Filmmaker Phillip Haas mixes media at the Kimbell Art Museum

June 25, 11:58 AMDallas Movie ExaminerCasey Cavalier

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From filmmaker Phillip Haas' installation

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth is preparing for a unique film installation titled "Butchers, Dragons, Gods & Skeletons."

The Museum commissioned filmmaker Philip Haas, acclaimed for his 1995 film Angels and Insects, to make a series of five films to be shown in special installations throughout the galleries. This free exhibition opens on Saturday, July 18.

Creatively interpreting and elaborating upon works in the collection, Haas explores what is effectively a new art form, treating art as a subject in film pieces that are powerful works of art in themselves.

The first to be completed, The Butcher’s Shop, won the “Premio Open” at the 2008 Venice Film Festival, an award for films that bridge cinema and art.

Between seven and 20 minutes in length and running continuously, the films are projected on screens of various unconventional formats and configurations. All five are accompanied by original music, and three appear in elaborate architectural and sculptural sets.

They complement a full display of the Museum’s collection throughout the galleries, each installation occupying a space near the work that inspired it.

You can meet the filmmaker at a July 18 event at the Kimbell.