ahhhahaaa http://listverse.com/2011/08/11/top-10-avant-garde-filmmakers/
jonas on top so here we are: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_film its a good entry actually but i think it misses some info we have here in the minds on this listserv - i want to remind of the importance of wikipedia - that the enlightenment front lines were fought by making encyclopedias - people went to prison for it even... i am not a feminist because i have been 'assaulted' by the fascism of feminists (including women that want to kill all men) & i think it creates polemics & division (even in its very name) and we dont need more constructs to divide us i have argued for a long time (in a theory class writing a treatise entitled 'woman who kill' pulling out the portraiture of societies 'female' that is far far from a murderer) that woman and others can shift society in ways that do not envelope the female in victimhood *scene of virginia woolf putting rocks in her pockets to make sure she sank* from the film by todd haynes who has done a ton of work to shift the female out just starting with superstar but then really going on to lift heavy weights with clearing that i would like to put out two 'female' filmmakers that work on this shift out type of level for me dorit cypis http://www.doritcypis.com/ chantal akerman http://www.criterion.com/explore/151-chantal-akerman dorit cypis however is also a social practice artist .. she set up a rape crisis center among other social practice activities ... she continues On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Rob Gawthrop <r...@robgawthrop.co.uk> wrote: > Although your question is for a specific purpose, the implications open up > a broader and deeper debate than choosing three films. Having been in > higher education for a long time and shown many works to different groups > of students (fine art in particular), certain works have come to the fore: > > T*he Seashell and the Clergyman* - Germaine Dulac France 1927. This > opens up the whole problem of interpretation as well as the cultural > contexts of surrealism, feminism, censorship and in respect of authorship; > Dulac being the first feminist film theorist and proponent of a 'pure > cinema' and Artaud's theories of theatre of cruelty. > > *Sailboat* - Joyce Wieland Canada 1967. Positions the viewer in > relation to the camera - of three-dimensional space (including sound), > flatness and time. > > *RayDay Film* - Jeff Keen England 1967 Connects the 'underground' with > pop art, collage, performance, abstraction, destruction, noise and expanded > cinema. > > Discussion around the works is central and if it is one screening, then > films such as *Wavelength* or *Zorns Lemma* (or *Nostalgia*) may be too > long. The above films connect well with other art works and other > experimental films that can be referred to. The idea of a 'canon' or a > hagiographical 'history' is problematic. The contexts of these films - > social, political, cultural - cannot be separated from their form/content. > There are many others that could be substituted but I seem to return to > these three. > > > Rob. > On 27 Mar 2015, at 17:43, Donal OCeilleachair <donalo...@gmail.com> 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 > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- Cari Machet NYC 646-436-7795 carimac...@gmail.com AIM carismachet Syria +963-099 277 3243 Amman +962 077 636 9407 Berlin +49 152 11779219 Reykjavik +354 894 8650 Twitter: @carimachet <https://twitter.com/carimachet> 7035 690E 5E47 41D4 B0E5 B3D1 AF90 49D6 BE09 2187 Ruh-roh, this is now necessary: This email is intended only for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this information, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email without permission is strictly prohibited.
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