Back Porch

“Back Porch” surveys a backyard, seemingly the same yard depicted in Elam’s ” Backyard (Original) ” and ” Back Porch.” This particular rendering distinguishes itself for the patience the camera exercises as it spatially defines the porch: nearly the entirety of the first three minutes catalogs the ground, walls, and ceiling of the structure. As the film continues, the short shares relationship to “Backyard (Original),” seemingly rendering the same sequence of a woman hanging laundry. The piece concludes, taking to the yard to capture a female gardening.

Back Porch


Video:

Collection:
Elam Subseries I: Films
Date:
1977
Original Format:
8mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
0h 8m 31s
Abstract:
"Back Porch" surveys a backyard, seemingly the same yard depicted in Elam's " Backyard (Original) " and " Back Porch." This particular rendering distinguishes itself for the patience the camera exercises as it spatially defines the porch: nearly the entirety of the first three minutes catalogs the ground, walls, and ceiling of the structure. As the film continues, the short shares relationship to "Backyard (Original)," seemingly rendering the same sequence of a woman hanging laundry. The piece concludes, taking to the yard to capture a female gardening.
Genre:
Short
Subject(s):
,
Source:
http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/7870
Repository:
Chicago Film Archive