man Ray described the films he made in the 1920s. The title of his 1926 film Emak Bakia comes from an old Basque expression that means “don’t bother me.” The poetic image of “a starfish kept in a jar by [Desnos’s] bed” inspired L’Étoile de mer (1928). Poison (1933-35) features Meret Oppenheim and Man Ray himself.
The rest of the series:
The film series debuted two weeks ago with screenings of Un Chien Andalou (The Andalousian Dog) (Buñuel/Dali, 1928) and Land Without Bread (Buñuel, 1932).