I've curated his work on a couple of occasions, and I have to say I don't understand why he isn't as readily available as, for example, Brakhage's film work? (Although I already know the answer to that)
In talking with my students, the cut-off seems to be what they can find online easily (or in a DVD they can rent) vs what's shown in galleries or screenings. This whole situation makes me kinda sad, Jud will be missed. Michael Betancourt Savannah, GA USA michaelbetancourt.com twitter.com/cinegraphic | vimeo.com/cinegraphic www.cinegraphic.net | the avant-garde film & video blog On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Al Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > > plus i dont know if his work is archived > > maybe at MOMA ? anyone know? > > Hello all. I do not know and would be interested to hear. > > Electronic Arts Intermix has a good set of pages > http://www.eai.org/artistSupportDocs.htm?id=257 , though with less > between 1974 and 2004. I wonder if there's not a repository in Ohio? > > > It might be useful to think about the highly uneven reception some > artists get and the reasons for that. Perhaps leaving NYC has some effect, > since most of his later career was in flyover country, Ohio. Or being a > pretty trippy and psychedelic type of maker in some of his work. Perhaps > some of it was not being written about enough by critics, or curated into > shows often enough, or touring enough. But some of it must have also been > precisely because of his ease in shifting from one medium to another, and > thus not fitting into "experimental film" in a pure sense because he also > was involved in video and electronic music and image processing. It's less > the case now, but for a long time there was a lot of purism in film circles. > > All these reasons seem salient to me as well. Speaking to the first and > the last, Ohio has evolved to host for example http://accad.osu.edu/, so > no doubt we agree that it's more flyover country in nyc terms than > electronic arts terms. Surely there's some interesting lag visible here in > Jud Yalkut's readiness to hand, between the centralization that is analog > television and New York and the distributed-global arts presence we're > arriving at by now? > > I wonder too how much of the anti-artefactual gesture of the video > movement is here in play. Or perhaps that's a broad stroke. > > > When I heard of his passing, I wondered how many younger folks had even > heard of him, much less seen some of his work. > > Viewing the work seems the harder bit though, isn't it. It's probably > worth raising my hand to say that, while the distribution channels seem to > exist, at least for certain artefacts, those channels still seem to require > a curator, and I cannot quickly determine if that is for the best. > > Corrections appreciated. > > -- > Al Matthews - http://fatmilktv.com > Atlanta, GA, US +1 337 214 4688 > > > On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Cari Machet <[email protected]>wrote: > >> i screened some of his work at some curated shows and i think he was a >> kind genius > that was my experience anyway > thanks for the post about him >> passing > i dont believe in death per say only transformation > i dont >> believe in belief either so... but it is sad to see a life go > though he >> is still with us i think > he is a great spirit art makes shifts in and of >> itself without getting accolades from the constituency >> >> perhaps a tribute can be made a memorial like we did with brakhage in nyc >> but mark fr the academy can possibly get him in the tribute they have at >> the oscars too plus i dont know if his work is archived > maybe at MOMA ? >> anyone know? >> >> Cari Machet >> NYC 646-436-7795 >> [email protected] >> AIM carismachet >> Skype carimachet - 646-652-6434 >> Syria +963-099 277 3243 >> Amman +962 077 636 9407 >> Berlin +49 152 11779219 >> Twitter: @carimachet <https://twitter.com/carimachet> >> >> Ruh-roh, this is now necessary: This email is intended only for the >> addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. 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Or being a >>> pretty trippy and psychedelic type of maker in some of his work. Perhaps >>> some of it was not being written about enough by critics, or curated into >>> shows often enough, or touring enough. But some of it must have also been >>> precisely because of his ease in shifting from one medium to another, and >>> thus not fitting into "experimental film" in a pure sense because he also >>> was involved in video and electronic music and image processing. It's less >>> the case now, but for a long time there was a lot of purism in film circles. >>> >>> Chuck Kleinhans >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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