Congratulations and a very welcomed book. Is it also available in Europe yet?
Best wishes, Esperanza Collado www.esperanzacollado.net On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 at 20:22, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Some of you already know that I have been working on a book for quite some > time. I have found a way to connect all my scattered notes and now there is > a fully fledged 200 page volume. My own involvement in experimental film > started in 1986 after finding an abandoned super 8 camera and animation > stand in the AV department of an arts school. 3 years later I started an > artist run lab with two fellow students who were equally enthusiastic. A > lot has happened since then and I am tracing these developments in my book > by weaving autobiographical elements and critical reviews together. > > Here is the blurb from the publisher's website: Karel Doing is an > experimental filmmaker and researcher who has worked across the globe with > fellow artists and filmmakers, creating a body of work that is difficult to > pinpoint with a simple catchphrase. In Ruins and Resilience he weaves > autobiographical elements and critical reviews together with his wide > ranging interdisciplinary approach, reflecting on his own practice by > positioning key works within the context of a vibrant experimental film > scene in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Doing demonstrates how > experimental filmmakers have continued to renew their practice despite the > almost total demise of analog motion picture film and the constant neglect > of this art form by institutions and critics. Written in a fluent and > accessible style, the book looks into the connections between the work of > groundbreaking artists within the field and subjects such as transgression, > improvisation, collectivity, materiality, phenomenology, and perception. > Specifically, intersections with music and sound are investigated, > appealing to the idea of the cross-modal brain, the ability to perceive > sounds and images in an integrated way. Instead of looking again at the > "golden era" of experimental film, the book starts in the 1980s, showing > how this art form has never ceased to surprise and inspire. The author's > hands-on engagement with the medium is formational for his more theoretical > approach and writing, making the book a highly original contribution in the > field that is informative and inspiring for academic and practitioners > alike. > > You can order in the US and Canada via MIT press: > https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781915983022/ruins-and-resilience/ > > I will be touring around screening films, talking about my book and giving > workshops. Any enquiries please contact me off list! > > enjoy reading > Karel > > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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