A few pictures of Maya Deren (and Antony Tudor) on the set of one of the shoots for “The Very Eye of Night”
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #TheVeryEyeOfNight #MayaDeren #ballet
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Finally, “The Very Eye of Night” (1955)(youtu.be/VsLdAmK_8LE?...), one of Maya Deren’s final completed films. It was made over 3yrs in collaboration with choreographer Antony Tudor & the Metropolitan Opera Ballet School in NYC
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #TheVeryEyeOfNight #MayaDeren #ballet
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And yes, the man in “The Witch’s Cradle” is played by Dada/Cubist/conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp
#LaEsoterica #TheWitchsCradle #MarcelDuchamp #MayaDeren
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Next we have 2 shorts by Maya Deren. The first is “The Witch’s Cradle” (1943) (youtu.be/5iErVrOQH5U?...) which is an unfinished film comprised of footage that was constructed together posthumously using notes that Deren had written. #LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #MayaDeren
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Also, the 1991 Stan Brakhage book “Films at Wit’s End” (archive.org/details/film...) that was my introduction to Maya Deren’s work and film studies in general when I was in high school
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and “…Volume 1, Part 2: Chambers” (1942-1947) by VèVè Amasasa Clark, Catrina Neiman, and Millicent Hodson, (2006) Available for free here (archive.org/details/lege...)
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #MayaDeren
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I also 1000% recommend: “The Legend of Maya Deren, a Documentary and Collected Works, Volume 1, Part 1: Signatures (1917-1942) Available for free here (archive.org/details/lege...)
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You can also check out Maya Deren’s book “Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti” for free here (archive.org/details/bwb_...), the 1954 corresponding film here (youtu.be/HqBPjpAeUuQ?...) and the field recordings here (youtu.be/5QHEnA5u39A?...)
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #MayaDeren #haiti
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You can hear more of Maya Deren’s insights about film at the October 1953 “Cinema 16 Symposium” here (youtu.be/HA-yzqykwcQ?...) and/or read a transcript here (archive.org/details/voge...)
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #MayaDeren #poetry
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Maya Deren (April 29, 1917-October 13, 1961) was a Ukrainian-American pioneer of avant-garde filmmaking. She became the first female filmmaker to receive a Guggenheim grant for creative work in film.
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #MayaDeren
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This week’s #LaEsoterica has some strobing and a good deal of imagery that may make people uncomfortable. If this isn’t for you I recommend this (youtu.be/LT7HSQhiomQ?...) 2022 lecture about Maya Deren’s work through the lens of Black Art- & Dance- History
#WomensHistoryMonth #MayaDeren
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In a #LaEsoterica first: We’re starting with our feature presentation: the 2001 documentary about Ukrainian-American avant-garde filmmaker and writer Maya Deren “In the Mirror of Maya Deren” directed by Martina Kudláček (youtu.be/xpOkIWH3C2E?...)
#LaEsoterica #WomensHistoryMonth #MayaDeren
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Just a head’s up: #LaEsoterica will be EVERY TUESDAY in March. This is the mostly finalized plans for the month:
#WomensHistoryMonth #jazz #NewYork #MayaDeren #Linguistics
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First time watch: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) #mayaderen #meshesoftheafternoon #avantgarde #silentfilm @kanopy.com #shortfilm #earlywomenfilmmakers #filmsky
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Choose one film a day from a great director. Name the film and director, and provide a still. Keep going for as long as you like.
Film: Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Director: Maya Deren, Alexandr Hackenschmied
#Filmsky #MayaDeren #MovieSky #AvantGarde #Cinema #MovieChallenge #FilmChallenge
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Extract from A Lesson from Meshes of the Afternoon (Maya Deren, 1943) 🔪 ☎️ 🪞 🗝️ in praise of 'amateurs'
Full video essay available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHa6...
#MayaDeren #ArtHouse #Cinema #VideoEssay #FilmEssay #Film
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NEW 🤍 Réinterprétation de l’affiche du court-métrage MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (1943) de Maya Deren.
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#film #poster #movieposter #posterdesign #filmposters #movieposterdesign #filmposterdesigner #keyart #meshesoftheafternoon #mayaderen
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a surreal digital portrait of Maya Deren, her face doubled in mirrored reflection and blurred motion trails, hair flowing like ink in water, eyes fixed yet shifting across planes of layered geometry and shadow, background formed from fragmented staircases and dreamlike domestic interiors, dress abstracted into filmstrips and ritual symbols, monochrome tones with flashes of red and silver, lighting flickering like a projector beam, asymmetry invoking disorientation and symbolic rhythm
Maya Deren (1917–1961) was an avant-garde filmmaker, choreographer, and theorist who revolutionized experimental cinema in the United States. Her dreamlike short films, including Meshes of the Afternoon, explored time, identity, and ritual through nonlinear structure and symbolic imagery. Deren fused movement, myth, and surrealist aesthetics, helping establish the language of personal and poetic filmmaking.
Maya Deren: Ritual in Frame
Prompt and bio in ALT
#aiart #blueskyart #digitalart #aicommunity #avantgardeportrait #mayaderen #experimentalfilm #surrealcinema #feministfilmmaker #ritualimagery #dreamlogic #nonlinearstorytelling #symbolicvisuals #artinmotion #personalcinema
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Here’s a video clip for our cover of @thelilactime.bsky.social ‘s “Don’t Feed the Rats”. Full version on YT; audio on SoundCloud. Video source: Maya Deren/Alexandr Hackenschmied’s 1943 film, “Meshes in the Aftenoon”. HBD, Stephen Duffy! #musicvideo #cover #stephenduffy #thelilactime #mayaderen
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Finishing up the music video for our cover of @thelilactime ‘s Don’t Feed the Rats. Film source is taken from one of my favorite go-tos, Maya Deren. Premieres Friday, 30 May to an unknowing world.
#pittsburghband #pittsburghmusic #mayaderen #stephenduffy #musicvideo #coversong
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Loads of work done on my set for the april gig today. Yayy.
Do I go stupid funny with the sample of #MayaDeren talking about the #WuTang? 🤭🎤🎥
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#MayaDeren ’s #MeshesOfTheAfternoon from 1943 is perhaps the second most influential #surrealist film of all time. It’s not as visceral or outrageous as #UnChienAndalou, but it has atmosphere for days and some neat camerawork.
Art by #SterlingHundley
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Movie poster for the 1943 experimental surrealist film Meshes Of The Afternoon by Maya Deren. Image shows Deren looking through a screened window, her hands pressed against the glass. Outside reflections make it appear as if tree branches are emerging from her hair.
Choose 20 movies that have stayed with you or influenced you. One movie per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations and no reviews.
#20DayMovieChallenge #20MovieChallenge #FilmSky #MovieSky #CinemaSky #Cinema #Movies #MayaDeren
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Was recently thinking about the late Barbara Hammer's reflection piece on the filmmaker Maya Deren's sink that was being thrown out in a renovation. #QueerArt #QueerCulture #ContemporaryArt #MayaDeren #BarbaraHammer
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[...] #Film is changing, metamorphic; that is, infinite; the idea that the movement of life is totally important rather than a single life.
On directing > Secret | #MayaDeren, 1940s www.cocosse.com/2025/02/on-d...
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El Museu Etnològic i de Cultures del Món de Barcelona presenta aquesta exposició temporal entorn de #MayaDeren i la seva obra.
#muecbcn #muecmontcada #agenda #exposició #directorasdecine #directoresdecinema #cinemujeres #cineymujeres #cinemaidones #cinefemenino #cinepormujeres #mujeresenelcine
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