2010 Avant-Garde Masters Grants

Centerbeam

(1977), documentary co-directed by Richard Leacock and Ed Pincus, exploring the participatory art piece created by artists from the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Study (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Claudia

(1972–73), Jorge Prelorán’s playful portrait of a five-year-old girl (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution). Play film

Ghost Rev

(1963), Jud Yalkut’s first film, made as part of an interdisciplinary “intermedia” presentation by the artist collective USCO (Intermedia Foundation).

Home and Dome

(1965), Stan Vanderbeek’s experimental saga of family life during the construction of the Movie Drome screening space on his property in Stony Brook, New York (Museum of Modern Art).

Montage II: Ephemeral Blue

(ca. 1960), visual response to a poem by Beat Charles Plymell (George Eastman Museum). Play film

Montage I: Paint and Painter

(ca. 1959), profile of Wichita painter Corban LePell and his work (George Eastman Museum). Play film

Montage IV: The Garden of Eden

(1962), reflection on the eccentric sculpture of Civil War veteran S.P. Dinsmoor (George Eastman Museum). Play film

Montage V: How to Play Pinball

(1963), energetic film set to the music of Jean Eichelberger Ivey (George Eastman Museum). Play film

A Scary Time

(1960), UNICEF-sponsored film decrying child malnourishment by Shirley Clarke and Robert Hughes (Museum of Modern Art).

Water Ritual #1: An Urban Rite of Purification

(1979), Barbara McCullough’s meditation on African ritual and contemporary African American life (UCLA Film & Television Archive).

Y

(1963), fast-paced collage by the artist collective USCO (Intermedia Foundation).