On March 3, 2009, the Georgia Museum of Art broke ground on its Phase II expansion and launched GMOA on the Move, a state- and nationwide initiative of offsite programs and exhibitions. Due to construction, the museum offices are currently located in the former visual arts building on Jackson Street on UGA's North Campus. Although the galleries and shop are temporarily closed, special calendar events, including the films listed below, are still open to the public, and our Web site will feature a Web shop soon. Please visit the museum's virtual galleries in Second Life and view our calendar for a complete listing of GMOA on the Move events.
The Georgia Museum of Art is scheduled to reopen in early 2011.
All films are sponsored by the UGA Parents and Families Association.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Summer Film Series
Ingmar Bergman's Trilogy and The Seventh Seal: Questions of Faith and Spirituality in Film
"Through a Glass Darkly" ("Såsom i en spegel")
7:00 p.m.
Introduction by Janice Simon, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art Lamar Dodd School of Art
This film is the first of what Ingmar Bergman considered a trilogy of films examining issues of faith and spirituality. The title derives from 1 Corinthians 13 and describes the limited capacity of the living to understand God. The film covers 24 hours in the life of a motherless family after their daughter, Karin, is released from a mental hospital. Are Karin's communications with God manifestations of her insanity? Academy Award-Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, 1962. Swedish with English subtitles. (1961, 89 minutes)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Summer Film Series
Ingmar Bergman's Trilogy and The Seventh Seal: Questions of Faith and Spirituality in Film
"Winter Light" ("Nattvardsgästerna")
7:00 p.m.
Introduction by Janice Simon, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Lamar Dodd School of Art
In the second film in Bergman's trilogy, the minister of a small church is troubled in both faith and love, one problem perhaps exacerbated by the other. Tomas trusts neither the affections offered him by Marta, a local schoolteacher, nor the reliability of God. The winter landscape of the film reflects the frozen and bitter state of the protagonist's soul. Swedish with English subtitles. (1962, 81 minutes)
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Summer Film Series
Ingmar Bergman's Trilogy and The Seventh Seal: Questions of Faith and Spirituality in Film
"The Silence" ("Tystnaden")
7:00 p.m.
Introduction by Janice Simon, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Lamar Dodd School of Art
The third and final film of Bergman's trilogy is focused on the difficulty of communication. Sisters Ester, who is older and dying, and Anna, who is young and beautiful, stop in at a European hotel with Anna's young son, Johan. Ester's profession, literary translation, speaks to the ironic and, at times, all too common lack of communication between family members. Swedish, English, German and French with English subtitles. (1964, 96 minutes)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Summer Film Series
Ingmar Bergman's Trilogy and The Seventh Seal: Questions of Faith and Spirituality in Film
"The Seventh Seal" ("Det sjunde inseglet")
7:00 p.m.
Introduction by Janice Simon, Josiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor in Art, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Lamar Dodd School of Art
This film, which takes its title from the book of Revelation, follows a medieval knight as he makes his way through Swedish countryside that has been ravaged by plague. The knight is haunted by a personification of Death and must, literally, bet his life in a game of chess. Winner of the 1957 Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Swedish and Latin with English subtitles. (1957, 96 minutes)