FILM

The debut film of dancer, choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer, filmed by her dancing colleague William Davis while she was confined to a hospital bed after an operation. The result is a close-up of the only member in her body which could still dance: her hand. A sensual dance of her fingers spreading, stretching and bending: the kind of everyday moves which were also at the heart of her groundbreaking choreographies. The simple, moving force of Hand Movie would have a big influence on artists such as Richard Serra, who would make his own series of “hand” films.