This is the first book length study of morrisons work covering the whole of his career it gathers specialists throughout film studies to explore morrisons aesthetics of the archive his creative play with archival footage and his focus on the materiality of the medium of film. Avant garde filmmaker bill morrison has been making films that combine archival footage and contemporary music for decades and he has recently begun to receive substantial recognition he was the subject of a retrospective at the museum of modern art and his 2002 film decasia was selected for the national film registry by the library of congress. The films of bill morrison aesthetics of the archive bernd herzogenrath avant garde filmmaker bill morrison has been making films that combine archival footage and contemporary music for decades and he has recently begun to receive substantial recognition he was the . The films of bill morrison aesthetics of the archive valoracin it gathers specialists throughout film studies to explore morrisons aesthetics of the archive his creative play with archival footage and his focus on the materiality of the medium of film. The films of bill morrison aesthetics of the archive avant garde filmmaker bill morrison has been making films that combine archival footage and contemporary music for decades and he has recently begun to receive substantial recognition he was the subject of a retrospective at the museum of modern art and his 2002 film decasia was selected