Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage)

Jan 1, 1966

0h 1m

★ 6.0

Fluxfilm No. 2

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"INVOCATION is Higgins' Satie movie... the purest attempt to clear art from any or all historical, esthetic, thematic, ornamental claptrap to regain the lost-eye consciousness." - Jonas Mekas

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Invocations of Canyons and Boulders (for Stan Brakhage)

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