SUMMER OF LOVE
Sex, Drugs, Rock, Art and Protest in the Counterculture circa 1967 Saturday, July 21, 2007
at Eyedrum
8:00 PM
Atlanta Journal-Constitutionreview Creative Loafing
review
On the fortieth anniversary of the fabled Summer of Love, Film Love presents a
revealing look at the music, art, lifestyles and protest movement of the
American counterculture circa 1967. All films shown were made during the era and
most are shown in their original format of 16mm.
In
David Ringo's impressionistic "March on the Pentagon," Flower Power collides
with tear gas. Lenny Lipton’s "We Shall March Again," depicting
conflict at a 1965 Berkeley peace march, is a vivid early record of the type
of antiwar protest which would help define the Summer of Love. "Turn Turn Turn" and "LSD Wall" are acclaimed films
which approximate psychedelic experiences and sensations, while the kinetic,
fabulously colorful "Rockflow" is a jaw-dropping catalog of '67 clothing styles
set to groovy rock music.
Jud Yalkut and Nam June Paik’s "Beatles Electroniques" convert the pop icons
(and their music) into melting, otherworldly forms. Notions of free expression
merge with the new sexual consciousness in "Kusama’s Self-Obliteration,"
featuring the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama in one of the wilder manifestations
of sixties performance art. Meanwhile, the sensory overload and brilliant
montage of Paul Sharits’s film "T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G" provides a counterpoint to
simplistic notions of the "innocence" of the era.
NOTE: This program contains graphic imagery and is intended for adult
audiences.
Lenny Lipton, We Shall
March Again (1965)
Program:
Robert Cowan, Rockflow (1968) 16mm, color & b/w, sound, 9 min
Albert Alotta, Peacemeal (1967) 16mm, color, sound, 7 min
John Hawkins, LSD Wall (1965) 16mm, color, sound, 6 min
David Ringo, March on the Pentagon (1967) 16mm, black and white, sound, 20 min
Lenny Lipton, We Shall March Again (1965) 16mm, black and white, sound, 8 min
Jud Yalkut and Nam June Paik, Beatles Electroniques (1969) 16mm, color, sound, 3
min
Jud Yalkut, Turn, Turn, Turn (1966) 16mm, color, sound, 10 min
Paul Sharits, T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (1968) 16mm, color, sound, 12 min
Jud Yalkut, Kusama's Self-Obliteration (1967) 16mm, color, sound, 24 min
(screened on DVD)
All screenings take place at
8:00 pm at Eyedrum,
290 Martin Luther King
Jr Dr Suite 8, Atlanta, GA, 30312
404.522.0655 www.eyedrum.org
Summer of Love
is a Film Love event, programmed and hosted by Andy Ditzler for Frequent Small
Meals. Film Love exists to provide access to great but rarely-screened films,
and to promote awareness of the rich history of experimental and avant-garde
film. Film Love was voted Best Film Series in Atlanta by the critics of Creative
Loafing in 2006.
Jud Yalkut and Nam June
Paik, Beatles Electroniques
Paul Sharits,
filmstrip from T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (1968)
