• Concepts, Cuts and Shirley Clarke Workshop (LA Event)

    The Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States

    A 3-hour interactive workshop to develop creative ideas. Participate in a series of embodied exercises designed to catalyze concepts, images, sounds, movement motifs, structures, and rhythms for new screen dance works. Excerpts and examples of key cinematic moments from films directed and edited by Shirley Clarke will be jumping off points for exploring ideas in motion and editing as a generative art. Workshop leader Karen Pearlman will bring core principles from her recent books – 'Cutting Rhythms: Creative Film Editing' and 'Shirley Clarke: Thinking Through Movement’ – to life in a workshop designed to enhance and empower kineasthetic creativity. (space is limited)

  • 8 Films Directed & Edited by Shirley Clarke plus Book Launch and Discussion with Karen Pearlman, ASE (LA Event)

    The Philosophical Research Society 3910 Los Feliz Boulevard, Los Angeles, United States

    On the occasion of the publication of Shirley Clarke: Thinking Through Movement, Dance Camera West and Clare Schweitzer welcome writer/director Karen Pearlman, ASE, (in person) to present a screening of 8 rarely seen films directed & edited by Shirley Clarke. Sunday, January 25, 7:00pm at The Philosophical Research Society.