Wavelength (Snow, 1967); Zorns Lemma (Frampton, 1970); Arnulf Rainer (Kubelka, 1960) - in that order. Peter (Perth)
On 28/03/2015 9:47 am, "Bernard Roddy" <[email protected]> wrote: >I taught an introductory course in which I framed things under the >terms "underground," "avant-garde," "studio-art video," "video as >technology," "documentary," and a concluding section called "film >culture" (histories of organizing, concluding with Cashmere's Incite >issue devoted to exhibition). > >1. For underground we get Amos Vogel and are allowed relatively populist >clips. >2. For avant-garde we get Scott MacDonald and the classics of his >early text, Avant-Garde Film (which is really useful to keep us in the >history game, since there's that initial link in MacDonald to the >split identified in Kracauer's Theory of Film, the "formative" and the >"realist" tendencies). >3. For studio-art video we get Catherine Elwes, who can position body- >and gender-oriented video nicely into a context with Paik. >4. For video as technology we get Yvonne Spielmann, who has a notion >of "experimental" with respect to video that is about signals, not >frames or even images. This is essential to talk about Steina. >5. For documentary we have a chapter from Renov and a chapter from >Marks. Renov can get us Saddie Benning. >6. I found the "film culture" to be the most useful for introducting >the Austrian work, like Kren's. Hans Scheugle's text in >Tscherkassky's volume ensures that we have some context for the >"expanded" of cinema art. > >Bernie > >On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Gene Youngblood <[email protected]> >wrote: >> Three is a severe limitation, but if you insist, one way to get at it >>is to >> start not with films but with major traditions since mid-century and >>select >> exemplary works within them. So for example abstract (Brakhage), >>minimalist >> (Warhol, Wavelength), essayistic (Marker, Farocki, Forgacs). I include >> Brakhage¹s lens-captured films in the problematic ³abstract." >> >> >> >> On Mar 27, 2015, at 11:43 AM, Donal OCeilleachair <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Dear Frameworkers: >> >> I am working on a new film project with the Ealaíontóirí Mhuscraí >> (that's Irish for the Muskerry Region Artists Group) >> >> Part of the project will involve film / video making workshops where I >>will >> show >> them works from experimental film, creative documentary and artists' >>moving >> image works >> as a point of reference and inspiration for their own initial >>explorations >> into the realm of the moving image >> >> I am compiling a short-list of 'Essential' works to show them during >>these >> workshops >> and I would appreciate responses to the question: >> 'What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show Artists >> on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ?' >> >> I look forward to hearing any suggestions >> >> Le míle buíochas (with many thanks) >> -- >> Dónal Ó'Céilleachair >> www.anupictures.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >_______________________________________________ >FrameWorks mailing list >[email protected] >https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
