>>> Martha Colburn
"The uniqueness of Martha Colburn, to me, is the explosive
energy and craft with which she brings up-to-date, and pushes
further, the film form of found-image-collage established by
Stan Vanderbeek and Dick Preston in the Sixties. She has invented
her own techniques and language that permits her to fuse the
grotesque images of our popular civilization as produced by
our image industries, to make film songs of universal sadness
of our times. Bordering on the outrageous, crackling frame energy,
Martha Colburn films are naked testimonials of our times, and
of her generations." - Jonas Mekas (2000)
www.marthacolburn.com
Photos:
film image stills, "Cosmetic Emergency" 2005.
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