I suppose you already know about the excellent recent article on the film/video 
loop by Ron Green in Millennium Film Journal No 55 (Spring 2012). 
http://www.mfj-online.org/issues/mfj-no-55-spring-2012/


Grahame Weinbren
Senior Editor
Millennium Film Journal
http://mfj-online.org



On Jan 16, 2013, at 3:27 PM, Jen Proctor wrote:

> Thanks to all of you who responded on- and off-list to my query. I look 
> forward to following up on all these great leads!
> 
> Much appreciated,
> Jen
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Damon <[email protected]> wrote:
> Jen, 
> 
> It has been ages since I've seen a copy, but there was an exhibition catalog 
> about the loop in artist's films in 2001-2002.  It had many short essays, 
> some focused upon the exhibited artists, and others on the loop as a concept, 
> but none really longer than 5 pages (however the catalog was in a Vogue-like 
> page layout so the 5 pages may be close to 10 pages if placed into a book).  
> Each of the editors contributed a text.
> 
> Here is the bibliography reference I have for it (and some of the details):
> 
> Biesenbach, Klaus , Jennifer  Allen, and Daniel Birnbaum, eds. Loop : Alles 
> Auf Anfang. Munich: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 2001.
> 
> chiefly coloured ill. ; 31 cm.  Texts in German and English
> Catalogue of an exhibition held at Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 
> Munich, from Sept. 14 to Nov. 4, 2001 and at P.S.1/MoMA, New York, from Dec. 
> 9, 2001 to Jan. 27, 2002./ "Magazine 03/01, 
> Special issue"--Editorial./ "Loop - back to the beginning [is] an exhibition 
> featuring the diverse work of 20 international artists who explore a strategy 
> of repeated gesture, the loop."--Foreword./ Features the works of Canadian 
> artists Rodney Graham, Stan Douglas./ Includes bibliographical references.
> Loop, back to the beginning.; Magazine 03/01.
> 
> 
> 
> Boris Groys has also examined the loop as a formal structure, he curated an 
> exhibition at Apex Art in New York during the winter of 2008, there is still 
> a web page up with a link to the exhibition brochure: 
> http://www.apexart.org/exhibitions/groys.php
> 
> I think the found-footage videos he produced in conjunction with the 
> exhibition were released by Hatje Cantz after the show moved to ZKM in 
> Karlsruhe, Germany : 
> http://www.hatjecantz.de/controller.php?cmd=detail&titzif=00002337&lang=en
> 
> 
> Sincerely, 
> Damon Stanek
> 
> On Jan 12, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Jen Proctor wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> Can anyone point me to any good writing on the notion of the "loop" in 
>> cinema (that is, the repetition of a strip of film over and over)? Of 
>> course, one of the ways cinema got its start was in showcasing simple looped 
>> images, but I'm particularly interested in its role in avant-garde film, 
>> expanded cinema, video art, etc. Articles about repetition as a technique 
>> would be of interest too, though those are a bit easier to come by.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> Jen
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