50 Minutes, 16mm, Color, Sound

Reality’s Invisible could be described as a portrait of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, yet it is a portrait of an extremely idiosyncratic and distinctive sort. Fulton made the film during his brief time at Harvard, where he had been invited to teach by Robert Gardner, his friend and collaborator. Fulton moves us through the concrete space of the Center’s Le Corbusier-designed building—the only structure by the architect in North America—but, more centrally, presents us footage of students making and discussing their work alongside figures like Gardner, theorist Rudolf Arnheim, artist Stan Vanderbeek, filmmaker Stan Brakhage, and graphic designer Toshi Katayama.

This restoration, conducted by digitally scanning Fulton's personal 16mm archival prints in 2018, allows viewers to experience the film in high definition for the first time. Color has been faithfully restored while being optimized for digital projection and online viewing.