Hi Frameworkers, while this was posted on This Week in A-G we want to make sure everyone in NY knows about the rare appearance of super 8 icon Jaap Pieters at Anthology Film Archives this Wed and Thurs. If you are a super 8 fan or any film fan for that matter, do not miss this chance to see Pieters and his super 8 films in person! Spread the word to other super 8 fans!
This Wed & Thursday at Anthology! Our ongoing series continues: NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY October 5-6 JAAP PIETERS Long time icon of Super 8 filmmaking There is something inexplicable and strangely exquisite about the Super-8mm films of Dutch artist Jaap Pieters. A longtime icon of small-gauge filmmaking who has shown in cinemas, art spaces, and festivals throughout Europe, Pieters is often compared to Warhol because of his preference for single takes and a fixed camera. The films generally focus on the down-and-out passersby on the street outside his home in Amsterdam, and many of the movies are actually shot from his window. Possessed with an empathetic eye and incredible timing, Pieters captures metaphorical images and private performances that transcend the everyday moments in which they were framed. We are thrilled to have Pieters in person to present thesetwo programs featuring a number of 35mm blow-ups made by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Rounding out the screenings is an illuminating documentary portrait of Pieters by his colleague Fred Pelon. This program has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Mondriaan Foundation; very special thanks to Coby Reitsma (Mondriaan Foundation), and to Claartje Opdam, Marta Jurkiewicz & Anna Abrahams (EYE Film Institute Netherlands), and Travis Bird. Please note: the films are listed chronologically, but will be screened in a different order. PROGRAM 1: All films in this program are on Super-8mm. THE TROLLEYMAN / DE WINKELWAGENMAN (1991, 3.5 minutes, silent) WILLIAM THE FIRST, WILLIAM THE SECOND, WILLIAM THE THIRD / WILLEM I, WILLEM II, WILLEM III (1991, 17 minutes) THE HOGWEED / DE BEREKLAUW (1992, 3.5 minutes, silent) KIM & STEVEN (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent) STRINGLESS / SNAARLOOS (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent) SCREAMMAN / SCHREEUWMAN (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent) TEARS FROM DADDY’S SUIT / TRANEN UIT PAPA’S PAK (1994, 5.5 minutes, silent) SUDSCRUBBING/ SCHUIMSCHROBBEN (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent) THE FLYER / DE VLIEGENIER (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent) MEATTRANSPORT / VLEESVERVOER (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent) PASSERS-BY ON A SUNDAY / PASSANTEN OP ZONDAG (1996, 3.5 minutes, silent) CLEAR VIEWS / SCHONE UITZICHTEN (1997, 2.5 minutes, silent) THE WEIGHT / HET GEWICHT (A.K.A. WHO’S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW & BLUE) (1998, 6.5 minutes, silent) SILVER GREY WAVES ON THE LAND, OR THE WHITE SEA (WITH THANX TO TGR) / ZILVER GRIJZE GOLVEN OP HET LAND, OF DE WITTE ZEE (MET DANK AAN TGR) (2000, 3.5 minutes, silent) SWISSSPIDER /SPINSUISSE (2000, 3.5 minutes, silent) THE FURIOUS WITH BOTTLE & CAN / DE WOEDENDE MET FLES & BLIK (2002, 1.5 minutes,silent) MICHEL’S SHADOWWORKS / MICHELSSCHADUWWERKING (2004, 3.5 minutes, silent) SPACESHIP SUISSE / RAUMSCHIFF SCHWEIZ (1994/2007, 8.5 minutes, silent) Total running time: ca. 90 minutes. –Wednesday, October 5 at 7:30. PROGRAM 2: The 35mm blow-ups presented in this program are courtesy of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. THE TINCANMAN / DE BLIKJESMAN (1991, 3.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent) JIMMY’S BALLET (1993, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent) THE CUPSDANCE / DE KOPJESDANS (1994, 2.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm) ZÜRICH BLISSNESS / ZÜRCHER ZEGNERIN (2000, 3.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent) OPWAAIINGEN (2010, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm) WINDE’S BLISS / WINDE’S GELUK (2010, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm) With: Fred Pelon JAAP PIETERS PORTRAIT 2006, 45 minutes, video, b&w. In Dutch with English subtitles. In this video portrait of Pieters, which premiered at the 2006 Rotterdam Film Festival, ‘the Eye of Amsterdam’ is filmed in his home, where his moving struggle with the plethora of objects he’s collected becomes a symbol for his inner life. Organizing, controlling, and re-collecting the chaos by means of photography becomes a way of treasure hunting and finding. The filmmaker joins Pieters in the search for his heater, but ends up becoming part of the collection. Total running time: ca. 70 minutes. –Thursday, October 6 at 7:30. ** About our ongoing series, NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY Each quarterly calendar at Anthology is filled with hundreds of films and videos all grouped into a number of series or categories. Along with preservation screenings, theatrical premieres, thematic series, and auteur and actor retrospectives, we’re equally dedicated to presenting new and recent work by individuals operating at the vanguard of non-commercial cinema. Each month, under the rubric NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY, we showcase at least one such program, focusing on moving-image artists who are emerging, at their peak, or long-established but still prolific. ** http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
