In 1972, San Francisco’s KQED public aired the first of these three half-hour programmes devoted to celebrating pointless activity. Goofing Off dances between the silly and the philosophical with free-associative abandon. The films combine stop-action photography, claymation, collage, cut-outs, and continuous drawing, with few if any creative limits set by the station. Goofing Off revealed a fresh, imaginative collaboration between animator Bob McClay and composer Henry Jacobs’s droll tape explorations, including contributions from philosopher Alan Watts, author George Leonard, psychedelic poster artist Victor Moscoso and filmmaker Jordan Belson. ‘The pursuit of happiness can be extremely tiring – sit still and let happiness pursue you for a while.’
Also in this combined programme
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Video Music 2: Electric Current
From Lovid’s hertz-bursts of video feedback to the warm brown feeling of Pawel Wojtasik’s Dark Sun Squeeze, video never sounded quite so good. -
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Re-Visiting “Father” and the Source Family
A family story of communal living, Hollywood Hills health food, and a single-minded devotion to costumes, communal idylls and following things through -
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Niger: Magic and Ecstasy in the Sahel
A folk cinema celebration of life in the Sahel region of Africa, showcasing many of Niger’s venerable music styles. -
Small Steps: Conversations with Pauline Oliveros
A sublimely intimate conversation with Pauline Oliveros – composer, deep listener and sound humanitarian. -
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Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2005
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Medium/Format
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- Premiere status
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