CATHY VOGAN '93 METHUSELAH - w/ Ernest Berk (extract)

FULL VIDEO AT http://voganiaDOTcom/HTML/VIDEOSC.html

"A sensitive portrait by Cathy Vogan of the dancer Ernest Berk at over eighty years of age. His body, his wrinkles, his views on old-age and sexuality, his zest for life link up with a reflection on time from both a biographical and a scientific viewpoint. Experience and wisdom has gathered in the wrinkles of the skin just as in the warped bark of ancient trees. The recent death of Ernest Berk makes this approach to him as "Methuselah," the magician of life, a final poetic document of the times."

Median Kunst Archive 2003

Video Art Award
Videofest 1993

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Video
• Dance
• Cathy
• Vogan
• CaTV
• Ernest
• Berk

[thomaskampe1]

Thanks Cathy.....I will definitely look at the film and would like to grill you about the work with him... he is aprt of a lost generation of European exile dancers.. and the film gives a wonderful insight into a radical vision of body culture that formed a dancer like ernest.. great stuff..

[NOTAMARKinc]

@thomaskampe1 Yes he trained with Mary Wigram within the Expressionist Dance movement. I see you have bought the DVD. THANKS! There is more information about Ernest and the Methuselah pine in the film's bonus menu. I'm currently travelling in the US but will send my house mate an email to ask him to send you a copy as soon as possible.

[thomaskampe1]

This is wonderful.... I wth a colleague and contemporary of Berk for a long time.... what a great collaboration you are showing here.... bravo,

[NOTAMARKinc]

@thomaskampe1 Thank you Thomas. It was so great working with Ernest, albeit a long time ago now. If you would like to see the whole film, it's on my website voganiaDOTcom. Click on "Films", then scroll down. On the right, click on "Play Now"; then be patient while it loads in high quality (about 300Mb file). Then enjoy!

[LTSDH907]

WTF!? what did i just watch... how the hell did i get to this part of youtube........

and now im going to have problems jacking off for the rest of my life... SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT... GOD DAMNIT.

[NOTAMARKinc]

@LTSDH907 love it :)

[thomaskampe1]

by the way, i love your films...

[SuperBluehaze]

fucking amazing!

[NOTAMARKinc]

:)

[skinnypuppy1]

First!