VSW will host a screening of About Us (Robert Frank, U.S. 1971, 38 min.).

In 1971, artist and filmmaker Robert Frank was invited to conduct a workshop while on residency at VSW. Over a three month period, six students were tasked with re-interpreting the idea of the self portrait to reflect the reality of the present. A true collaborator, Frank himself joins them as they attempt to break through the security patrol at Kodak headquarters, frolic on the hillside of the Cobbs Hill Reservoir, improvise an altercation with a gas station attendant, and gather in one of the students' living rooms to drink, smoke and carry on. The resulting 38 minute film is a valuable portrait of a creative collaboration between artists, and a stimulating document of what Frank refers to as "the chaos of the present." This film was preserved through a grant from the National Film Preservation Board in 2018, and this will be the first public screening of the new 16mm print.

[source: Visual Studies Workshop website, 2019-May-28]