Movie Mural
<p>Stan VanDerBeek, <em>Movie Mural</em>, 1965–1968. Multiple 35 and 16mm films, black-and-white and color, sound and silent, durations vary, transferred to video, with black-and-white and color slide projections, dimensions variable. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film and Video Committee 2021.47. © Estate of Stan VanDerBeek</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1965
- Dimensions
- Dimensions variable
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Stan VanDerBeek
Artist
Video
Stan VanDerBeek was an American filmmaker and visual artist who pioneered experimental cinema and expanded animation into a multisensory, participatory practice. Working from the 1950s onward, he created abstract films, collage-based animations, and immersive environments that treated cinema as a tool for social communication and collective experience rather than passive consumption. His work combined found footage, hand-drawn animation, and sculptural installation, often layered with sound and projection to create what he termed 'expanded cinema.' VanDerBeek's practice anticipated many concerns of contemporary media art, from interactivity to the dissolution of boundaries between film, painting, and performance.
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- Stan VanDerBeek
- Year
- 1965
- Dimensions
- Dimensions variable
- Watts ID
- WW-1965-168709
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- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
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