I have a 16mm print of a film called Tantra I (Om Mandala). From the leader I
guess the filmmmaker’s name is Gordon Payne.
The film is 6 minutes long and seems to be from 1969. It consists of
hi-contrast flicker between zeroes and ones.
Does anyone know anything about this film or filmmaker?
----On Oct 26, 2025 at 11:09:29 PM, Heath Iverson wrote:
Thanks for the thoughts all!>
I am indeed curating a program around this concept. The Sharits and Whitney
catalogs are already in the mix--especially Whitney's work as it relates to
sacred number and geometry. There's also Jordan Belson's SAMHADI. I've got the
formal, abstract/metaphoric angle covered; now I am looking for films with
literal ("pro-filmic" like they say in the biz) instances of these practices
and their material culture and expression. Im interested not just in the
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