Avant - Garde Films

The purpose of art is not to determine what the viewer thinks, but rather, to prompt the viewers mind to interpret each work. The same goes for avant - garde films. Each piece is the artists interpretation of a feeling or moment, expressed for that filmmaker, by that filmmaker. Those who think of avant - garde as simply "weird" art clearly doesn't understand the point. To express how I'm feeling in a way that is only for me, then throwing it out to the world to prompt a reaction is a very attractive concept for me. I feel like avant - garde is a very pure way to expose myself, while maintain m artistic integrity. A very good resource for avant - garde art is Avant-Garde the magazine, a collaboration between Ralph Ginzburg and Herb Lublin.