LJ, I'm leaving aside obvious ones like THE FLICKER and practically everything by Paul Sharits. As for pioneering works, I think of films like ARNULF RAINER, SCHWECATUR, and others by Peter Kubelka, REPORT by Bruce Conner (found footage but with an extended section of flicker in the middle), the Nervous System performances of Ken Jacobs (and more recently the Nervous Magic Lantern performances, which don't use film), the film environment FOUR SQUARE by Tony and Beverly Conrad, STRAIGHT AND NARROW by Conrad (and don't forget his FLICKER MATTE (1974), a square of interwoven black and clear leader not intended for projection), and RAINDANCE by Standish Lawder. Many of Takahiko Iimura's films involved flicker, too. I'm certainly forgetting some important ones, but I'm sure others will chime in.
As for recent work, some of Rober Beebe's films (including FLICKER PRIMER and TB TX DANCE) involve flicker, as do films by Peter Tscherkassky and Scott Stark, among many others (again, I'm hoping more folks will jump in here). Many of the film-based projection performances of Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder, Sally Golding, and Bruce McClure employ flicker loops. These are live works, so not available as prints, but this is an important body of work in which flicker is central (and much more aggressive than the flicker of many of the films listed above). Hope this helps. Best, Jonathan On Apr 24, 2012, at 12:13 PM, LJ Frezza wrote: > Hello again gentlepeople, > I'm looking to put together a survey of pioneering flicker films, as > well as contemporary works, all preferrably on celluloid, and I was > wondering if you guys were interested in throwing a few suggestions my > way. I have a few ideas of my own, of course, but I always like to see > what Frameworks thinks about these sorts of things > -LJ > > -- > [email protected] / 904.762.8300 > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks Jonathan Walley Associate Professor of Cinema Denison University [email protected] _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
