There is that infamous Pollock film that is blamed for his descent into madness.... I think is was Peggy Guggenheim that drove Pollock nuts. Just kidding.
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="// www.youtube.com/embed/6cgBvpjwOGo?feature=player_detailpage" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> and the Clouzot/Picasso Le Myster Picasso..... On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Marcin Gizycki <[email protected]>wrote: > Do you know this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BiFwUzybE0? > It is an abstract film of 1958 that shows the process of painting a > picture by Tadeusz Kantor (1915-1990) who was a Polish abstract painter and > a well know theater director. This film can be found on a DVD 'Polish > Experimental Animation' that I have put together. There is more good stuff > on it. > > Best, > > Marcin Gizycki > > *From:* Robert Cargni Mitchell <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 10, 2014 12:39 PM > *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] Films about painting as action/gesture > > > A few years back @ IHP we screened the complete traveling series called > DEL ÉXTASIS AL ARREBATO (FROM ECSTASY TO RAPTURE): 50 years of alternative > Spanish film offered by the CCCB in Barcelona. Contained within the series > was a film by Basque director and painter, José Antonio Sistiaga. The film > '...ere erera baleibu izik subua aruaren...' (José Antonio Sistiaga/1968-70. > Colour, 35mm, silent. 70 mins.). The film's title signifying a series of > random and meaningless words is a remarkable film. Itself, is the first > feature-length film in the history of Spanish cinema painted entirely in > the camera-less animation technique. Sistiaga uses 35mm celluloid as a > blank, transparent canvas, directly applying paint onto the film employing > different techniques. Taking 17 months to complete, and lacking figurative > elements or sound accompaniment, the result is an indescribable experience > and designed to be experienced projected in a darkened cinema. > > > > Best, > > > > > *Robert E. Cargni * > Associate Director of Arts > Senior Curator > > > 3701 CHESTNUT STREET | PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 > phone: 215.895.6555 | fax: 215.895.6562 > email: [email protected] | web: www.ihousephilly.org > ___________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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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