Underground - American Avant-Garde Film in the 1960s Eye Film Museum

This autumn, Eye Filmmuseum highlights the American avant-garde cinema of the 1960s. The exhibition, accompanied by an extensive film program, showcases key works by avant-garde filmmakers who embraced film as an artistic medium in defiance of Hollywood's restrictive and conservative mainstream cinema. These filmmakers engaged in formal experimentation while also taking a moral stance on... Lees meer

This autumn, Eye Filmmuseum highlights the American avant-garde cinema of the 1960s. The exhibition, accompanied by an extensive film program, showcases key works by avant-garde filmmakers who embraced film as an artistic medium in defiance of Hollywood's restrictive and conservative mainstream cinema. These filmmakers engaged in formal experimentation while also taking a moral stance on significant social issues, including consumerism, the role of mass media, the fight for equal rights, the Vietnam War, student protests, and a polarized political climate. Underground will present works by prominent avant-garde figures such as Jonas Mekas, Marie Menken and Stan Brakhage, alongside films by artists such as Bruce Conner, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono or Andy Warhol.