GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Looking for Mushrooms was Bruce Conner's first color film. Filmed in San Francisco and San Pedro Tenancingo, Mexico, where he lived from 1961 to 1962, this dreamlike sequence of thousands of single-frame shots, some comprising as many as eight different exposures, presents a search for magic mushrooms. Conner's fast-paced editing and use of multiple exposures weave together psychedelic colors and forms that move in and out of abstraction and figuration. The short version was completed in 1967 and set to "Tomorrow Never Knows" by The Beatles. In 1996, Conner reworked the film into a longer version, extending every frame by five frames and collaborating with minimalist composer Terry Riley on the soundtrack.
Drawn from
- Claire Riflelj and Suzanne Weaver, DMA unpublished material, 2005.
- Kevin Hatch, Looking for Bruce Conner, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012).
- 2000 BC: The Bruce Conner Story Part II. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999.
NOTES
- DMA unpublished material = "Acquisition Proposal," March 16, 2005. In Collections Records object file (2005.21.2).
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2005: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Michael Kohn Gallery
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- Vimeo~ Watch one minute of Bruce Conner's Looking For Mushrooms.
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General Description
Looking for Mushrooms was Bruce Conner's first color film. Filmed in San Francisco and San Pedro Tenancingo, Mexico, where he lived from 1961 to 1962, this dreamlike sequence of thousands of single-frame shots, some comprising as many as eight different exposures, presents a search for magic mushrooms. Conner's fast-paced editing and use of multiple exposures weave together psychedelic colors and forms that move in and out of abstraction and figuration. The short version was completed in 1967 and set to "Tomorrow Never Knows" by The Beatles. In 1996, Conner reworked the film into a longer version, extending every frame by five frames and collaborating with minimalist composer Terry Riley on the soundtrack.
Drawn from
- Claire Riflelj and Suzanne Weaver, DMA unpublished material, 2005.
- Kevin Hatch, Looking for Bruce Conner, (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012).
- 2000 BC: The Bruce Conner Story Part II. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1999.
Fun Facts
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Notes
- DMA unpublished material = "Acquisition Proposal," March 16, 2005. In Collections Records object file (2005.21.2).
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
2005: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Michael Kohn Gallery
AUDIO ASSETS
VIDEO ASSETS
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