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Richard Newton Films

Presented by University of California, Irvine at University of California, Irvine

December 9, 2011

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Join The Humanities Collective for a screening of 18 short films by artist Richard Newton in conjunction with Laguna Art Museum’s Pacific Standard Time exhibition Best Kept Secret: The Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California, 1964-1971.

University of California, Irvine
McCormick Screening Room at the Humanities Gateway Building

Richard Newton was born in Oakland, California in 1948. At UC Irvine he received his BA in 1970 and MFA in 1973. He currently lives in Pasadena, California where he continues to work in film and performance. “Almost everything I’ve done,” he says, “has to do with the personal, social context, and political context of my life.”

UC Irvine was a hotbed of creativity and experimentation in the 1960s and early ’70s, a hub of innovation where exceptional teachers such as Tony DeLap, Robert Irwin, and Vija Celmins taught talented students like Alexis Smith, Chris Burden, and Nancy Buchanan. All but forgotten in the intervening years, this exceptional time and place is now recovered at Laguna Art Museum in Best Kept Secret.

 

Richard Newton films being shown:

Fine Arts Plaza, 1970, B&W, silent, 2 minutes
I can still feel the space opening itself up to the dawn.

New Years Eve at the Berkeley Museum, 1970, color, silent, 40 seconds
The cover-up of Charles C. Hill causes a riot.

Thomas, a man, 1970, B&W, silent, 3 minutes, 20 seconds
I believe this was at the original Pike in Long Beach.

we love you, 1970, color, sound, 2 minutes, 30 seconds
And we hope you love us too.

been traveling so long, 1971, color, sound, 3 minutes, 10 seconds
A red mist hangs like a mirage carrying my soul into the desert.

baked, 1971, B&W and color, sound, 2 minutes, 35 seconds
When you got nothing, you got nothing better to do than film yourself doing nothing.

KEEP OUT, 1970-72, B&W and color, sound, 3 minutes, 45 seconds
There’s something happening here and what it is, is very clear to the Irvine
Company.

Fall from Palisades, 1973, B&W, sound, 4 minutes, 20 seconds
Before the fall of Palisades into the age of Bristol, the Back Bay was a backwater.

Swift Nudes, 1973, B&W, sound, 3 minutes, 20 seconds
An abstract look at the human body.

Mineral King, 1974, B&W and color, sound, 8 minutes
We keep coming back, back once again to the city again.

Sweet Blow Baby, 1977, color, sound, 1 minute, 30 seconds
Bonedaddy can blow.

Now Show Yours, 1977, color, sound, 2 minutes, 30 seconds
Boy meets girl…

Operator, I’ve been cut off, 1977, color, sound, 2 minutes
Don’t try this at home.

Portraits, 1978, color, sound, 6 minutes, 30 seconds (or 6 min 30 sec)
A few excerpts from a series of artist portraits. Chris Burden, Charles C. Hill and
Paul McCarthy.

Mister Twister, 1979, color, sound, 6 minutes
It’s a long season and you can’t allow yourself to get too high or too low.

The Great & Glorious Reverend Ric, 1979, color, sound, 6 minutes, 20 seconds
His message is Jesus, yes Jesus, oh Jesus, and the message is pure. Additional
camerawork by Stephen Seemayer and Charles C. Hill.

I’m going out in the RAIN, 1979, color, 3 minutes, 40 seconds
It’s raining. That’s a big deal here in Los Angeles.

A Glancing Blow, 1979, color, sound, 9 minutes
Richard Newton's performance piece, shot live and unrehearsed on the streets of
East L.A. and Beverly Hills. Camerawork by Stephen Seemayer and Charles C.
Hill.

TOTAL, 18 films, 1 hour, 12 minutes

For more information: hctr@uci.edu