James Benning: Circling the Image

Overview

The American filmmaker James Benning has been one of the outstanding exponents of the structural film since the mid-1970s. Bennings artistic position has been strongly influenced by mathematics and by the creativity of mathematical thinking. With his new project 13 Lakes, James Benning goes one step further towards reducing things to a minimum. The film focuses on thirteen large American lakes (including Salton Sea, Lake Powell, and Lake Michigan) along with their geographical and historical relationship to the landscape. This documentary film was occasioned by 13 Lakes, and was shot in California, Arizona, and Utah. It accompanies the artist for a week as he searches for locations and as he films the first two shots for his own film.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 30, 2003

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

Germany

Cast

James Benning

Director

Reinhard Wulf

Writer

Reinhard Wulf

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0422515