studio Claus Wiersma

This exhibition in Eye Filmmuseum highlights the American avant-garde cinema of the 1960s. The exhibition features both iconic and lesser-known works, showcasing the era’s vibrant experimental spirit. Highlights include films by pivotal avant-garde figures such as Jonas Mekas, Maya Deren and Stan Brakhage, as well as contributions from prominent visual artists like Bruce Conner, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, and Andy Warhol. This exploration of cinematic innovation is set against the backdrop of a changing society.

Dancing bridges, introspective diary fragments and dreamy stop motions – just some examples of experiments carried out by a loose collection of avant-garde filmmakers in the 1960s in the United States. Their aim: to shake off the fetters of Hollywood and the dominant film industry and to reinvent cinema, as it were, as a visual medium. (text courtesy of Eye Filmmuseum)