Documents on Sculpture

3 March Michael: Snow, Wavelength (1966-67), 45 mins.

Michael Snow’s Wavelength is regarded as an avant-garde classic. A watershed in experimental film-making, it utilises the simple, structuralist tactic of slowly tracking the length of a room. As the camera moves forward the passing of several nights and days is given visual form. The film ends on a wall-mounted photograph depicting the surface of the sea.

10 March: Douglas Wright, Gloria (1990), 35 mins.

An inspired dance work, Gloria is set to Vivaldi's Gloria in 'D' and filmed by Alun Bollinger. He shows us intricate details of bodies, faces and limbs forming various shapes in rhythmic movement, to convey the exhilarating and life-affirming form of Wright's work.

24 March: Rosalind Nashashibi, Bachelor Machines Part 1 (2007), 30mins.

Chronicling the voyage of a cargo ship as it sails from Italy to Sweden, this film follows the company of men who form a community for the three months of confinement on this isolated shipping vessel. Framing with equal intensity the ocean, the vessel and the on-board activity, up-and-coming British film maker Nashashibi visualises the multiple dimensions of labour, time, and distance.

31 March: Bridget Sutherland, Anish Kapoor Infinity on Trial (2012), 80mins.

Filmed on Alan Gibbs’ farm at Kaipara Bay, North Auckland, the documentary tracks the realisation of the latest commission—a large outdoor sculpture by British artist Anish Kapoor—for this renowned private park. The film provides unique insights into the processes of decision-making, consultation and construction that usually go unseen, revealing how a sculptural idea can be rendered physically. Music by David Kilgour.