In 1970 Bas Jan Ader made the first of a series of films using gravity as a medium. Fall 1 shows him seated on a chair on the roof of his home in Claremont, California. He topples the chair, causing himself to fall to the ground. He loses a shoe on the way down, the chair comes to rest on the edge of the roof, and Ader disappears into the bushes around the house.
Specifications
| Title | Fall I, Los Angeles |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | 16mm film, black and white, silent |
| Object type |
Film
> Audio-visual work
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Duration (sec) 24 |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Bas Jan Ader
Cameraman: Mary Sue Andersen-Ader |
| Accession number | 195 |
| Credits | Permanent exhibition rights obtained from Mary-Sue Andersen-Ader, 1992 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1992 |
| Creation date | in 1970 |
| Internal exhibitions |
Collectieboek / Collection Book (2012) Boijmans Ahoy, drive-thru museum (2020) |
| External exhibitions |
In Search of the Miraculous: Thirty Years Later (2010) Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1965-1977 (2011) Incongruous (2011) Screening Bas Jan Ader Films (2011) Roofscapes (2013) Kabinettstücke (2012) Bas Jan Ader - Fall (2013) Bas Jan Ader: Tra due Mondi (2013) NTA '25 (New Technological Art awards). Intelligence, it's automatic (2025) |
| Object | |
| Technique |
16mm film
> Film (technique)
> Technique
> Material and technique
Black and white (film)
> Image
> Technique
> Material and technique
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| Place of manufacture | Los Angeles > California > The United States of America > North America > America |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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