SIFF Cinema will be playing Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle from April 9 - 15. Barney has always been a performance artist at heart. His series is a wonderful combination of visual, sound, and theatrics that has defined his career thus far. SIFF will also be showing his latest work, De Lama Lâmina on the final day of the series, April 15.
From SIFF’s site:
Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle
Artist Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle, unavailable in any media for nearly a decade, was an art world sensation upon its original release. An intricate and eye-popping blend of Masonic lore, Celtic myth, historical and biological arcana, and film genres ranging from thriller to western to musical and points in between, the Cremaster Cycle is a vast five-part achievement of nerve and style.
Filmed out of order (4, 1, 5, 2, 3) over nine years and named after the muscle that regulates the height of the testicles in the body based on outside temperature or inner emotions, it has been called, “The greatest fusion of Art and Cinema since Un Chien Andalou.” Cremaster is not now, nor will it in the foreseeable future, be available on DVD, meaning that the only way for fans to see it again, or for people who have only heard about it to actually see it, is on the big screen.
Plus! The premiere of Barney’s latest film creation, De Lama Lâmina.
Presented in association with The Stranger and Henry Art Gallery
Selections from the series:
