Collection / Babylon Series 1 by Stan Brakhage




USA, 1989, 6 minutes
Colour, Silent, 16mm

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After a six or seven year study of Hammurabi's Code, original Babylonian Text and translation, I've tried to feel my way into the moving visual thought process of this ancient culture (whose numerical system is composed primarily of building materials, nails, joints and the like), this, then, is a visual music which balances the two thought processes of Structure and Nature. - S.B.