Light and the City
Following his use of art, painting and sculpture, in his work of the previous decades, Hurwitz took on a project for the American Foundation of the Arts aimed at deepening and enriching, for art students, the way in which we see. Working with his young second wife, the editor Peggy Lawson, he made four short films comprising The Art of Seeing Series. The films, made without words, are beautiful poems to the pleasure of sight.
This is a transfer from a 1-inch tape made in the 1980’s
Leo Hurwitz and Peggy Lawson
Year
1970
Runtime
20 minutes
Format
16mm
Collaborators
THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ARTS
presents
LIGHT AND THE CITY
A FILM BY
LEO HURWITZ
& PEGGY LAWSON
assisted by PETER ELISCU
voice:
- LEVY
music:
COUNTRY JOE & THE FISH
CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE
Courtesy Vanguard Records
music consultant: THOMAS HURWITZ
consultants:
RUDOLPH ARNHEIM
ALICE KAPLAN
ROY MOYER
this film was made possible by
a grant from THE FORD FOUNDATION
A LEO HURWITZ PRODUCTION