This collection of films—which includes works rarely considered alongside one another—lends another perspective to the exhibition International Pop by examining cinema as an extension of Pop practice around the world.
During the same era that Pop rose to prominence in the art world, cinema too saw an explosion of forms and practices, from the postwar international “new waves” to the spread of documentary and underground film. A number of artists aligned with Pop, including Andy Warhol (US), Derek Boshier (UK), and Yokoo Tadanori (Japan), took up cameras to explore themes found in their painting and graphic works; filmmakers like Peter Whitehead and Ken Russell (both UK) responded to the Pop moment by documenting its artists, artworks, and events; and directors such as Ōshima Nagisa (Japan), Jean-Luc Godard (France) and Santiago Álvarez (Cuba) used cinema to reflect back upon the nature of mass media and consumer images.
The curator of International Pop Cinema is Ed Halter of Light Industry, a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York.
Screening Schedule
International Pop Cinema includes five one-hour programs daily throughout the exhibition, along with a series of five screenings on Target Free Thursday Nights.
Video Lounge
Screens continuously
- Paolo Cavara (Italian, 1926–1982); Gualtiero Jacopetti (Italian, 1919–2011); Franco Prosperi (Italian, b. 1926)
Yves Klein sequence from Mondo Cane, 1962
35mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 3 minutes - Pramod Pati (Indian, 1932–1975)
ABID 1970
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 5 minutes
Films Division, Mumbai
Daily Screenings, 12 noon
- Nam June Paik (American, b. Korea, 1932–2006) and Jud Yalkut (American, 1938–2013)
Video Tape Study No. 3, 1967–1969
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 4 minutes
Electronic Arts Intermix, New York - Nam June Paik (American, b. Korea, 1932–2006) and Jud Yalkut (American, 1938–2013)
Beatles Electroniques, 1966–1972
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 3 minutes
Electronic Arts Intermix, New York - Nam June Paik (American, b. Korea, 1932–2006) and Jud Yalkut (American, 1938–2013)
Waiting for Commercials, 1966–1972
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 7 minutes
Electronic Arts Intermix, New York - Santiago Álvarez (Cuban, 1919–1998)
Now, 1965
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 5 minutes
Facets Multimedia - Jean-Luc Godard (French/Swiss, b. 1930)
Original trailers edited by Godard for the following films:
À bout de souffle (Breathless), 1960; 2 minutes
Une femme est une femme (A Woman Is a Woman), 1961; 2 minutes
Le Mépris (Contempt), 1963; 2:30 minutes
Made in U.S.A., 1966; 1:40 minutes
2 ou 3 choses que je sais d’elle (2 or 3 Things I Know about Her), 1966,
2:30 minutes
La Chinoise, 1967; 2:10 minutes
Weekend, 1967; 2:50 minutes
35mm film transferred to video (color, sound/silent); 15:40 minutes total
Janus Films; New York/Rialto Pictures; New York/Entertainment One - Natalia LL (Polish, b. 1937)
Consumer Art, 1972–1974
16mm film transferred to video (color/black and white, silent); 8 minutes
Courtesy the artist and lokal_30, Warsaw
Daily Screenings, 1 pm
- Manfred Kuttner (German, 1937–2007)
A–Z, 1963
8mm film (hand-colored); 3:36 minutes
Estate of Manfred Kuttner and Johann Köenig Galerie - Alain Resnais (French, 1922–2014)
Le chant du Styrène (The Song of Styrene), 1958
35mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 13 minutes
Les Films du Jeudi - Peter Roehr (German, 1944–1968)
Film-Montagen 1–3 (Film Montages 1–3), 1965
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound/silent); 23 minutes
©Estate of Peter Roehr; courtesy Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin - George Kuchar (American, 1942–2011)
HOLD ME WHILE I’M NAKED, 1966
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 15 minutes
Estate of George Kuchar
Daily Screenings, 2 pm
- Derek Boshier (British, b. 1937)
Link, 1970
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 12 minutes
Courtesy the artist - Derek Boshier (British, b. 1937)
Change, 1973
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 10 minutes
Courtesy the artist - James Scott (British, b. 1941)
Richard Hamilton, 1968
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 25 minutes
Courtesy of the artist
Daily Screenings, 3 pm
- Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987)
Soap Opera, 1964
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, silent/sound); 46 minutes
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Daily Screenings, 4 pm
- Tadanori Yokoo (Japanese, b. 1936)
Tokuten Eizo Anthology No. 1, 1964
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 7 minutes
Courtesy the artist - Tadanori Yokoo (Japanese, b. 1936)
Kiss Kiss Kiss, 1964
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 2 minutes
Courtesy the artist - Tadanori Yokoo (Japanese, b. 1936)
Kachi Kachi Yama, 1965
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 8 minutes
Courtesy the artist - Tanaami Keiichi (Japanese, b. 1936)
Good-by Marilyn, 1971
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 5 minutes
Courtesy the artist and NANZUKA Gallery, Tokyo - Tanaami Keiichi (Japanese, b. 1936)
Good-by Elvis and USA, 1971
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 7:30 minutes
Courtesy the artist and NANZUKA Gallery, Tokyo - Tanaami Keiichi (Japanese, b. 1936)
Oh Yoko!, 1973
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 4 minutes
Courtesy the artist and NANZUKA Gallery, Tokyo - Jeff Keen (British, 1923–2012)
Cineblatz, 1967
16mm film transferred to video (color, optical sound); 2 minutes
Courtesy the artist’s estate, Kate MacGarry, London, and LUX, London - Jeff Keen (British, 1923–2012)
Marvo Movie, 1967
16mm film transferred to video (color, optical sound); 5 minutes
Courtesy the artist’s estate, Kate MacGarry, London, and LUX, London - Jeff Keen (British, 1923–2012)
Meatdaze, 1968
16mm film transferred to video (color, optical sound); 10 minutes
Courtesy the artist’s estate; Kate MacGarry, London; and LUX, London
Thursday Nights Program 1: April 16, May 21, June 25, July 30
Free
- 5:30 pm:
Jean-Luc Godard (French/Swiss, b. 1930)
Made in U.S.A., 1966
35mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 85 minutes
Rialto Pictures - 7 pm:
Jean-Luc Godard (French/Swiss, b. 1930)
La Chinoise, 1967
35mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 90 minutes
Entertainment One
Thursday Nights Program 2: April 23, May 28, July 2, August 6
Free
- 5:30 pm:
Guy Debord (French, 1931–1994)
Society of the Spectacle, 1973
35mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 88 minutes - 7 pm:
René Viénet (French, b. 1944)
Can Dialectics Break Bricks?, 1973
35mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 83 minutes
Thursday Nights Program: April 30, June 4, July 9, August 13
Free
- 5:30 pm:
William Klein (American, b. 1928)
Mr. Freedom, 1969
35mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 95 minutes
Courtesy William Klein - 7:15 pm:
Oshima Nagisa (Japanese, 1932–2013)
Band of Ninja, 1967
35mm transferred to video (black and white, sound); 100 minutes
Courtesy Oshima Productions and Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy Co. Ltd.
Thursday Nights Program 4: May 7, June 11, July 16, August 20
Free
- 5:30 pm:
Ken Russell (British, 1927–2011)
Pop Goes the Easel, 1962
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 44 minutes - 6:30 pm:
William Klein (American, b. 1928)
Broadway by Light, 1958
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 10 minutes
Argos Films - Kenneth Anger (American, b. 1927)
Scorpio Rising, 1963
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 29 minutes
Courtesy the artist - 7:30 pm:
Bruce Conner (American, 1933–2008)
A MOVIE, 1958
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 14 minutes
Courtesy Conner Family Trust - Bruce Conner (American, 1933–2008)
COSMIC RAY, 1961
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 5 minutes
Courtesy Conner Family Trust - Bruce Conner (American, 1933–2008)
REPORT, 1963–1967
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 13 minutes
Courtesy Conner Family Trust - Bruce Conner (American, 1933–2008)
MARILYN TIMES FIVE, 1973
16mm film transferred to video (black and white, sound); 14 minutes
Courtesy Conner Family Trust
Thursday Nights Program 5: May 14, June 18, July 23, August 27
Free
- 5:30 pm:
Peter Whitehead (British, b. 1937)
Tonight Let’s All Make Love in London, 1968
16mm film transferred to video (color, sound); 70 minutes
Contemporary Films, London - 7 pm:
Niki de Saint Phalle (French, 1930–2002) and Peter Whitehead (British, b. 1937)
Daddy, 1973
16mm film transferred to video (color/blackand white, sound); 90 minutes
Contemporary Films, London, and the Niki Charitable Art Foundation
