Thanks to the special collections of the CCA Library, we are excited to announce that CCA Faculty Frances Richard will be sharing a selection of short film from the legendary Gordon Matta-Clark.

Matta-Clark (b. 1943, New York City), originally an architect, was notorious for his innovative, interventionist forays into a range of media, from film to photography, from sculpture to cuisine. Rejecting the commodification of art, Matta-Clark was most famous for the measured, deliberate deconstruction of buildings flagged for demolition, amongst other singular, controversial projects.

Films by Gordon Matta-Clark

Fire Child, 1971

Fresh Kill, 1972

Splitting, 1974

Bingo/Ninths, 1974

Day's End, 1975

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Joan Jonas, Songdelay, 1972

Frances Richard's forthcoming book is entitled Gordon Matta-Clark: Physical Poetics (University of California Press, 2019). She will be participating in a conversation at the Curatorial Research Bureau on Thursday, March 14 at 6:00pm with Frances Richard, Gwen Allen (art historian at UCSF) and James Voorhies (Chair of CURP and Director of CRB).