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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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La noche bengalí (The Bengali Night), Narcisa Hirsch, 1980
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Testamento Cinemático: The Films of Narcisa Hirsch

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A pivotal figure in Latin American experimental cinema, Narcisa Hirsch—a German émigré raised in Argentina—first focused on painting, then performances and happenings, before making a crucial move to film. These six short films are meditations on female independence, eroticism, violence, and mortality, forming an important intervention into the history of structural and experimental film. Programmed by Federico Windhausen. (dir. Narcisa Hirsch, 57 min.) 

This program is part of the Los Angeles Filmforum series Ism Ism Ism: Experimental Cinema in Latin America, part of Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. Major support is provided through grants from the Getty Foundation. Additional support provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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