Second release in Re:voir’s series about the New York Film-makers’ Cooperative Collection. Storm de Hirsch (1912–2000) was a key figure in the New York avant-garde film scene of the 1960s, and one of the founding members of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative. Like many experimental filmmakers at the time, de Hirsch did not begin her artistic career as a filmmaker; she was a poet who had published at least two collections by 1965. She turned to filmmaking because she wanted to find a new mode of expression for her thoughts that went beyond words on the page.

‘A major work in terms of style, structure, graphic invention, image manipulation and symbolic ritual. Short abbreviated dream-like moments, fused together by the tension and the dynamic of motion-picture time.’ (Stan Vanderbeek)

‘A further exploration into the color of ritual, the color of thought; a journey through the underworld of sensory derangement. A very beautiful work! The abstractions drawn directly on film are like the paintings of Miro; moving at full speed to the rhythm of an African beat.’ (Dominique Noguez)

‘Dedicated to all the magic makers of the world who weave a talisman for man’s rebirth in his house of breath.’ (Storm De Hirsch)

FILMS

Aristotle 1965, Super8, color, silent, 3 min
Divinations 1964, 16mm, color, sound, 6 min
Deep in the Mirror Embedded 1965, Super8, color, silent, 14 min
The Recurring Dream 1965, Super8, color, silent, 3 min
Malevich at the Guggenheim 1965, Super8, color, silent, 6 min
September Express 1973, Super8, color, silent, 6 min
Lace of Summer 1973, Super8, color, silent, 4 min
Silently, Bearing Totem of a Bird 1962, Super8, color, silent, 7 min
Ives House 1965, Super8, color, silent, 11 min
A Reticule of Love 1963, 16mm, color, silent, 3 min
The Tattooed Man 1969, 16mm, color, sound, 35 min
Shaman 1967, 16mm, color, sound, 12 min
Journey Around a Zero 1964, 16mm, b&w, sound, 3 min
Third Eye Butterfly 1968, double screen 16mm, color, sound, 9 min
Peyote Queen 1965, 16mm, color, sound, 9 min

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