Bent Time
Director：Barbara Hammer
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Cinematographer：Barbara Hammer
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Language：English
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SYNOPSIS
Bent Time is influenced by scientists who have noted that light rays curve at the outer edges of the universe, leading them to theorize that time also bends. A one-point perspective visual path across the U.S. begins inside a linear accelerator—an atom-smashing device—and travels to such high-energy locations as the home of an ancient sun calendar in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico; the site of Ohio Valley Mound cultures; the Golden Gate and Brooklyn Bridges; and beyond. Inspired by this idea, Hammer used an extreme wide-angle lens of 9mm and “one frame of film per foot of physical space” to simulate the concept of time bending. The film is accompanied by Pauline Oliveros’ original score for voice and accordion, Rattlesnake Mountain. —Barbara Hammer
Director Biography
Barbara Hammer (1939–2019) is celebrated as a pioneer of queer cinema, whose fifty-year career profoundly shaped experimental and feminist film practice. A visual artist working across film, video, and installation, Hammer created a groundbreaking body of work centered on lesbian identity, female sexuality, and the politics of the body. Her films illuminate histories and lives that were once invisible. As Hammer stated, “My work makes these invisible bodies and histories visible. As a lesbian artist, I found little existing representation, so I put lesbian life on this blank screen, leaving a cultural record for future generations.”
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