James Benning: Circling the Image (2003)

Name: James Benning: Circling the Image
Director: Reinhard Wulf
Released: 2003-11-30
Duration: 1 h 24 min

English 1h 24m

Directed by Reinhard Wulf

Release Date 30 Nov 2003

About James Benning: Circling the Image Movie

James Benning: Circling the Image (2003) is a Movie, available in English. It is directed by Reinhard Wulf. 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.