“Dance #1” is a brief 8mm film I made for a performance in San Francisco, back in 1976. It was made up of footage from home movies and from old silent movies. I did a few films like this, but this was the only one to be screened.
Here’s what you saw:
1. water pouring into a glass bowl (color): 15″
2. a fight in a saloon (black & white): 5″
3. my mother in the kitchen (color): 15″
4. two seated women; a gun barrel lowers from overhead (black & white): 5″
5. water pouring into a glass bowl (color): 15″
6. a glass falls to the floor and shatters (color): 5″
7. two seated women; one passes her hand over her eyes, then screams (black & white): 15″