I am currently teaching an introduction course on film studies and I would like to include a section on recommended readings and recent works on experimental film, video art or installations, maybe even your own.
I look forward to any recommendations. Thank you so much. On Sat, 18 Dec 2021 at 7:34 AM, Esperanza Collado < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Joel, > > I also teach a class titled ‘Experimental Film’ and I divide the contents > into (1) experimental film as such (contemporary and historical view but > also we do cameraless experiments and super8 filmmaking), (2) paracinema, > installation and exhibition cinema, and (3) expanded cinema and film > performances. For the last two parts, I show students works by other > artists and, if possible, we experiment things in a spacial setting (one of > the exhibition spaces in college). I have been teaching this for almost 10 > years now in a fine arts college in Spain. Also I give some expanded cinema > workshops at MA level here and there. So I guess I can say yes to your > question, and in fact I have tried to do this from early days where there > was practically no equipment in those environments. > > For the experimental film class, which is run on the last course of the > degree (more focused students), I ask students to present two works in > order to evaluate them: one is a film (made on film with or without camera, > or even on video) and for the other work my proposed theme is going “beyond > the screen”. I have proposed this idea a few years and it’s really > stimulating to see the results students come out with. They are invited to > use any discipline or combine projection with other expressions. > > This year I have actually developed some expanded cinema projects with > students and it’s been very satisfying to see them happen outside of the > university. > > At the moment I have two particular students who are getting more and more > serious at filmmaking/photochemical practices and expanded cinema > performances. I hope the number will keep growing! > > Best, > > Esperanza > > El El mié, 15 dic 2021 a las 3:03, FrameWorks Admin < > [email protected]> escribió: > >> Dear Joel, interesting question. >> >> I teach experimental film and also interactive media and I encourage >> students to try making film installations or video installations or >> performances using film/video and I have had a couple of good experiences >> (one student painted on the screen on which she was projecting while being >> interviewed live about the process by a recorded interviewer on a second >> screen; one student presented as a final film a pair of sneakers he was >> wearing on which he had painted patterns with special invisible paint that >> protects them from discoloration explaining that over the next year the >> image would appear as he wore them out; another projected QR codes on >> several screens that the audience would use to trigger different images on >> their own phones; another projected super-8 and video on screens at >> different angles, etc). Most students however take the easy way out and >> just make a quick video, something abstract or “personal.” >> >> This is a film department in the art college of a Buddhist university. >> Most students want to learn a skill to get a career in the film industry or >> else to become a director. Only a few are serious about a career as an >> experimental filmmaker or a gallery artist. The department provides classes >> in film history and theory, production, and experimental film/video and is >> known as a traditional film school with a reputation of being one of the >> top three in the country (Dongguk University, South Korea). In the same art >> college courses are also offered in painting, sculpture, photography and >> theatre, and there is some exchange between those students too. >> >> All the best, >> Pip Chodorov >> >> >> >> On Dec 15, 2021, at 8:15 AM, Joel Schlemowitz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> For those of you who teach filmmaking, I’m curious to know if you cover >> the making of film/video installation works to be shown in a gallery >> setting, or the creation of expanded cinema projection-performance work in >> any of your courses? >> >> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> > -- > Esperanza Collado > www.esperanzacollado.net > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > -- warmest regards, Kelvin Ke Jinde
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