• Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Translations from a Willow Tree, 1976

  • Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid: Meshes of the Afternoon, 1943/59

  • Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Secret Spill, 1974

  • Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet: Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice, 1977

  • Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: Untitled (Umbrella), c. 1970s



The Films of Apparatus and Early Works by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha



  • Introduction
    Tausif Noor

    Tausif Noor is the Curatorial Associate at BAMPFA.

This screening pairs films by contributors to Apparatus: Selected Writings (1980), edited by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, with Cha’s Super 8 films and videos from the early 1970s. Maya Deren’s Meshes of the Afternoon, created with her husband, Alexander Hammid, examines interiority and visionary experience through dreamlike sequences. Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet’s 1977 film honors the influential poet Stéphane Mallarmé—a major influence on Cha—alongside revolutionaries shot dead during the Paris Commune of 1871. In Cha’s work from the early 1970s, the artist explores film with performance, signaling the fluid approach to form she pursued throughout her career.

—Tausif Noor

Films in this Screening

Meshes of the Afternoon

Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid, United States, 1943/59

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • 16mm
  • 14 mins
source
  • BAMPFA
permission
  • Kino Lorber

Every Revolution Is a Throw of the Dice

Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet, France, 1977

FILM DETAILS 
Language
  • French
  • with English subtitles
Print Info
  • Color
  • Digital
  • 10 mins
source
  • Grasshopper Film

Untitled (Umbrella)

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, United States, c. 1970s

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • Digital
  • Silent
  • 3 mins
source
  • BAMPFA

Moon Sun

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, United States, 1973

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • Digital
  • Silent
  • 3 mins
source
  • BAMPFA

Ripples

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, United States, c. 1974

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • Digital
  • Silent
  • 7 mins
source
  • BAMPFA

Translations from a Willow Tree

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, United States, 1976

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • Digital
  • Silent
  • 4 mins
source
  • BAMPFA

Secret Spill

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, United States, 1974

FILM DETAILS 
Print Info
  • B&W
  • Digital
  • 25 mins
source
  • BAMPFA

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