Exhibition Details
With this frenetic film, Menken pioneered a new and highly influential hand-held filmic strategy and simultaneously produced a riotous and disorienting portrait of Noguchi’s work in motion. In 1953, composer Lucia Dlugoszewski (1925–2000), a friend of both Menken and Noguchi, produced an equally jarring score for the film which pieces together a haunting collage of discordant sounds.
Additional Details
Pairing Visual Variations on Noguchi, projected in its original 16mm format, with a selection of Noguchi’s related sculptures, this exhibition explores the interplay and affinities between these three artists’ practices and celebrate Menken’s invitation to bring the full force of our moving bodies to Noguchi’s work.
Location
The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden Museum
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard)
Long Island City, New York 11106
Image: Filmmaker Marie Menken (1909–1970) / photo by William Wood