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Saturday Cinema: Kino Kinetics
Saturday, January 21, 2017 • 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 p.m.
Kanbar Forum
Included with museum admission.
All Ages
In conjunction with the temporary exhibition Curious Contraptions, this whimsical program of expressive short films explores both kinetic and cinematic realms of tinkering.
Featuring
Solar Do-Nothing Machine (1957/1995, 2 min.) by Charles and Ray Eames, edited by Eames Demetrios, with music by Richard Marx
Designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1957, the Solar Do-Nothing Machine is a whimsical toy-like machine that was one of the first uses of solar power to produce electricity.
Fast Film (2003, 14 min.) by Virgil Widrich
This homage to motion pictures was handmade by folding 65,000 photocopies of film frames from 300 memorable Hollywood films into three-dimensional objects, which were used to create a wild, stop-motion animated caper.
