Stones and Flies: Richard Long in the Sahara
- Synopsis
- Follows Turner Prize winner Richard Long during a three-week walk through the volcanic mountains of the Algerian (Mauritanian?) Sahara in the autumn of 1987 creating sculptures from stones and scuff marks in the sand on the way.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. col. 38 min. Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 38 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1988
- Availability
- Hire
Sale; 1998 sale: £50.00 (inclusive) - Notes
- Broadcast on C4 on 17/12/89.
- Subjects
- Art
- Keywords
- Long, Richard; sculpture
Credits
- Director
- Philip Haas
- Producer
- Philip Haas
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Methodact Ltd
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council
- Phone
- 020 7973 6820
- Fax
- 020 7973 6449
- Notes
- Contact: Will Bell (7/99), e-mail will.bell@artscouncil.org.uk
Distributor
- Name
Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
- Notes
- Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
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