Mr. Youngblood, Clearly my rhetorical excesses with regards to "Wavelength" offended you. However, turning a critical disagreement over a 48-year-old film is no excuse to attack my ability as a teacher or to dictate my "responsibility" to my students. I will chalk this exchange up to your passion for Snow's work, and not an inherent rudeness of your character. I accept your apology in advance.
Yours, Sasha Waters Freyer On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:02 AM, <frameworks-requ...@jonasmekasfilms.com> wrote: > Send FrameWorks mailing list submissions to > frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > frameworks-requ...@jonasmekasfilms.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > frameworks-ow...@jonasmekasfilms.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of FrameWorks digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: VSW - to your attention! (Bernard Roddy) > 2. Looking to purchase a JK Optical Printer (Christopher Harris) > 3. Re: 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show > Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > (Bernard Roddy) > 4. 3 sound works (Bernard Roddy) > 5. Re: 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show > Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > (direc...@lift.on.ca) > 6. Re: VSW - to your attention! (Amanda Christie) > 7. Re: 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show > Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > (Kelly Gallagher) > 8. Re: 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show > Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > (Francisco Torres) > 9. TONIGHT 3.30 7pm - Jonas Mekas "365 Day Project - Part 3 - > March" at Microscope, Mekas in person w. pizza and rootbeer > (LBurchill) > 10. Re: 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show > Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > (George, Sherman) > 11. New photo essay posted to flickr (Emile Tobenfeld) > 12. ed Reflections of Life: American Indian and Indigenous > filmmaker screening series this week at California Institute of > the Arts. (Nate Cummings) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bernard Roddy <rodd...@yahoo.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:51:36 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] VSW - to your attention! > Squeaky Wheel in Buffalo. > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Amanda Christie < > ama...@amandadawnchristie.ca> wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing Walter! >> >> I also have a question on a similar subject for the group. >> >> I'm going to be doing a radio-art residency in upstate new york next fall >> (late October), and I was thinking of driving down with a few 16mm >> projectors and a bunch of my prints... I thought it might be nice to set up >> a sort of mini-road-trip-style-film-tour while I'm in the region (either on >> my way to or from the residency). I can do screenings, performances, and / >> or teach some workshops. In addition to films, I will also be travelling >> with theremins, radio gear, and basic electronics, so I could also teach >> workshops in those fields too if anyone is interested. I'll definitely get >> in touch with Tara at VSW. >> >> >> Does anyone on the list have other recommendations of places or people to >> talk to? I've never set anything like this up before, but I figure, that >> since I'll have a car, and films, and projectors... why not? >> >> Any suggestions of places or people to contact in the New York state or >> surrounding areas would be much appreciated. >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> >> Amanda Dawn Christie >> -------------------------------- >> 506-871-2062 >> www.amandadawnchristie.ca >> ama...@amandadawnchristie.ca >> _______________________________ >> >> >> >> On 2015-03-29, at 3:56 PM, Walter Ungerer wrote: >> >> Dear Frameworkers, >> >> I’d like to draw your attention to the Visual Studies Workshop in >> Rochester, New York. It’s a study facility for film and photography. Last >> week I had a film showing there of my more recent work. First, I’d like to >> thank Tara Nelson for offering the venue to me to show my work. Quite >> wonderful. The facility has excellent projection and sound equipment and a >> large screen. Tara’s husband Gordon Nelson (audio engineer), and Tara’s >> assistant Ray Ray Mitrano (public relations) effectively completed the >> staff . I’ll add a probing and very appreciative audience to my >> description, as a culmination of my presentation. >> >> I would send this message of appreciation privately to Tara, but it would >> not draw attention to the Visual Studies Workshop facility for the >> listserv. As an artist I am always looking for opportunities to exhibit my >> work, and I imagine many of you on this list, are in a similar place. >> Therefore I highly recommend contacting Tara Nelson at VSW for more >> information about film screenings there. Not to forget, nearby is the >> George Eastman House, another drove of archival material on film and >> photography. >> >> Thanks all for reading. >> Walter Ungerer >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Christopher Harris <charri...@hotmail.com> > To: "frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com" <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:57:34 +0000 > Subject: [Frameworks] Looking to purchase a JK Optical Printer > Hello Frameworks, > > I am looking to purchase a used JK Optical Printer in very good to > excellent condition. If you know of anyone or an institution in possession > of a printer that is slitting around collecting dust please let me know if > they are interested in selling it. I am looking to finalize a purchase > within weeks depending on how long it takes to locate. If I am unable to do > so I will go ahead and purchase directly from Jaako who is still making > them (at least as of now) despite reports to the contrary. I prefer to > purchase a used one in excellent condition because Jaako's price is more > than I'd like to pay but I will pay his price for a new one if I don't find > another option soon. > > Please respond off list. > > Thanks. > > CH > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bernard Roddy <rodd...@yahoo.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:11:31 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you > would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > Go Sasha! > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Gene Youngblood <ato...@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> The original question is so absurd that I almost didn’t respond, but i >> did, only to make the point that, within such a restricted frame, you don’t >> start with specific films, you start with possibilities: Isn’t it exciting >> that you can make an “abstract” work, or a minimal one, or you can compose >> an essay? What do those words mean? How have artists interpreted them? And >> isn’t it exciting that you can combine all of them, which is the thin edge >> of the interventionist wedge today. Another point: mid-century isn’t >> synonymous with Modernism; it’s simply when the new American cinema began >> in full force. >> >> I showed Wavelength and Nostalgia for 38 years, in both fine arts and >> mainstream contexts, and never once did my students, as a group, “want to >> kill themselves.” No one who is truly “curious” and “excited” would have >> such a response. It’s an admission of failure (if not laziness, cowardice >> or outright betrayal) as a teacher. Your responsibility is to make them >> curious, to make them excited. Out of 60 students every semester from the >> late 90s on, I could count on at least 10 percent of them writing term >> papers on one or both of those films, and these were people who thought >> Spielberg is a genius. >> >> >> >> On Mar 29, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Andy Ditzler <a...@andyditzler.com> wrote: >> >> Without getting into questions of "essential," I would say that this is >> not my experience at all with screening Wavelength. My students - >> definitely curious and excited people - generally loved watching it, and >> there was much productive discussion. I've also shown it publicly in my >> film series on several occasions, again with good results and much >> discussion afterward (though of course the reactions were not uniformly >> positive). You see it as mid-century high modernism (thus presumably >> representing a fixed, "major" tradition), whereas I see it as a film >> particularly vulnerable to attacks based precisely upon its *difference*, >> which is perhaps one reason I'm sympathetic to it. In any case, there's no >> reason that screenings of this film cannot be deeply sensuous and engaging >> experiences, especially for artists. >> >> Best, >> >> Andy Ditzler >> >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Sasha Waters Freyer <swfre...@vcu.edu> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> If you want to take a group of curious, excited young artists and >>> basically make them want to kill themselves, by all means, show them >>> "Wavelength." I call shenanigans on equating "essential" with mid-century >>> high modernism which is but one of many 'major traditions.' Another, more >>> engaging legacy might be the fascinating intersections between art history, >>> critical theory, politics and popular culture that coalesces and build in >>> the '90-s and early 00s, exemplified in different but totally exciting and >>> unique ways by: >>> >>> "It Wasn't Love" - Sadie Benning >>> "November" - Hito Steyerl >>> "A Little Death" - Sam Taylor-Wood >>> >>> So much richness here! Relationships between realism and (high/post) >>> modernism; identity/queer performance pre-youtube/selfie era; the explosion >>> of new tech in the 90s on and their formal implications; post-9/11 >>> everything; the 'Celebrity-artist' career trajectory of STW, etc., etc, >>> etc.... >>> >>> >>> Sasha >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ >>> >>> Sasha Waters Freyer >>> Chair, Department of Photography & Film >>> VCU School of the Arts >>> 325 N. Harrison St. / PO Box 843088 >>> Richmond, VA 23284 >>> >>> tel. 804.828.2162 >>> email: swfre...@vcu.edu >>> http://www.arts.vcu.edu/photofilm/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> Andy Ditzler >> www.filmlove.org >> www.johnq.org >> Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Bernard Roddy <rodd...@yahoo.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 09:42:26 -0500 > Subject: [Frameworks] 3 sound works > > > Did I mention the course in which I included a section on sound? Three > works I played: > > Tony Conrad with Faust, Outside the Dream Syndicate > Alvin Lucier, Music for Solo Performer > Yasunao Tone, Musica Iconologos > > I dare anyone on this list to play Tone for more than 5 minutes! > > Bernie > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: direc...@lift.on.ca > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:02:14 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you > would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > It did strike me as odd that very few people mentioned anything recent. > >From the context described it would seem that you would want to show work > that could inspire people to immediately "do" and sometimes that's a more > contemporary film. Two good filmmakers for that kind of inspiration, from > a film perspective, are Ute Aurand and Helga Faenderl--for camerawork, > editing in camera and (for Ute) editing. It really depends on how fast you > want to get to the makin' stage. > > On the flip, I think its tricky to rely on contemporary work to show the > way. I have students react very badly to work from the 90s that I loved > but didn't age well, while they were totally taken with that mid-century > modernism "crap" (wavelength, nostalgia et al.). They much preferred > watching Katzelmacher to Wall-E (which is what another teacher was showing > them). I think its really what you stand behind as a teacher and are able > to lead them through that's important--"use-value" above connection. > > Two years ago, students couldn't stand a guy called Ryan Trecartin. Go > figure. > > Chris > > > > Go Sasha! > > > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Gene Youngblood <ato...@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > >> The original question is so absurd that I almost didn’t respond, but i > >> did, only to make the point that, within such a restricted frame, you > >> don’t > >> start with specific films, you start with possibilities: Isn’t it > >> exciting > >> that you can make an “abstract” work, or a minimal one, or you can > >> compose > >> an essay? What do those words mean? How have artists interpreted them? > >> And > >> isn’t it exciting that you can combine all of them, which is the thin > >> edge > >> of the interventionist wedge today. Another point: mid-century isn’t > >> synonymous with Modernism; it’s simply when the new American cinema > >> began > >> in full force. > >> > >> I showed Wavelength and Nostalgia for 38 years, in both fine arts and > >> mainstream contexts, and never once did my students, as a group, “want > >> to > >> kill themselves.” No one who is truly “curious” and “excited” > >> would have > >> such a response. It’s an admission of failure (if not laziness, > >> cowardice > >> or outright betrayal) as a teacher. Your responsibility is to make them > >> curious, to make them excited. Out of 60 students every semester from > >> the > >> late 90s on, I could count on at least 10 percent of them writing term > >> papers on one or both of those films, and these were people who thought > >> Spielberg is a genius. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mar 29, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Andy Ditzler <a...@andyditzler.com> wrote: > >> > >> Without getting into questions of "essential," I would say that this is > >> not my experience at all with screening Wavelength. My students - > >> definitely curious and excited people - generally loved watching it, and > >> there was much productive discussion. I've also shown it publicly in my > >> film series on several occasions, again with good results and much > >> discussion afterward (though of course the reactions were not uniformly > >> positive). You see it as mid-century high modernism (thus presumably > >> representing a fixed, "major" tradition), whereas I see it as a film > >> particularly vulnerable to attacks based precisely upon its > >> *difference*, > >> which is perhaps one reason I'm sympathetic to it. In any case, there's > >> no > >> reason that screenings of this film cannot be deeply sensuous and > >> engaging > >> experiences, especially for artists. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Andy Ditzler > >> > >> On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Sasha Waters Freyer <swfre...@vcu.edu> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> > >>> If you want to take a group of curious, excited young artists and > >>> basically make them want to kill themselves, by all means, show them > >>> "Wavelength." I call shenanigans on equating "essential" with > >>> mid-century > >>> high modernism which is but one of many 'major traditions.' Another, > >>> more > >>> engaging legacy might be the fascinating intersections between art > >>> history, > >>> critical theory, politics and popular culture that coalesces and build > >>> in > >>> the '90-s and early 00s, exemplified in different but totally exciting > >>> and > >>> unique ways by: > >>> > >>> "It Wasn't Love" - Sadie Benning > >>> "November" - Hito Steyerl > >>> "A Little Death" - Sam Taylor-Wood > >>> > >>> So much richness here! Relationships between realism and (high/post) > >>> modernism; identity/queer performance pre-youtube/selfie era; the > >>> explosion > >>> of new tech in the 90s on and their formal implications; post-9/11 > >>> everything; the 'Celebrity-artist' career trajectory of STW, etc., etc, > >>> etc.... > >>> > >>> > >>> Sasha > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ > >>> > >>> Sasha Waters Freyer > >>> Chair, Department of Photography & Film > >>> VCU School of the Arts > >>> 325 N. Harrison St. / PO Box 843088 > >>> Richmond, VA 23284 > >>> > >>> tel. 804.828.2162 > >>> email: swfre...@vcu.edu > >>> http://www.arts.vcu.edu/photofilm/ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> FrameWorks mailing list > >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Andy Ditzler > >> www.filmlove.org > >> www.johnq.org > >> Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > FrameWorks mailing list > > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Amanda Christie <ama...@amandadawnchristie.ca> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:45:03 -0300 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] VSW - to your attention! > Thanks Jason! > > I'm open to exploring screening and workshop options in various regions of > the state as well, and possibly even neighbooring states and provinces too > if people have suggestions. > > The residency is at a place called "The Wave Farm" (https://wavefarm.org/) > located between Cairo, Hudson, and the Catskills. I'm open to taking some > time and travelling around the state, down to NYC, Buffalo, Ithaca, even > out of state to Ohio if there are options there. I'll be driving up from > New Brunswick, so depending on options for stops for screenings and > workshops, I could cross the border in in Maine from St. Andrews NB, or > Woodstock, NB.... or I could travel up through Quebec and Ontario.... > depending on what gets lined up. Possibilities could be throughout New > York State, Maine, or even Quebec, and Ontario. > > Looking forward to driving through the countries with some projectors and > films à-la-Jill-Kerouac... (no jack here... but a jill). > > > Amanda Dawn Christie > -------------------------------- > 506-871-2062 > www.amandadawnchristie.ca > ama...@amandadawnchristie.ca > _______________________________ > > > > On 2015-03-29, at 6:45 PM, Jason Halprin wrote: > > A short list to start with: > > Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo > Pittsburgh Filmmakers (pretty close to Buffalo) > Cornell Cinema, Ithaca > Hamilton College, Clinton NY (try contacting Scott MacDonald) > Colgate University, Hamilton NY > Binghamton University > > -Jason Halprin > > Jason Halprin > jihalp...@gmail.com > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Amanda Christie < > ama...@amandadawnchristie.ca> wrote: > >> Thanks for sharing Walter! >> >> I also have a question on a similar subject for the group. >> >> I'm going to be doing a radio-art residency in upstate new york next fall >> (late October), and I was thinking of driving down with a few 16mm >> projectors and a bunch of my prints... I thought it might be nice to set up >> a sort of mini-road-trip-style-film-tour while I'm in the region (either on >> my way to or from the residency). I can do screenings, performances, and / >> or teach some workshops. In addition to films, I will also be travelling >> with theremins, radio gear, and basic electronics, so I could also teach >> workshops in those fields too if anyone is interested. I'll definitely get >> in touch with Tara at VSW. >> >> >> Does anyone on the list have other recommendations of places or people to >> talk to? I've never set anything like this up before, but I figure, that >> since I'll have a car, and films, and projectors... why not? >> >> Any suggestions of places or people to contact in the New York state or >> surrounding areas would be much appreciated. >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> >> Amanda Dawn Christie >> -------------------------------- >> 506-871-2062 >> www.amandadawnchristie.ca >> ama...@amandadawnchristie.ca >> _______________________________ >> >> >> >> On 2015-03-29, at 3:56 PM, Walter Ungerer wrote: >> >> Dear Frameworkers, >> >> I’d like to draw your attention to the Visual Studies Workshop in >> Rochester, New York. It’s a study facility for film and photography. Last >> week I had a film showing there of my more recent work. First, I’d like to >> thank Tara Nelson for offering the venue to me to show my work. Quite >> wonderful. The facility has excellent projection and sound equipment and a >> large screen. Tara’s husband Gordon Nelson (audio engineer), and Tara’s >> assistant Ray Ray Mitrano (public relations) effectively completed the >> staff . I’ll add a probing and very appreciative audience to my >> description, as a culmination of my presentation. >> >> I would send this message of appreciation privately to Tara, but it would >> not draw attention to the Visual Studies Workshop facility for the >> listserv. As an artist I am always looking for opportunities to exhibit my >> work, and I imagine many of you on this list, are in a similar place. >> Therefore I highly recommend contacting Tara Nelson at VSW for more >> information about film screenings there. Not to forget, nearby is the >> George Eastman House, another drove of archival material on film and >> photography. >> >> Thanks all for reading. >> Walter Ungerer >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kelly Gallagher <ke...@purpleriot.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:14:49 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you > would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > Ooo excellent list Sasha. Formidable. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Francisco Torres <fjtorre...@gmail.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:48:17 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you > would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > ''If you want to take a group of curious, excited young artists and > basically make them want to kill themselves, by all means, show them > "Wavelength." '' > > This gave me an idea for a film. It would be titled- > > ''If Wavelength tires them what would La Region Central do?'' > > I first saw Wavelength at age 19 and it did not made me feel like killing > myself but to take a Bolex and make something as weird as it.... Guess it > had to do with the fact that it was 1980. > > 2015-03-30 14:14 GMT-04:00 Kelly Gallagher <ke...@purpleriot.com>: > >> Ooo excellent list Sasha. Formidable. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: LBurchill <elle.burch...@gmail.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 15:13:43 -0400 > Subject: [Frameworks] TONIGHT 3.30 7pm - Jonas Mekas "365 Day Project - > Part 3 - March" at Microscope, Mekas in person w. pizza and rootbeer > admission $6 - free for members > > Microscope is very pleased to announce the premiere of *PART THREE* “March” > from Jonas Mekas’ “365 Day Project” as the third of a 12-part program, > screened at the end of each month, comprising the nearly 38-hour long video > project. For the year of 2007, Mekas challenged himself to make and upload > a video on his website each day, at times repurposing or incorporating > previously unseen footage from his earlier 16mm films and analog videos. > > Originally each of the videos, ranging from 30 seconds to 30 minutes, were > made available for download and playable on smartphones at a time when > Facebook had just been made publicly accessible, Youtube had just been > acquired by Google, and the first iPhone was about to be released later > that year. > > Among the many highlights of *Part Three (Days 60 – 90)* are Madonna > concert at Madison Square Garden, Peter Kubelka playing a Tibetan gong, > Jonas seeking “silence please”, a drink with Zoe Lund at the Mars Bar, > snowballs, saunas and a dip in a freezing lake in Tampere Finland, and a > requiem for a broken tree in Brooklyn. > > “Every day of the year 2007 I placed on my website one new video usually > about three to ten minutes in length. By the time the project ended, I had > made 38 hours of completed video works, the equivalent of twenty feature > films… It was the most challenging undertaking I had ever done. The videos > deal with my life in Brooklyn and my many travels of that year. It’s > personal and anthropological (impersonal) at the same time. During my > travels I relied a lot on technical and other help from The Gang (Benn > Northover, Sebastian Mekas — I travel most of the time with The Gang) and > Elle Burchill was always ready at my Brooklyn station. You’ll see a lot of > me and my friends, various daily activities, gettings together, a lot of > music, and a lot of events around New York and Europe that year. The main > challenge was to record it and share it immediately with many friends all > over the world. Today I still do the same, but not daily, with less > pressure, on my website www.jonasmekas.com” > - Jonas Mekas > > more info: www.microscopegallery.com > > Microscope Gallery, 1329 Willoughby Ave, #2b, Brooklyn, NY 11237 > tel: 347.925.1433, i...@microscopegallery.com > > We are located at the Jefferson L (Starr Street exit), walk up slope, left > on Willoughby, mid-block at little tree, enter through open entrance. > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "George, Sherman" <sgeo...@ucsd.edu> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:37:19 +0000 > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you > would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ? > Standish Lawder would show “Wavelength” to his “History of Cinema” class > and as the lights came up in the classroom he would go to the lectern and > announce “Wasn’t that great, let’s watch it again” > > > > On Mar 30, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Francisco Torres <fjtorre...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ''If you want to take a group of curious, excited young artists and > basically make them want to kill themselves, by all means, show them > "Wavelength." '' > > This gave me an idea for a film. It would be titled- > > ''If Wavelength tires them what would La Region Central do?'' > > I first saw Wavelength at age 19 and it did not made me feel like > killing myself but to take a Bolex and make something as weird as it.... > Guess it had to do with the fact that it was 1980. > > 2015-03-30 14:14 GMT-04:00 Kelly Gallagher <ke...@purpleriot.com>: > >> Ooo excellent list Sasha. Formidable. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > Sherman George > sgeo...@ucsd.edu > 858-229-4368 > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Emile Tobenfeld <em...@foryourhead.com> > To: DrTVideo <drtvi...@egroups.com> > Cc: iotacen...@egroups.com, eyeca...@egroups.com, " > Frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com List" <Frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com>, > atari-m...@yahoogroups.com > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:26:52 -0400 > Subject: [Frameworks] New photo essay posted to flickr > Hi, > > I just posted a new photo album, "Glass Bricks at Harvard" to flickr at > https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157651248971089 > > Glass brick walls make excellent photo subjects. The symmetrical pattern > of the bricks plays off of the distorted images of the other side of the > wall, which vary from brick to brick and change as you move your head or > camera. > > On March 15, I went with my friend Eva Arnott (seen about halfway through > the set) to the Harvard Art Museums. We stopped at the Carpenter Center > along the way, and took these pictures. I could have taken a lot more, but > we wanted to have enough time at the museum. > > -- Emile > > When the going gets tough, the tough go dancing. > > My photography can be viewed at > http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ > > My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Nate Cummings <ncummingslamb...@gmail.com> > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com> > Cc: > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 00:02:35 -0700 > Subject: [Frameworks] ed Reflections of Life: American Indian and > Indigenous filmmaker screening series this week at California Institute of > the Arts. > Dear Frameworkers, > > Thank you for your help and interest when I posted several weeks ago > asking for suggestions for American Indian and Indigenous filmmakers. > > I am proud to share with you details of the series (though I apologize for > being late on this) > > > *RED REFLECTIONS OF LIFE* > > Los Angeles College (LAC) and the Institute for American Indian and > Indigenous Art and Media (IAIIAM) proudly present Red Reflections of Life film > series this week at California Institute of the Arts. We will screen over > 600 minutes of film and video by contemporary indigenous artists this > Monday (3/30) thru Friday (4/3). Red Reflections of Life borrows its name > from artist and Cal Arts alum Richard Ray Whitman (Yuchi/Creek). As a young > student of painting and film, Whitman participated in a documentary > produced by the Institute of American Indian Arts titled "Red Reflections" > (1969). He continued working with community driven films, ultimately > developing a mixed-media body of work critiquing U.S. aggression toward > cultural, political, and institutional sovereignty of American Indians. His > interrogation of Native American survival is too mirrored in his dedication > to social work and form of creative practice. > > Red Reflections of Life echoes Whitman's urgency and refusal of cultural > and institutional mores. Our goals include expansion of American Indian > work in both academic and creative discourse, investigation of > multiplicities of American Indian narrative(s), and destabilization of > conventional history telling and memory making. > > > RED REFLECTIONS OF LIFE SCHEDULE > > MON 3.30.15 - FRI 4.3.15 > > Mon 3.30 // A COMMON EXPERIENCE > > 7:00 - 9:00 PM > > Gallery A402 > > Tues 3.31 // LIVING ARCHITECTURE > > 7:00 - 9:00 PM > > Gallery A402 > > Wed 4.1 // HOW A PEOPLE LIVE > > 1:00 - 4:00 PM > > Bijou Theater > > Thurs 4.2 // INTREPID SHADOWS > > 9:00 - 10:45 PM > > Gallery A402 > > Fri 4.3 // 270 YEARS OF RESISTANCE > > 1:00 - 4:00 PM > > Bijou Theater > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡ Sasha Waters Freyer Chair, Department of Photography & Film VCU School of the Arts 325 N. Harrison St. / PO Box 843088 Richmond, VA 23284 tel. 804.828.2162 email: swfre...@vcu.edu http://www.arts.vcu.edu/photofilm/
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