Maya Deren's Sink
6.2
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.
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Bekka Lindstrom
Maya Deren
Also in
A Bread Factory, Part Two: Walk With Me A While
Carolee Schneemann
Herself
Also in
Fuses
Meat Joy
Barbara Hammer
Teiji Ito
Tavia Ito
Herself
Erin Harper
Gail Ryan
Herself
Stephanie Testa
Maya Deren
Herself (archival footage)
Known for
Meshes of the Afternoon
At Land
Barbara Hammer Director · Erin Harper Cinematographer Stephanie Testa Editor
United States release January 5, 2011 · Produced in United States
Production
New York State Council on the Arts
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 5, 2011
Theatrical
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