Bridges-Go-Round Collection

Bridges-Go-Round Collection

Set of experimental films by Shirley Clarke, visualizing New York City.

2 MoviesTotal Collection
Bridges-Go-Round 1

Bridges-Go-Round 1

6.9 1958

New York City's various bridges transform into an urban jungle (jazz version) or an alien landscape (electro-acoustic version).

Bridges-Go-Round 2

Bridges-Go-Round 2

6.0 1958

Accompanied by ambient electronic music, this visual experiment presents New York with its industrial architecture as an unknown dystopian city. With everyday urban elements the author creates impressive abstract collages which evoke an extraterrestrial gloomy valley.