The D贸ra Maurer and the B茅la Bal谩zs Studio two-day film series surveys the short films made by visual artists working at the B茅la Bal谩zs Studio (BBS), Budapest, in the last two decades of Hungary鈥檚 socialist era.
The BBS was a state-sponsored filmmaking facility active from 1959鈥2005. In 1973, the studio began granting membership and resources to artists and composers who had no previous experience making films. This invitation came as part of the BBS鈥檚 Film Language Series, which was aimed at investigating the tools, techniques and structure of film through experimental filmmaking. This platform enabled visual artists such as D贸ra Maurer to make to create inventive works that could not have found official support in Hungary's art context.
This screening presents three of the films D贸ra Maurer made as part of the BBS鈥檚 Film Language Series and its later development, the K/3 group. Much like the films on display in 黑料社鈥檚 free D贸ra Maurer exhibition, these films explore aspects of filmmaking such as camera movement, duration and the film frame.
Maurer鈥檚 films are paired with works by artist and animator 脕gnes H谩y and the late artist and filmmaker G谩bor B贸dy, who initiated the Film Language Series. Together the programme explores the ways in which these artists expanded the tradition of structural filmmaking.
Programme
Introduction by D贸ra Maurer
G谩bor B贸dy Four Bagatelles Hungary 1975. 35mm, black and white, sound, 28 min, Hungarian with English subtitles
脕gnes H谩y Metronome Hungary c.1980. Super 8 transferred to 16mm, black and white, silent, 3 min
D贸ra Maurer Triolets No. 1 Hungary 1977. 16mm transferred to VHS transferred to digital video, black and white, sound, 6 min excerpted from 15 min
D贸ra Maurer and Zolt谩n Jeney Kalah Hungary 1980. 35mm transferred to digital video, colour, sound, 10 min*
D贸ra Maurer Inter-Images 1鈥3 Hungary 1989鈥90. 16mm, colour, sound, 17 min
*Please note that Kalah contains flashing lights
D贸ra Maurer Antizoetrope 1989鈥90, film still. Courtesy the artist and Sixpack Film, Vienna
D贸ra Maurer Streams of Balance 1989鈥90, film still. Courtesy the artist and Sixpack Film, Vienna
脕gnes H谩y Metronom c.1980, film still. Courtesy the artist
D贸ra Maurer and Zolt谩n Jeney Kalah 1980, mounted film strips with notes. Courtesy the artists and Sixpack Film, Vienna
G谩bor B贸dy Four Bagatelles 1975, film still. Courtesy Hungarian National Film Archive