Artists and Experimental Cinema in Italy 1960–1970
HAMMER | 7:30 p.m., Hammer Museum
This selection of extremely rare short films, including Il Mostro Verde, which features Merz’s Living Sculpture, reveals the exciting, eclectic collaborations among painters, poets, directors, and theater actors in 1960s Italy. Films by Tonino De Bernardi and Paolo Menzio and artists such as Ugo Nespolo and Luca Maria Patella highlight an adventurous underground cinema influenced by Arte Povera in Turin, the experimental films of Cooperative Cinema Indipendente in Rome, and the American avant-garde and independent film scene.
Additional films will be screened at the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Los Angeles.
A full list of films is available here.
Copresented by Archivio Nazionale Cinema d’Impresa, CSC-Cineteca Nazionale
Event Date: Wednesday, Jun. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater
Price: Free
The Hammer is located at the corner of Westwood and Wilshire boulevards in Westwood Village, three blocks east of the 405 freeway’s Wilshire exit.
Parking is available under the museum.