Hi Richard, For a screening of abstract video/digital works I programmed at Leeds International Film Festival in 2011 called "Destructural Video", I screened an excerpt from Neil Gravander's video "Improvisations for Hand-Spun Video Springer"; the artist modified a VCR so that tapes could be played backwards and forwards at varying speeds like a tape reel or turntable. For me, it brought to mind the stuttering film work of Martin Arnold and the laserdisc experiments of Raphael Montañez Ortiz, but using domestic video equipment. Video link here: https://vimeo.com/81828111
The screening came about by the way from my research into medium-specific video art for my undergraduate degree - I was very interested in the glitch art movement happening then and trying to find similarities with early artists' video and structuralist/structuralist film aesthetics. It's still a subject that interests me - if I think of more examples that are specifically related to the VHS format itself (rather than other consumer video formats), I'll let you know. John Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:27:17 +0100 > From: Richard Ashrowan <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Frameworks] 40 years of VHS - short video recommendations? > Message-ID: > <CAKKKCmsFX1KwogdfV=shEqY+FhdfcP7cHLaY90pmUWA0FvD2uA@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 40 years of experimental VHS. > > We're working on a programme of shorts, aiming to celebrate the 40th > anniversary of VHS. I would love to hear some recommendations for both > early canonical and more recent works that deal in specific and contrasting > ways with the experimental possibilities of the medium. > > I do appreciate that this question is too big, for a 90m screening, and a > bit like asking if anyone knows any good experimental films... but if > anyone feels like suggesting a few starting points, it would be most > appreciated. > > Very best, > > Richard Ashrowan > Alchemy: www.alchemyfilmfestival.org.uk > www.ashrowan.com > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/ > frameworks/attachments/20160912/36018d5f/attachment-0001.html> >
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