Seeking the Monkey King (HD) (2012)
WARNING: contains extreme flicker/strobe effects; avoid if you have epilepsy or other similar neural conditions. "The film could have well been called KICKING AND SCREAMING but that only describes me in the process of making it, questioning its taste. Once the message kicked in it overrode all objection. The piece demanded J.G. Thirlwell's music, normally way too overtly expressive for me as most of my stuff comes out of painting and is also to be absorbed in silence. Who will even notice visual innovation now, or what's happening with time? Determining a place between two and three dimensions, pushing time to take on substance, is what I do. SEEKING THE MONKEY KING is a reversion to my mid-twenties and that sense of horror that drove the making of STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH." -- Ken Jacobs Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'.
Primary Title
- Seeking the Monkey King (HD)
Date Broadcast
- Tuesday 1 November 2016
Release Year
- 2012
Duration
- 39:00
Channel
- Media Services
Broadcaster
- The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services
Programme Description
- WARNING: contains extreme flicker/strobe effects; avoid if you have epilepsy or other similar neural conditions. "The film could have well been called KICKING AND SCREAMING but that only describes me in the process of making it, questioning its taste. Once the message kicked in it overrode all objection. The piece demanded J.G. Thirlwell's music, normally way too overtly expressive for me as most of my stuff comes out of painting and is also to be absorbed in silence. Who will even notice visual innovation now, or what's happening with time? Determining a place between two and three dimensions, pushing time to take on substance, is what I do. SEEKING THE MONKEY KING is a reversion to my mid-twenties and that sense of horror that drove the making of STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH." -- Ken Jacobs Suggestion: Please see 'Another Occupation' before 'Seeking the Monkey King'.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Jacobs, Ken, 1933-
- Experimental films--United States
- Cinematography, Abstract
Genres
- Art
Hosts
- Ken Jacobs (Director)
- JG Thirlwell (Composer)
- Nisi Jacobs (Editor)
- Jason Drakeford (Assistant to the Producer)
Contributors
- Ken Jacobs (Director)
- JG Thirlwell (Composer)
- Nisi Jacobs (Editor)
- Jason Drakeford (Assistant to the Producer)
Subjects
- Jacobs, Ken, 1933-
- Experimental films--United States
- Cinematography, Abstract