Maya Deren's Sink
Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life as recounted by those who knew her. Teiji Ito's family, Carolee Schneemann and Judith Malvina, float through the homes recalling in tiny bits and pieces words of Deren's architectural and personal interior space. Clips from Maya Deren's films are projected back into the spaces where they were originally filmed appearing on the floorboard, furniture, and in the bowl of her former sink. Fluid light projections of intimate space provide an elusive agency for a filmmaker most of us will never know as film with its imaginary nature evokes a former time and space.
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📋 Film Details
| Year | 2011 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | History, Documentary |
| Director | Barbara Hammer |
| Runtime | 30 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 4.5/10 (2 votes) |
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The film constructs a meditative ghost-portrait, relying on fragmented recollections and projections of Deren's work onto the very walls of her homes. It explores not a biography, but the very substance of memory and creative legacy dissolved into space.
What lingers after viewing is a hypnotic, nearly tactile experience where past and present, personal and artistic, merge into a single poetic stream. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Barbara Hammer
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In silence, alone with the screen, allowing the images to flow through consciousness.
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