Selections from the Walker's Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Study Collection
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Selections from the Walker's Ruben/Bentson Film and Video Study Collection

As part of Red76’s Surplus Seminar, Jeremy Rossen of Portland, Oregon’s Cinema Project present films that, in form or content, relate to notions of surplus and counterculture. The program includes:

A Lecture by Hollis Frampton (1967, lecture / cassette tape, 30 min. Read by filmmaker David Gatten)

Early Abstractions by Harry Smith (1946-1957, 16mm, color, silent, 23 min.)

In the Street by Helen Levitt (1952, 16mm, b&w, sound, 15 min.)

My Name is Oona by Gunvor Nelson (1969, 16mm. b&w, sound, 10 min. Sound by Steve Reich and Patrick Gleeson)

Take the 5:10 to Dreamland by Bruce Conner (1977, 16mm, color, sound, 5 min.)