BentTime(1980-1983)

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  • Contents: Pools 16mmfilm,Color/Sound,9min.Madewith… Contents: Pools 16mmfilm,Color/Sound,9min.MadewithBarbaraKlutinis.(1980) ShotwithanunderwatercameraexploringtheswimmingpoolsoftheHearstCastle,California. PondandWaterfall 16mmfilm,Color/Silent,15min.(1981) Underwaterexplorationofverdantpondgrowthpullingtheviewerintoactuallybeingthecreatureactivelyexploring. StoneCircles 16mmfilm,Color/Sound,7min.(1982) acelebrationofancientpre-patriarchalstandingstones,mounds,andcirclesincludingStonehengeandAvesbury. BentTime 16mmfilm,Color/SoundbyPaulineOliveros,21min.(1983) influencedbyscientistswhohavenotedthatlightrayscurveattheouteredgesoftheuniverseleadingthemtotheorizethattimealsobends.Aone-pointperspectivevisualpathacrosstheUSbeginninginsidealinearaccelerator-oratom-smashingdevice-andtravelingtosuchhigh-energylocationsasthehomeofanancientsuncalendarinChacoCanyon,NewMexico;thesiteofOhioValleyMoundcultures;theGoldenGateandBrooklynBridges;andbeyond.Inspiredbythisidea,Iusedanextremewideanglelensof9mmand“oneframeoffilmperfootofphysicalspace”tosimulatetheconceptoftimebending.Thesoundtrackis“RattlesnakeMountain”,anoriginalscorebyPaulineOliveros.