The lunchtime lecture held by Sasha Freyer was part autobiographical and part a lesson on the basics of the basics of experimental film. This was extremely different than the speech Kirk O'Brien gave a couple of weeks ago. She talked a lot about the duality between "day job" and independent artistic ventures. I really liked being exposed to a new artistic medium. Film has not been something that I've explored. I was especially moved by her experimental films, which is the playing with the medium of film as an artistic medium the way painting is. Experimental film organizes shots the way poets organize words, but you can't come to it expecting narrative fiction. I really liked the way she phrased it: it's a mix of "painterly attention to color and form combined with poetry." Her process of adding color to black and white archival film was extremely interesting to witness as well. Overall, being exposed to a new artistic medium was very enlightening. Additionally, seeing a successful artist who makes a living doing art was actually pretty inspiring. I wasn't aware of how willing the government was to give out grants to artists, and it makes the career seem less lucrative.
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