An older man and young woman dancing in crowded ballroom 19 century attire. The couple is blurred in motion.

Cinematic Chimera

2010–2011

EMPAC — Troy, NY, USA

Cinematic Chimera presents works that strive for a radical synthesis of artistic genres, reviving the notion of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total artwork. United by their integration of theater, dance, music, architecture, literature, and visual art, these films also realize the Gesamtkustwerk’s technological imperative by making use of advanced cinematic techniques.

Main Image: Film still from Russian Ark.

2010–2011

EMPAC — Troy, NY, USA

Event Type

Series

Season

Curator

Emily Zimmerman

Thursday, February, 2011 at 7:30PM

A hand writing with quill and ink on parchment in an old English style of cursive.

Film/Video, Time-Based Visual Art

Prospero’s Books

Directed by Peter Greenaway

Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7:30 pm

A white woman with red hair in a 40s style white ballet costume and red pointe shoes dancing with arms outstretched across a scene of a cityscape at dusk.

Film/Video

Directed by Michael Powell + Emeric Pressburger

Thursday, October 28, 2010 at 7:30PM

Women dressed as nymphs with flower crowns and flowing draped clothing running down the hall, burred in motion and with expressions of joy of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Film/Video

Directed by Alexander Sokurov

Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 7PM

A woman crying into the phone as another sitting behind prison glass listens. A guard stands in the background.

Film/Video

Dancer in the Dark

Directed by Lars von Trier