Barbara Ward Will Never Die

Barbara Hammer

1968, 3:21 min, color, silent

Using a hand-held camera, Hammer initially shot on 8 mm stock. Her second film—created in 1968 while the artist was still married (her married name was Barbara Ward)—programmatically shows the desecration of a graveyard. Though only at the beginning of her development as an artist, she already disturbs the peace of the dead, confidently erecting a monument to herself amid them: "Barbara Ward Will Never Die." The young filmmaker stakes her claim to a place in history.

Schizy

Barbara Hammer

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Barbara Hammer

1970, 11:16 min, b&w and color, silent

Elegy

Barbara Hammer

1970, 3:24 min, color, silent

Marie and Me

Barbara Hammer

1970, 8:30 min, color, silent

Traveling

Barbara Hammer

1970, 25:27 min, color, silent

Yellow Hammer

Barbara Hammer

1972, 6:16 min, color, silent