Viet Flakes

Jan 21, 1967

0h 8m

★ 8.2

Overview

Viet Flakes was composed from an obsessive collection of Vietnam atrocity images, compiled over five years, from foreign magazines and newspapers. Schneemann uses the 8mm camera to “travel” within the photographs, producing a volatile animation.

Genres

War

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