ID: 700009435 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009435	Record Type: Conceptual

Mothlight (film (visual work); Stan Brakhage (American filmmaker, 1933-2003); 1963)

Note: Film created by experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage, where he used Mylar tape to lay the wings of dead moths, along with leaves, flowers, and grass directly onto transparent 16mm film, which was then projected.

Titles:

Mothlight (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: multiples

Work Types:

film (visual work) [300136900] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

films / videos (preferred)

Creation Date: 1963

Creator Display:

Stan Brakhage (American filmmaker, 1933-2003) [preferred]

filmmaker Brakhage, Stan (American filmmaker, 1933-2003) [500122419]

Locations:

Other:

Display Materials: 16mm film (color, silent), moths, leaves, grass, flowers

	film (material by form) [300014637]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>)

	moths (general) [300250224]
	.......(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Arthropoda (phylum), Hexapoda (subphylum), Insecta (class), Lepidoptera (order))

	leaf (plant material) [300011892]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material)

	grass (plant material) [300011872]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material)

	flower (plant material) [300264247]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material)

Dimensions: 3 minutes

Cultures:

American (preferred)

General Subject:

nonrepresentational art (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	moths (general) [300250224]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Arthropoda (phylum), Hexapoda (subphylum), Insecta (class), Lepidoptera (order)) (AAT)

	grass (plant material) [300011872]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material) (AAT)

	leaves (lateral components) [300254142]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by general context>) (AAT)

	flowers (plant materials) [300264247]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual works by class: for video, film, performing arts

Sources and Contributors:
Mothlight	........ [VP]
	........ Sitney, Visionary Film (2009) 174
	........ Branigan, Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory (2013) 368

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Branigan, Routledge Encyclopedia of Film Theory (2013)

....................... Whitney Museum [online] (2009-) accessed 25 April 2018

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Sitney, Visionary Film (2009) 174