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The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez

The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez is a 1968 experimental film by John Chamberlain.[1][2][3] It starred two of Andy Warhol's Factory actors, Ultra Violet and Taylor Mead.[1]

History

John Chamberlain is primarily known as a sculptor, but starting in 1968 he made two experimental films.[3] The plot of this film is casual, like many counterculture films of the 1960s, and was essentially about "what to do after arriving in Veracruz".[4] The film has been described in writings as "freeform," "sexually explicit," and as "hallucinatory soft porn".[5][6] Chamberlain described an underlying theme of "conquest".[7] Art critic and curator Edward G. Leffingwell helped write the screenplay,[8] and fashion designer Tiger Morse served as the costume designer.[9] It was filmed in color in the Yucatán and has a 58 minutes runtime.[7][10]

The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez was screened in February 1967 at Hunter College, alongside Chamberlain's film Wide Point (1968), also starring Taylor Mead.[11][12] Both films were shown at the 1968 Annual Exhibition, at Whitney Museum of American Art.[13] It was later shown in the context of movie theaters, film festivals and international art exhibitions.[14][15] The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez has a cult following.[16] The film is part of the Chinati Foundation collection.[17] A flyer for the 1967 film screening at Hunter College is part of the collection at the Smithsonian Institution.[11]

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Aramphongphan, Paisid (2021-05-11). Horizontal Together: Art, Dance, and Queer Embodiment in 1960s New York. Manchester University Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-1-5261-4842-1.
  2. ^ a b c Strickland, Carol (1993-06-13). "Unshackled, Unconventional Sculptor". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  3. ^ a b Kennedy, Randy (2011-12-22). "John Chamberlain, Who Wrested Rough Magic From Scrap Metal, Dies at 84". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  4. ^ Judd, Donald (2016-11-22). Donald Judd Writings. Simon and Schuster. p. 507. ISBN 978-1-941701-35-5.
  5. ^ Getsy, David J. (2015-11-03). Abstract Bodies: Sixties Sculpture in the Expanded Field of Gender. Yale University Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-300-19675-7.
  6. ^ Beck, John; Bishop, Ryan (2020-03-13). Technocrats of the Imagination: Art, Technology, and the Military-Industrial Avant-Garde. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-1-4780-0732-6.
  7. ^ a b Janssen, Volker; Bix, Amy; Nash, Linda (2012-12-12). Where Minds and Matters Meet. Univ of California Press. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-520-28910-9.
  8. ^ Smith, Roberta (2014-08-20). "Edward G. Leffingwell, Curator, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  9. ^ "Тайгер Морс" [Tiger Morse]. Кіноріум (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-02-25.
  10. ^ "Rochester Native's Sculpture: Art or 'Manufactory'?". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. 1979-01-28. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  11. ^ a b "Flyer for a screening of films by John Chamberlain". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  12. ^ Marter, Joan M. (2011). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Oxford University Press. p. 436. ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8.
  13. ^ "John Chamberlain". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  14. ^ ARTnews. Vol. 70. ARTnews Associates. 1971. p. 4.
  15. ^ Morris, Ali (2015-07-31). "Heavy metal: John Chamberlain's first UK exhibition takes Edinburgh". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  16. ^ Cooke, Lynne (March 2012). "Perfect Fit: John Chamberlain Remembered". Artforum.com. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  17. ^ "John Chamberlain". The Chinati Foundation. Retrieved 2023-02-26.

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