Visionary Film: The Apocalyptic Eye of Stan Brakhage
Film is not all about storytelling. Sometimes it is about light. Stan Brakhage (1933-2003), the prolific American avant-garde filmmaker, scratched, painted, hand-processed, and generally…
Brett David Potter is working on a PhD in theology, art and culture at the Toronto School of Theology and has an MCS in Christianity and the Arts from Regent College in Vancouver. Before that he studied film and video at York University. His current research project is an attempt to navigate the space between theological aesthetics and contemporary art, with Hans Urs von Balthasar and Jean-Luc Marion as guides. Brett lives with his wife and daughter in Toronto, where alongside his academic interests he makes video art, writes music and blogs about art, film and faith (on his blog "unfolding forms".)
Film is not all about storytelling. Sometimes it is about light. Stan Brakhage (1933-2003), the prolific American avant-garde filmmaker, scratched, painted, hand-processed, and generally…
This post is Part III in a series highlighting some insightful documentary films from the past decade on art and artmaking. [Read Part I and…
This post is Part II in a series highlighting some insightful documentary films from the past decade on art and artmaking. [Read Part I…
This post is Part I in a series highlighting some insightful documentary films from the past decade on art and artmaking. In Werner Herzog’s…
The irony is not lost on me: I love watching “Project Runway” – the reality competition show for aspiring fashion designers hosted by supermodel…