R. Bruce Elder Canadian filmmaker, critic, writer, academic - [ ] [Website](https://www.rbruceelder.com/) | [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Bruce_Elder) | [Stream VOD](https://rbruceelder.com/films-and-projects.html)| [Full Bibliography](https://rbruceelder.com/bibliography.html) **Research subjects include:** [[Stan Brakhage]], early Avant Garde [[Walter Ruttmann]], [[Hans Richter]], Ezra Pound, [[Symbolism, Theology, and Occultism]], [[The Body]], [[Flicker and Entoptics]], [[Light Art]], [[epistemology]], [[phenomenology]], [[mysticism, poetry]] **References:** Elder, Bruce R. “Body/Machine: On Fernand Léger, Machine Art. and Ballet Méchanique.” 2001. Elder, R. Bruce. _Cubism and Futurism: Spiritual Machines and the Cinematic Effect_. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2018. [https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/219/monograph/book/59668](https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/219/monograph/book/59668). Elder, R. Bruce. _Harmony + Dissent: Film and Avant-Garde Art Movements in the Early Twentieth Century_. Film and Media Studies Series. Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2008. [TOC](https://www.rbruceelder.com/pdf/HarmonyAndDissent_TableOfContents.pdf) Elder, R. Bruce. “The Structural Film: Ruptures and Continuities in Avant-Garde Art.” In _Neo-Avant-Garde_, vol. 20. Avant-Garde Critical Studies. 2006. [https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401203760_008](https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401203760_008).