Congratulations! This sounds definitive, can't wait to see it. Michael
Michael Betancourt, Ph.D https://linktr.ee/cinegraphic | cell 305.562.9192 | zoom 875 581 4648 sent from my phone > On Dec 29, 2022, at 6:30 PM, Fred Camper <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Seeking Brakhage. This > project was proposed to me by Scott Hammen of Eyewash Books in Paris, who did > much of the work on it, and consists of a collection of almost all my writing > on the filmmaker Stan Brakhage, from 1966, when I was 18, to 2021. It is 455 > pages and includes 56 color images, scans of his films which I selected from > the many that I have made over the course of two decades. The book includes > an introduction by P. Adams Sitney, who, I am glad to note, offers some > critiques and different perspectives, and will be available as print copies > (expensive because of the cost of print on demand) and ebooks ($20) starting > January 14, which is the ninetieth anniversary of Brakhage’s birth. There is > also a recording of a Zoom session that begins with my introduction to > Brakhage and to the book and continues with responses from several film > professors at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wm1-pG3Dagg > > This publication date will be marked by screenings of Brakhage films in New > York on January 14 and 15, in programs I curated at the Museum of the Moving > Image and Anthology Film Archives. Links to these programs are on the main > page of my Web site, http://www.fredcamper.com/ The first program presents my > idea of some of Brakhage’s most important, and mostly lesser-known, films, > and the second, films of no less importance but only in 8mm and 35mm. > > The curators at both venues asked that I also show my own almost never > screened films, and the same program of my five early 16mm films, made > between ages 19 and 21 and recently restored due to the excellent work of the > Chicago Film Society, will be shown at both locations on January 14 and 16. I > will offer comments at all four screenings. > > The book will make the most sense to those who know and are interested in > Brakhage’s work. If you don’t know his films, they are in my view, and that > of some others, one of the major achievements among all of twentieth century > art. There is a Criterion DVD set, which I worked on. My introductory essay > for that set, which is in the book but can also be read at no charge at > https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/272-by-brakhage-the-act-of-seeing, is > I think my best general introduction to Brakhage. Copies of his films, mostly > of inferior or unwatchably bad quality, can also be found on YouTube. > > My fondest hope for this book as that it encourages more screenings of > Brakhage’s work on film, and I am open to considering curating and appearing > at such events. As for the book, I am hoping that it will be purchased in > either or both formats by university libraries, so if you have connections to > such a library and wish to recommend its purchase, please do so. > > Fred Camper > Chicago > > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
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