Hans Richter: Everything Turns- Everything Revolves
Closing night of the series “FrameWorks: Art on Film.” This event includes a screening followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Dave Davidson.
Dadaist provocateur, surrealist painter, and pioneering filmmaker, Hans Richter was a major force in 20thcentury art. At the forefront of the German avant-garde, he fled to the US in 1941, becoming director of City College’s department of documentary production. There, he was prophet to a generation of experimental filmmakers. Featuring interviews with colleagues, footage from Richter’s revolutionary films, and recently discovered audiotapes of Richter himself.
Q&A filmmaker Dave Davidson, who will also show two re-scored short films by Richter, Filmstudie and Ghosts Before Breakfast.
