336907
336907

Maya Deren's Sink

2011-01-05
4.5
en 30m
HistoryDocumentary
Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life as recounted by those who knew her. Teiji Ito's family, Carolee Schneemann and Judith Malvina, float through the homes recalling in tiny bits and pieces words of Deren's architectural and personal interior space. Clips from Maya Deren's films are projected back into the spaces where they were originally filmed appearing on the floorboard, furniture, and in the bowl of her former sink. Fluid light projections of intimate space provide an elusive agency for a filmmaker most of us will never know as film with its imaginary nature evokes a former time and space.

Director

Barbara Hammer

Sound mixer

Stephanie Testa

Writer

Barbara Hammer

Editor

Barbara Hammer

Editor

Stephanie Testa

Music

Teiji Ito

woman director

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • New York State Council on the Arts