Bruce Wood (b. 1951) is a Massachusetts-based painter whose love for the avant-garde maestros Stan Brakhage and Robert Breer led to his own interest in filmmaking. He moved to Chicago in the 1970s so he could study under Brakhage, and soon thereafter had a short but prolific stretch of years constructing monochromatic works that both reduced and magnified images into dazzling portraits of light and rhythm. These works of pure abstraction present film in its purest sense, encouraging a surrendering to its various figures—blobs and stripes, shadows and specks—in all their sensuous beauty. This rare screening presents nine highlights from his filmography, including a newly struck print for his early work 1975 SKETCHES. Co-presented by Tone Glow. We’re joined by writer and film programmer Joshua Minsoo Kim.
Program 1:
1. ACE Number 5 (Red version) (1974, color, silent, 8 mins)
2. 1975 Sketches (1975, color, silent, 3 mins)
3. River of Stars (1975, b&w, silent, 10 mins)
4. Arctic Desire (1976, b&w, silent, 7 mins)
5. Island Design (1976, b&w, silent, 6 mins)
6. Silver Traces (1976, b&w, silent, 6 mins)
TRT = 40 mins
Program 2:
1. Airless Passage (1976, b&w, silent, 13 mins)
2. The Smell of Death (1977, b&w, silent, 16 mins)
3. Edge Forces (1976, b&w, silent, 11 mins)
TRT = 40 mins
The Glitterbox Theater
210 W 8th Ave
Homestead, PA 15120
August 2, 2026, 6:00 – 8:00 PM EDT
