The Entropic Mirror
13 minutes, 16mm, B&W, Silent
13 minutes, 16mm, B&W, Silent
THE ENTROPIC MIRROR is another early display of Fulton's aerial work, at times covering the same biomes as in Wilderness: A Country in the Mind. The focus is less on form and more on allowing the viewer to sink into different American environments.
Portrait of Alison Bradford (1975)
9 Minutes, 16mm, B&W, Sound
28 Minutes, 16mm, B&W, Silent
Twisted angles, sweeping motions, negative inversions of dancer Alison Bradford as she contorts her body in the sunlight. Palms on dry lakebed. Grass between fingers. Physical connection with the earth.
Cabo San Lucas (1978)
9 Minutes, 16mm, B&W, Sound
9 Minutes, 16mm, B&W, Sound
An exploration in multiple exposure photography, with cuts coming more methodically. Images of waves crashing into close-ups of a nude woman.
Outward Bound (1969)
Ahnameke: 25 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Huie Whitewater: 17 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Oriana: 12 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Summit Films: 28 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Ahnameke: 25 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Huie Whitewater: 17 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Oriana: 12 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Summit Films: 28 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
While commissioned to create a promotional film for Outward Bound with Summit Films, Fulton used extra time and footage to edit together a collection of three films, closer to his style of personal filmmaking. Ahnameke, Huie Whitewater, and Oriana each focus on a unique Outward Bound camp and ecology, following around participants as the learn to live with the outdoors.
Tai Chi (1975)
16 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
16 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Along with being a lifelong student of eastern spiritualism, Fulton was also an avid practitioner of Tai Chi. Here, several students practice motions near a riverbed.
Running Shadow (1971)
Part I: 11 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Part II: 20 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Part I: 11 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Part II: 20 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Rapidly changing images of natural objects, scenery, animals, plants, and people flicker, flash, tumble, and cascade across the screen.
“Running Shadow really does communicate something, about the life of forms understood as change-through a lightning-fast succession of gorgeous natural images, and finally through the swooping and soaring of the camera itself. It is altogether the most exhilarating 10 minutes I have spent at the Whitney, and among the happiest times in recent moviegoing.”
-Roger Greenspun, New York Times
Wilderness: A Country in The Mind (1984)
20 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
20 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Commissioned by the Wilderness Society. Fulton surveys America's few remaining wildlands with grace, allowing the viewer to bask in the power of stunning landscapes. This is one of the earliest examples of Fulton's aerial photography, where he would attach a film camera underneath the wing of a Cessna airplane. Sigourney Weaver provides narration, guiding us through the founding mission of The Wilderness Society, and all that there is to protect.
River Film (1973)
12 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
12 minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
In RIVER FILM, Fulton creates a portrait of the Roaring Fork River and its tributaries, the central artery of life near Aspen, Colorado, where he resided for many years.
Swimming Stone (1969)
13 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
13 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound
Fluidity of stone. Subatomic motion asserting a surface. Mind loop wandering. Visitation of sound matrix. Liquid solid. Nature transforms a planetary cycle. Relations of a timeless void. Heavy emphasis on single-frame shooting, fractured music.