Barbara Ward Will Never Die: Early 8mm and Super 8 Films

Barbara Ward Will Never Die: Early 8mm and Super 8 Films

Barbara Hammer 
1968-72, 102 min, color, silent, 8mm film and Super 8mm film on video
Barbara Ward Will Never Die
Barbara Hammer
1968, 3:21 min, color, silent

Using a hand-held camera, Hammer initially shot on 8 mm stock. Her second film—created in 1968 while the artist was still married (her married name was Barbara Ward)—programmatically shows the desecration of a graveyard. Though only at the beginning of her development as an artist, she already disturbs the peace of the dead, confidently erecting a monument to herself amid them: "Barbara Ward Will Never Die." The young filmmaker stakes her claim to a place in history.

Schizy
Barbara Hammer
1968, 3:59 min, color, silent

Play or 'Yes,' 'Yes,' 'Yes'
Barbara Hammer
1970, 11:16 min, b&w and color, silent

Elegy
Barbara Hammer
1970, 3:24 min, color, silent

Marie and Me
Barbara Hammer
1970, 8:30 min, color, silent

Traveling
Barbara Hammer
1970, 25:27 min, color, silent

Yellow Hammer
Barbara Hammer
1972, 6:16 min, color, silent

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