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I TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1969 SUMMER NEBRASKAN Sheldon is showing Kinetic art Animated. Experimental. Pop. Documentary. Dramatic. "The Kinetic Art," a unique series of three film programs, opens the ex panded summer film series presented by Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and the Nebraska Union. The 26 short films Included In "The Kinetic Art" are a panoramic presentation of the latest achievements in creative cinema. Program One consisting of 11 films will be shown June 10 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the SHELDON Gallery: Program Two with six films, June 17, and Program Three with nine films, June 24. RANGING IN length from 55 seconds to 55 minutes, the films serve as a traveling gallery show for 16 leading film makers from Europe, Japan and the United States. The col lection represents variety in pace, content and technique. Among the established film makers included are Albert Lamorisse with his first short film since the history making "The Red Balloon;" Jordan Belson of San Francisco, the first celebrated living master of the ex perimental film; and Peter Whitehead with his unique "Tonight Let's All Make Love in London." Also represented are 12 new directors whose works have never before been available to the American public. 'he concept of selecting the best of the world's new short films and. of br inging them to the American audience is rhat of film producer Brant Sloan. :ie feels that "much of the most exciting work in today's cinema is found in the short film." Until now, tl -se films were seen only at Euro pean festivals. THIS SHOWCASE for prize-winning fil ns gives, American colleges and m.iseums 'a coverage ot the annual crop of creative work from around the world. "The Kinetic Art" is being slnwn exclusively by universities, museums and art centers throughout th United States and Canada. lu film-goer, who considers hi nself a movie-lover rather than a ci ema-bufl will find a "new world of e'Kertainment and stimulation open to hi n," according to Sloan. The 26 films were. chosen for this no) djV(qJ l'7 lIV Jd JllnjQ-D J ur 4 -- J SPIDERELEPIIANT creates a fantastic science fiction universe in which the spiderelephant an ani mal which is part spider and part ' elephant searches for his genetic identity. Piotr Kamler's film from Paris is one of the 26 films from nine countries included in "The Kinetic Art," the three-program film series which opens today at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. at Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. series after an intensive 18-month search for Sloan. That search had him view more than 1,000 films at festivals, laboratories and screening rooms from Paris to Bratislava, Tokyo to Mannheim and Venice to San Francisco. Few of the films In the collection have been seen outside their country of origin and six of the films came directly from laboratories. THE WORLD premiere of "The Kinetic Art" took place July, 1968, at Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall in New York City. What have the critics said about "The Kinetic Art?" The New York Tifes said: "Anyone interested in the possibilities of movies should not miss the Philharmonic show. It represents some of the most interesting things being done in the field, things that cannot be duplicated in any other art form." The Christian Science Minitor LJ Lt 1 airod ,. jj r termed the showing "a three-day minifestival from innovative film makers around the world ... a brilliant assemblage of short creative films." To The Daily Utah Chronicle, it was "nothing shotf of fantastic. 'The Kinetic Art' must be classified as a success. Among the conglomeration of hippies, avant garde fans and just plain curious people, there was a feeling of great appreciation for the excitingly different films. The au dience even applauded after each presentation, after being shocked into a new world of movie making." ACCORDING TO Norman Geske. director of the Sheldon Gallery, this Is the first Nebraska showing of "The Kinetic Art." On July 1, a double bill of documentary films from France and Czechoslovakia will be presented in two showings. 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. "The Right to Speak" is a moving record ot the four months of 1968 which mm 1 mm n - Ji m m r M &Hmm challenged the French government and won the first reform of French universities. The second documentary, "Prague: The Summer of Tanks," is the spontaneous documentation of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. The remaining summer period will feature films from the great works of such prominent literary authors as Shaw, Dostoievsky, Synge, Dickens, Cervantes and Crane. All presentations are on Tuesdays in the Sheldon Gallery. Admission is one dollar for adults and 50 cents for children, tax included. IN THE THURSDAY evening Hollywood Film Classic series, students and staff will rediscover such actors as Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, W. C. Fields, Garbo, Beery, Laughton, Gable, Tracy and Lionel and barrymore. All presentations are at 7:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Small Auditorium. Admission is 50 cents. ulo 1 stf dlDSdaDih f pap """""""""x " """"'n n n 'mm i " i ""s i r i a QJ J ' I Vi 111 : 'J Fall freshmen The University of Nebraska's 1969 Summer Orientation Program for in coming freshmen and their parents will be conducted June 11 through Aug. 8. During that period, students plan ning to enter the University this fall.and their parents, will be invited to spend two days at the University talking with faculty members and students. Purposes of the program, according to Ron Eaglin, coordinator of student activities, are to help the new student become acquainted with th Universityand student life, to help the student adjust to his new environ ment; and to help the student and his parents develop meaningful com- $490 $20 with the lovely diamonds held high in prongs to dramatize their beauty - emphasize their unusual brilliance. One on the straight and narrow for tailored types - the other gently curved for femininity. Both in eighteen karat white gold. Illustrations slightly ttdttfd &avind Lincoln 1129 "0" JtWUUU o n fF IHSS iribacks visit campus munication throughout the college career. On the first day of the two-da v sessions, the future freshmen and their parents will receive a general in troduction to the University and itj structure. The new students will tako a health examination at the Student Health Center while the parents meet with representatives from the college their son or daughter plans to attend at the University. There will be a study skills session for both parents and students. During the second day of the pro gram, there will be panel discussions on financial aid, housing, and educa tional costs, followed by a program on student government and student life. 'wed arm Sine 190S STREET AMUUCAN