Some films comes to mind: *Omega* (1970) by Donald Fox, a sort of new age psychedelic trip with visual music effects and references to *2001*: https://archive.org/details/archiveomega The *MA* series by Takahiko Iimura, in the Zen tradition: https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-159-takahiko-iimura Some videos by Toni Serra / Abu Ali like *Entremundos* (2015), concerning the sufi tradition of meditation: https://al-barzaj.net/entremundos/ *The Breathing Lesson* (2001) by Dora García could be closer to *OM* by John Smith, mentioned earlier: https://www.hamacaonline.net/titles/the-breathing-lesson/
On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM Ж <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > how are you all frameworkers? > > I just remembered that Claudio Caldini himself was/is deeply connected > with both yoga and others spiritual practices, and in some of his works > like *Rolf Gelwski, spiritual dancer *(2016) this body-mind relation is > really explicit. > > Hope it helps! > > Best, > Ж > ______________________________ > > [ele-dele/he-him] > *film( )s & + *kkinema.com.br > *publicações /editions **& +* textodecinema.com > > > > Em dom., 26 de out. de 2025 às 12:33, Jonathan Walley <[email protected]> > escreveu: > >> James Broughton might be worth looking into with respect to yoga and >> meditation. He makes references to both in *Seeing the Light*, later >> re-printed as *Making Light of It* (easy to find online). *The Golden >> Positions* (1970) references yoga positions, and if I’m not mistaken he >> practiced yoga. But a steak of meditative, Zen philosophy runs through the >> book, which is also just a delight to read. >> >> JW >> >> Dr. Jonathan Walley >> Associate Professor and Chair >> Department of Cinema >> Denison University >> https://denison.edu/people/jonathan-walley >> >> >> On Oct 26, 2025, at 10:09 AM, Heath Iverson <[email protected]> >> 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 formal representation of subjective >> yogic/meditation states, but how these practices are metabolized by a >> largely western avant-garde form. Given the strong counter-cultural overlap >> of the mid century underground/experimental/artist film world and the >> adjacent new age/new spiritualist movements I expect there'd be some good >> examples but, not much comes to mind... there are some hare krishnas >> accidentally in Mekas' films... >> >> On Sun, Oct 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM Gabriele Jutz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I suggest *Transit(ive)* by Canadian filmmaker Sarah Bliss (HD video >>> created from 16mm projection performance with digital sound, recorded on >>> digital video. 06:36. 2017). >>> >>> >>> >>> In her artist statement, Sarah Bliss describes herself as “a filmmaker, >>> artist, educator, and Buddhist practitioner who facilitates presence and >>> attunement with the sensate, desiring body.” >>> >>> *Transit(ive) *is the result of the artist’s manual interaction with >>> the projector lens, while the soundtrack presents a cell-phone >>> recording of her father’s dying breath. The act of expiration, >>> literally “breathing out,” is associated with death. *Transit(ive) *is >>> a video document of death and loss, as well as a techno-spiritual reunion >>> with the artist’s father following his death. >>> >>> >>> >>> Here you can find more about Transit(ive): >>> https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3775230/3775231 >>> >>> (chapter “Lungs to Ears”) >>> >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> *Hon. Prof. Mag. Dr. Gabriele Jutz* >>> Universität für angewandte Kunst >>> Abteilung für Medientheorie >>> >>> T +43 699 12 10 81 44 >>> >>> dieangewandte.at >>> >>> medientheorie.ac.at >>> Postsparkasse >>> >>> Georg-Coch-Platz 2 >>> >>> HP Raum 022 >>> 1010 Wien / Austria >>> >>> >>> >>> https://dieangewandte.academia.edu/GabrieleJutz >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *Von: *Frameworks <[email protected]> im Auftrag von >>> Dave Tetzlaff <[email protected]> >>> *Antworten an: *Frameworks posts <[email protected]> >>> *Datum: *Sonntag, 26. Oktober 2025 um 06:23 >>> *An: *Frameworks posts <[email protected]> >>> *Betreff: *Re: [Frameworks] Avant Garde Film and Yoga >>> >>> >>> >>> Well, there are a fair number of avant garde films that ARE >>> yogic/meditative/spiritual practices in form somehow without PHOTOGRAPHING >>> such practices as they exist in the real world [or as we say in the biz >>> (sic) "the pro filmic event"] >>> >>> Paul Sharits: Mandala Films >>> >>> Ernie Gehr: Serene Velocity* >>> >>> John and James Whitney >>> >>> (and others germane to The Center for Visual Music) >>> >>> Scott Bartlet: Off/On >>> >>> Anthony McCall >>> >>> Several shorts in The FluxFilm anthology, though 'Zen for Film' might >>> not qualify depending on how you take it. 😉 >>> >>> >>> >>> In some cases the artists expressed some meditative/spiritual intent. In >>> others, it kinds works out that way regardless. The cited above are just >>> what comes to my mind at the moment. There are more for sure... >>> >>> >>> >>> If you were curating a program on your stated theme, you might mix these >>> formal examples with representational ones in interesting ways an audience >>> might appreciate. >>> >>> -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] >>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >>> -- >>> Frameworks mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >>> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> >> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > -- http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
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