Film

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Next on Wed, Nov 18, 1:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2

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Poznanie. USA. 2021. Directed by David Ehrlich

Self-identified “citizen of the world, animator and educator” David Ehrlich has made over 40 independent, abstract films since 1974. He began his creative life as an artist in New York from 1965 to 1975 before moving to Vermont, where animation became his chosen medium of expression. Rooted in his studies of sculpture and classical music, early works such as Dissipative Dialogues and Precious Metals flirt with representing recognizable objects, while the larger body of his later work, animated on transparent tracing paper and in clay, explores abstract forms of color, line, and shape in a continual process of transformation. Years teaching in China led to rewarding collaborations with composers Fang Xin and Chenguan Tszo that further distinguish his work.

Vermont Etude No. 2. 1979. DCP
Precious Metal. 1980. DCP
Dissipative Dialogues. 1982. DCP
BIO. 2015. 3 min. DCP
China Violet. 2014. 3 min. DCP
Color Dance. 2016. 3 min. DCP
Coming and Going. 2020. 3 min. DCP
La Création du Monde. 2021. 4 min. DCP
LIN. 2019. 3 min. DCP
Meditations. 2013. 4 min. DCP
Only the Seas Live Forever. 2020. 4 min. DCP
Pencil Test. 2013. 3 min. DCP
Poznanie. 2021. 3 min. DCP
SHAN. 2017. 3 min. DCP

This film accompanies It’s Alive! Animation Archive Matinees.

Events

Wed, Nov 18, 1:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
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All tickets available Nov 11
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Fri, Nov 27, 1:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T2, Theater 2

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
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