Marcia Hafif

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Letters to J-C #10 (Broadway) (1991-1999) TrailerVienna Suite TrailerLetters to J-C #6 (Coney Island) (1991-1999) Trailer

Marcia Hafif (1929-2018) was born in Pomona, California. After graduating from Pomona College in 1951, she settled in Rome, where she remained for almost eight years. Returning to California in 1969, and leaving painting for a time to experiment with film, photography, and sound installation, she completed an MFA at the University of California at Irvine. For the past four decades she divided her time between Laguna Beach and New York City. Hafif’s work has been exhibited extensively in museums, notably at MoMA PS 1; Haus für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Zurich; FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon; and MAMCO, Geneva. Hafif was the subject of solo survey exhibitions at Laguna Art Museum, 2015; the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 2017; and Kunsthaus Baselland, 2017. Surveys of her work in film and video have taken place at Lenbachhaus, Munich, in 2018, and the Tate, London in 2019. She died in 2018, a few months before the opening exhibition Marcia Hafif: A Place Apart at Pomona College Museum of Art.

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Total trailers found: 9

Letters to J-C #10 (Broadway) (1991-1999) Trailer

Letters to J-C #10 (Broadway) (1991-1999) Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

This film tells us the story of a long walk through Manhattan. Hafif has been walking aimlessly throughout the island for a long time when she realizes that a woman appears to be following her.

Mercer Street Trailer

Mercer Street Trailer (1975)

01 January 1975

In Mercer Street (circa 1975), Hafif uses Super-8 film to track 28 seconds of subtle movement on the quiet nighttime street directly below her window.

Notes on Bob and Nancy Trailer

Notes on Bob and Nancy Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

For Notes on Bob and Nancy (1970-1977), Hafif assembled images depicting Nancy Buchanan, Robert Walker and other known actors on the beach or in domestic scenes.

Colony Kitchen Trailer

Colony Kitchen Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Colony Kitchen was shot by the Pacific Coast Highway in California. Hiding her camera, Hafif filmed a young man pacing back and forth in a restaurant parking lot.

India Time Trailer

India Time Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

Hafif's second feature is another montage of film and voiceover narration. Hafif created it after she travelled to India with Robert Morris where the two visited workshops of local stonemasons.

Vienna Suite Trailer

Vienna Suite Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

During a stay in Vienna, Hafif was stuck by store window mannequins, which fascinated her with their highly artificial quality.

Letters to J-C #6 (Coney Island) (1991-1999) Trailer

Letters to J-C #6 (Coney Island) (1991-1999) Trailer (1999)

01 January 1999

Between April and November 1991, Hafif, who was living in New York at the time, wrote a series of letters to a friend in Paris, writer Jean-Charles Masséra.

The Clift Hotel Trailer

The Clift Hotel Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

The Clift Hotel was made by positioning the camera vis-à-vis a hotel entrance; Hafif hoped to capture guests entering or leaving the building.

Clouds Trailer

Clouds Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Asked about her artistic practice after her return to the United States, Hafif said: ‘I wanted to take a break from painting and try out other creative methods.