Since 1952, and his first film, "Interim," through such landmark efforts as "Anticipation of the Night" (1958), Brakhage has been engaged in an effort to reshape our habits of seeing. In his book, "Metaphors on Vision," he wrote, "Imagine an eye unruled by man-made laws of perspective, an eye unprejudiced by compositional logic, an eye which does not repond to the name of everything but which must know each object encountered in life through an adventure of perception..." Brakhage has made over 200 films, ranging in length from less than a minute to more than four hours. Though the style of
Upon dropping out of Dartmouth, co-directed first film, "Interim" (25 mins)
1953
Moved to San Francisco; then to Central City, CO where he made second film and directed for the stage at the Yellow Door Theater Company; then back to San Francisco where he made the no longer extant "The Boy and the Sea" (2 mins)
1954
After acquiring own 16mm camera and editing equipment moved back to Colorado; made several films including "Desistfilm" (1954)
1954
Moved to New York in the Fall; had first film screenings at Living Theater; received award from the Maya Deren Creative Film Foundation
