Alaya

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1976

Creator: directed by Nathaniel Dorsky.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: silent

Credits: Dorsky, Nathaniel.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; PFA 1608-01-13877. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; PFA 1608-01-11192. Restricted: For PFA exhibition only.; Sand, wind, and light intermingle with the emulsions. The viewer is the star. "ALAYA manages a perfection of 'musical' light across a space of time greater in length than would seem possible (consider how brief most such perfected works are, such as Peter Kubelka, say) ... and with minimal means of line and tone. ... After about three minutes I began to be aware of the subtlety of rhythm, within each shot and shot-to-shot, which carried each cut, causing each new image to sit in-the-light of those several previous ... a little short of a miracle. Bravo!" - Stan Brakhage; PFA 1608-01-13877. COPY-SPECIFC DESCRIPTION: 1 reel of 1 (28 min. @ 18 fps) : si., col. ; 16 mm. polyester xenon print.; PFA 1608-01-11192. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: January 25, 2006 new print. Project at 18 fps.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE