"Today's three films, all by artists better known for their work in other media, are related to the Happenings, events and actions explored in the sixties. They vary from improvisational, Claes Oldenburg's Birth ot the Flag, to improvisation within imposed constraints, Robert Rauschenberg's Linoleum, to loosely structured anti-narrative, Edward Rusha's Premium. In minimal settings, everyday objects-the flag, a car, a bed-take on new relationships as they are explored not only for their use value, but for their formal, aesthetic and associative values. In breaking the 'fixed' identity of the objects, the artists make visible an everyday which in its familiarity has become invisible. Rather than merely 'happening,' mundane activities are seen as catalysts for creative experiences. The artists' interest in the contemporary extends from the cultural and social environment to the present moment as performers react to their raw materials (a particular time and space) with immediacy and directness. Oldenburg's Happenings existed only as long as they 'happened,' and Rauschenberg's choreography included elements of indeterminacy so that each performance varied. In the virtually plotless tale of Premium, a young man's pursuits draw attention to narrative conventions as both our and the young man's expectations are repeatedly thwarted." Kathy Geritz