Sara Kathryn Arledge

Directing

Sara Kathryn Arledge

Born — Died

1911-09-28 — 1998-01-06

Place of birth

Mojave, California, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

7 titles

American artist and filmmaker acknowledged as "one of the foremothers of the American experimental cinema."

Known for

Introspection poster
6.3

The film is set to the music of Franz Schubert and is very strange. Much of it consists of disembodies arms and legs all moving about to the music. There are also folks in body suits moving rhythmically to the tune. Occasionally, there are shots of a guy in full color with multiple exposures.

Introspection

1941

No artwork available
NR

A short film comprised of seventeen stable images in black, sepia, and white light.

Interior Garden

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No artwork available
NR

BAMPFA presents a selection of digital copies of hand-painted glass transparencies she made while teaching at California College of Arts and Crafts. Curator Terry Cannon described them as “akin to viewing a shimmering stained-glass window.” As they were difficult to present in public venues, Arledge also documented them in several of her films, including Interior Garden II.

Transparencies

1950

What Is A Man? poster
NR

"Imagery and dialogue stimulated by Finnegan's Wake. It is a satire with undertones of the cosmic spirit." - Sara Kathryn Arledge

What Is A Man?

1958

A Selection of Glass Slide Transparencies poster
NR

BAMPFA presents a selection of digital copies of hand-painted glass transparencies she made while teaching at California College of Arts and Crafts. Curator Terry Cannon described them as “akin to viewing a shimmering stained-glass window.” As they were difficult to present in public venues, Arledge also documented them in several of her films, including Interior Garden II.

A Selection of Glass Slide Transparencies

1950

No artwork available
NR

What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), Model releases from the papers of California artist and experimental filmmaker Sara Kathryn Arledge (1911-1998).

What Do Two Rights Make?

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Behind the camera

Introspection poster
6.3

The film is set to the music of Franz Schubert and is very strange. Much of it consists of disembodies arms and legs all moving about to the music. There are also folks in body suits moving rhythmically to the tune. Occasionally, there are shots of a guy in full color with multiple exposures.

Introspection

1941

No artwork available
NR

A short film comprised of seventeen stable images in black, sepia, and white light.

Interior Garden

—

No artwork available
NR

BAMPFA presents a selection of digital copies of hand-painted glass transparencies she made while teaching at California College of Arts and Crafts. Curator Terry Cannon described them as “akin to viewing a shimmering stained-glass window.” As they were difficult to present in public venues, Arledge also documented them in several of her films, including Interior Garden II.

Transparencies

1950

What Is A Man? poster
NR

"Imagery and dialogue stimulated by Finnegan's Wake. It is a satire with undertones of the cosmic spirit." - Sara Kathryn Arledge

What Is A Man?

1958

A Selection of Glass Slide Transparencies poster
NR

BAMPFA presents a selection of digital copies of hand-painted glass transparencies she made while teaching at California College of Arts and Crafts. Curator Terry Cannon described them as “akin to viewing a shimmering stained-glass window.” As they were difficult to present in public venues, Arledge also documented them in several of her films, including Interior Garden II.

A Selection of Glass Slide Transparencies

1950

No artwork available
NR

What Do Two Rights Make? (1983), Model releases from the papers of California artist and experimental filmmaker Sara Kathryn Arledge (1911-1998).

What Do Two Rights Make?

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Interior Garden II poster
NR

Nineteen images in black, sepia, and white light.

Interior Garden II

1978