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- Title
- A Film of Real Time: A Light-Sound Environment
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
- Description
Before he was an acclaimed cinematographer, Leon Narbey was another kind of artist. Narbey shot this film to document Real Time, an immersive light and sound installation he created for the opening of New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in 1970. Real Time took over the entire gallery: viewers entered an altered landscape of glittering materials, neon flashes and an industrial soundtrack triggered by the movements of the crowd. The film opens with quickfire shots of the official opening...
- Format
- Video
- Date created
- 1971
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/real-time-a-light-sound-environment-1971
- Related subjects
- govett-brewster art gallery / taranaki / art installation / 1971 / opening show / beer / refreshments / art gallery / experimental / jump cuts / exhibition opening / new plymouth / neon / soundscapes / corrugated iron
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