To The Winged Distance: Films by Robert Beavers

TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: FILMS BY ROBERT BEAVERS
London Tate Modern
2-25 February 2007

Robert Beavers has laboured in relative isolation on works whose goal “is for the projected film image to have the same force of awakening sight as any other great image.” His meticulously crafted films are at once lyrical and rigorous, sensuous and complex. Whilst communicating his response to the landscapes, architecture and traditions of the Mediterranean and Alpine countries in which they were filmed, they also incorporate deeply personal and aesthetic themes. Rarely seen in public, Robert Beavers’ remarkable body of work is a celebration of light, life and colour.

AMOR (Robert Beavers, 1980)

The retrospective is structured in two parts: Six programmes of selected titles will be followed on the last weekend by “My Hand Outstretched to the Winged Distance and Sightless Measure”, Beavers’ complete cycle of eighteen films.

Curated by Mark Webber.
With thanks to Temenos Verein, Cineric Inc. and The Guild of St George.

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Starr Auditorium
Tate Modern, Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
Nearest Tube: Southwark / London Bridge / Blackfriars
MAP OF AREA

Tickets: £5, booking recommended
Season Ticket: £25
Box Office: 020 7887 8888

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Work done (Robert Beavers, 1972/1999)

TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: FILMS BY ROBERT BEAVERS

Friday 2 February 2007, at 7pm
TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: Programme 1
Introduction by Robert Beavers
AMOR, 1980, 15 min.
Work done, 1972/1999, 22 min.
The Hedge Theater, 1986-90/2002, 19 min.

Sunday 4 February 2007, at 3pm
TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: Programme 2
Introduction by Robert Beavers
From the Notebook of …, 1971/1998, 48 min.

Friday 9 February 2007, at 7pm
TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: Programme 3
Early Monthly Segments, 1968-70/2002, 33 min.
Sotiros, 1976-78/1996, 25 min.
The Ground, 1993-2001, 20 min.

Sunday 11 February 2007, at 3pm
TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: Programme 4
Palinode, 1970/2001, 21 min.
Diminished Frame, 1970/2001, 24 min.
The Painting, 1972/1999, 13 min.

Friday 16 February 2007, at 7pm
TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: Programme 5
Winged Dialogue, 1967/2000, and Plan of Brussels, 1968/2000, 21 min.
Still Light, 1970/2001, 25 min.
Wingseed, 1985, 15 min.

Sunday 18 February 2007, at 3pm
TO THE WINGED DISTANCE: Programme 6
Ruskin, 1975/1997, 45 min.
The Stoas, 1991-97, 22 min.

Early Monthly Segments (Robert Beavers, 1968-70/2002)

Friday 23 February 2007, at 7pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 1
Early Monthly Segments, 1968-70/2002, 33 min.
Winged Dialogue, 1967/2000, and Plan of Brussels, 1968/2000, 21 min.

Friday 23 February 2007, at 9pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 2
The Count of Days, 1969/2001, 21 min.
Palinode, 1970/2001, 21 min.

Saturday 24 February 2007, at 12pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 3
Diminished Frame, 1970/2001, 24 min.
Still Light, 1970/2001, 25 min.

Saturday 24 February 2007, at 2pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 4
From the Notebook of …, 1971/1998, 48 min.
The Painting, 1972/1999, 13 min.

Saturday 24 February 2007, at 5pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 5
Work done, 1972/1999, 22 min.
Ruskin, 1975/1997, 45 min.

Sunday 25 February 2007, at 12pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 6
Sotiros, 1976-78/1996, 25 min.
AMOR, 1980, 15 min.

Sunday 25 February 2007, at 2pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 7
Efpsychi, 1983/1996, 20 min.
Wingseed, 1985, 15 min.
The Hedge Theater, 1986-90/2002, 19 min.

Sunday 25 February 2007, at 5pm
MY HAND OUTSTRETCHED: Programme 8
The Stoas, 1991-97, 22 min.
The Ground, 1993-2001, 20 min.

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