Greetings from London - CVM has 3 UK events in September, featuring Jordan Belson's films (and others), and the premiere of our restorations of Belson's LSD, a reel used by Belson at the '59 Vortex Concerts, and much more. Also, lost John Cage films, newly restored!
1. *Sept 21, Bristol.* Two events;
Lecture on CVM's work by Cindy Keefer, "Pioneers of Pre-Digital
Cinema and Kinetic Art: The Archives of Center for Visual Music," plus
Retrospective, Jordan Belson: Films Sacred and Profane (16mm preserved
prints) at Arnolfini Centre for the Arts, Bristol.
Films include Allures, Light, Momentum, Cycles, Chakra, Seance and more. Two
separate events, beginning at 6:30. Part of a 6 day, Encounters short film and
animation festival in Bristol.
http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/center-for-visual-music-presents#e36872942784433bbc594696c47c0941
2. *Sept 26, London*. Premiere of CVM's new program at Tate Modern, Found:
New Restorations and Discoveries from Center for Visual Music. One night
screening with very rare Belson (*Vortex 5 presentation reel*, *LSD*, and
the unfinished *Quartet,* plus the rarely-screened Bopscotch), plus
two "lost" John Cage films found by musicologist Richard Brown and recently restored
by CVM. Program also includes some Fischinger 35mm prints (Ornament Sound,
and the newly restored Studie nr 5 and Spirals), and more. 35mm/16mm/digital. Most of the films in this program are new
preserved prints. Also, as a tribute to Jud Yalkut, our preservation print of Turn, Turn, Turn.
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/film/found-new-restorations-and-discoveries-center-visual-music
This new program is on tour and will screen at the Hammer Museum/UCLA
Film & TV Archive's Billy Wilder Theatre in Los Angeles, December 14.
3. Sept 26 - December 15 , London. Exhibition on psychedelia
at Raven Row contemporary arts center, London, "Reflections from a Damaged
Life," which includes a black box room with 3 Belson films (digital display) - Seance,
World and Chakra.
http://www.ravenrow.org/forthcoming/reflections_from_damaged_life_/
Many of the films in these programs were restored with the support of the
National Film Preservation Foundation; others were preserved with private support.
best regards,
Cindy Keefer
Center for Visual Music
www.centerforvisualmusic.org
CVM email is cvmaccess (at) gmail.com
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