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Aleph
“Aleph” is an artist’s meditation on life, death, mysticism, politics, and pop culture. In an eight-minute loop of film, Wallace Berman uses Hebrew letters to frame a hypnotic, rapid-fire montage that captures the go-go energy of the 1960s. Aleph includes stills of collages created using a Verifax machine, Eastman Kodak’s precursor to the photocopier. These collages depict a hand-held radio that seems to broadcast or receive popular and esoteric icons. Signs, symbols, and diverse mass-media images (e.g., Flash Gordon, John F. Kennedy, Mick Jagger) flow like a deck of tarot cards, infinitely shuffled in order that the viewer may construct his or her own set of personal interpretations. The transistor radio, the most ubiquitous portable form of mass communication in the 1960s, exemplifies the democratic potential of electronic culture and may serve as a metaphor for Jewish mysticism.
- Original title
- Aleph
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Destined Crossroad
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
Safe.
The Wizard Okh
Melting Heart Cake
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Boomerang
Fulfilament
Accordion Joe
The Tree and the Cat
In The Bird World
Purpleboy
The Tempest
Anal Juice
Magic Glasses
Jean
Sohrab and Rustum
Gavroche
The Leader
Jolly Chicken
Solid Serenade
The Truce Hurts
No Time for Nuts
Minion Scouts
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
Thru the Mirror
Pluto's Sweater
Chip an' Dale
Ferdinand the Bull
Runaway Brain
Chips Ahoy
A Knight for a Day
The Big Bad Wolf
Gone Fishing
Screwball Squirrel
Sea Scouts
Good Scouts
Hammy's Boomerang Adventure
The Pointer
The Barn Dance
Jan 1, 1966
