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The Films of David Rimmer

Available for purchase in the CFMDC Shop: https://www.cfmdc.org/shop. This three-volume set brings together some of David Rimmer’s most seminal early works. Born in Vancouver, BC, Rimmer has been a pivotal figure in the city’s art scene since the early ’70s. Known for his experimentation with superimposition, looping and optical printing, Rimmer’s aesthetic reflects a “West Coast sensitivity to landscape, poetry and psychedelia” (Chris Kennedy). Volume One Square Inch Field -1968 / 13 min / 16mm / CLR / Sound Migration – 1969 / 11 min / 16mm / CLR / Sound Landscape -1970 / 8 min /16mm / CLR / Silent Blue Movie – 1970 / 6 min / 16mm / CLR/ Silent Treefall -1970 / 5 min / 16mm / CLR / Silent The Dance – 1970 / 5 min / 16mm / B&W / Sound Surfacing on the Thames -1970 / 5 min /16mm / CLR/ Silent Running time : 53:30 min Volume Two Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper -1970 / 8:30 min / 16mm / CLR / Sound Seashore – 1971 / 11 min / 16mm / B&W / Silent Real Italian Pizza – 1971 / 13 min / 16mm / CLR / Sound Watching for the Queen – 1973 / 11 min / 16mm / B&W / Silent Fracture – 1973 / 10 min / 16mm / CLR / Sound Running time 53:30 min Volume Three Canadian Pacific – 1974 / 9 min / 16mm / CLR / Silent Canadian Pacific II – 1975 / 9 min / 16mm / CLR / Silent Narrows Inlet – 1980 / 10 min /16mm / CLR / Silent Bricolage – 1984 / 11 min / 16mm / CLR/ Sound As Seen on TV – 1986 / 15 min / 16mm / CLR / Sound Canadian Pacific + Canadian Pacific II – Double Screen Projection – 1974/75 / 9 min / 16mm / CLR / Silent Running time : 63:00 min Complement the box set with Reading David Rimmer, an e-book edited by Mike Hoolboom. http://mikehoolboom.com/thenewsite/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/reading_david_rimmer_cfmdc_2014_final1.pdf

Film Maker
CFMDC Special Edition
Year
2017
Country
Canada
Length
169
Language
No dialogue
Category
Abstraction, art & artists, Canada, film studies, Flicker + Strobe, found footage, history, Landscape, media studies, Photography, Portraits, Race + Ethnicity
Genre
documentary, experimental, Installation, short