Kitch
Biography
Kitch was the beloved cat of experimental filmmaker Carolee Schneemann. He was a significant presence in the artist's life and work for 20 years. She considered him and her subsequent cats as essential muses and "co-creators" who informed her understanding of space and intimacy
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 1967, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
An experimental short in which a couple engaged in lovemaking is superimposed over ocean and beach scenes.
Movie - 1959, 2h 15m • as Self
Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally looking up. A man enters a room, a woman smiles. He sits, another man sits and smokes. The cat stretches. There are close-ups of each. The light is dim; a filter accentuates red. A bare foot stands on a satin sheet. A woman disrobes. She pets the cat. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2006.
Movie - 1976, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Schneemann’s cat, Kitch, who was featured in works such as Fuses, was a major figure in Schneemann’s work for almost twenty years. The moving conclusion to her Autobiographical Trilogy documents the routines of daily life whilst time passes, a relationship winds down and death closes in: filming and recording stopped when the elderly cat died.