Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space (1981)
Shopping Bag, Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space explores nine Los Angeles based artists reflecting on ritual in their life and art. Artist David Hammons discusses the role of chance and improvisation in his work while working on sculpture on a waste site while N’Senga Nengudi talks about staging her performances in freeway underpasses. Spanning performance to spoken word, environmental sculpture to music each artist talks about how ritual and cultural traditions informs their work. This experimental essay intercuts interviews, documentation and photographs with the music of Don Cherry seeking to adjust the criteria and language used to talk about artists of colour.
Director: Barbara McCullough
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 60 min
Release Date: January 1, 1981
Cast
- Kamau Daaood - Self
- Betye Saar - Self
- Kenneth Severin - Self
- Barbara McCullough - Self
- Yolanda Vidato - Self
Original Language: en
Keywords
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More Films by Director: Barbara McCullough
More Films in Genre: Documentary
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space about?
- Shopping Bag, Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space explores nine Los Angeles based artists reflecting on ritual in their life and art. Artist David Hammons discusses the role of chance and improvisation in his work while working on sculpture on a waste site while N’Senga Nengudi talks about staging her performances in freeway underpasses. Spanning performance to spoken word, environmental sculpture to music each artist talks about how ritual and cultural traditions informs their work. This experimental essay intercuts interviews, documentation and photographs with the music of Don Cherry seeking to adjust the criteria and language used to talk about artists of colour.
- Who directed Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space?
- Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space was directed by Barbara McCullough.
- Who stars in Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space?
- Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space stars Kamau Daaood, Betye Saar, Kenneth Severin, Barbara McCullough, Yolanda Vidato.
- How long is Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space?
- Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space has a runtime of 1h 0m (60 minutes).
- What genre is Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space?
- Shopping Bag Spirits and Freeway Fetishes: Reflections on Ritual Space is a Documentary film.