at night by torch and spear (1940's) - cornell

Joseph Cornell's enigmatic collage By Night With Torch and Spear (1940s?) may have been unknown to anybody but the artist himself before it was discovered, years after his death, within a cache of artifacts bequeathed to Anthology film archives. it was given its title posthumously based on a card that flashes at its end. sound track provided by john zorn. During the first Surrealist exhibition in New York 1936 he premiered a film made from splicing together existing film stock he had found & collected. Salvador Dalí, present at its first screening, was outraged, claiming he had just had the same idea of applying collage to film. He remarked told he should stick to making boxes and stop making films. Traumatized, Cornell rarely showed his films there after.
Most of his art works were boxed assemblages created from found objects, simple boxes, glass-fronted, with arranged collections of photographs or Victorian bric-à-brac combining the austerity of Constructivism with the fantasy of Surrealism. Many boxes, are interactive and are meant to be handled. he would create poetry from the commonplace. In the 1950s and 1960s, He hired a series of young assistants, including Stan Brakhage, and Larry Jordan to help him organize his collection.

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[Mardizzle922]

I need this song!!!!!!! does anyone know where i can get it?

[LightsOutLightshow]

@Mardizzle922 it was composed by john zorn for this film.

[copernico1234]

Sorry, i forgot to thank you LightsOutLightshow, really great..where didi you find this video!?!?!

[copernico1234]

Cornell.... a dancing soul like indians in the video..simply amazing!