*Cindy,*

*Very very excited about the new Fischinger DVD. *

*Good work!*

*Scott*

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 10:15 PM, C Keefer <[email protected]> wrote:

> With a lot of media coverage today for the Oskar Fischinger Google Doodle
> on Fischinger's birthday, CVM salutes the very few persons in the press who
> took the time to find and write about Oskar Fischinger's own films!  Very
> few places provided sources to find the work; many printed factual errors,
> most barely mentioned or ignored his films. The TIME magazine piece cited
> is one of the rather lame ones.
>
> We salute a very short list - Washington Post, Telegraph UK, Independent
> UK and Huffington Post (Germany edition).
>
> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/
> 06/22/oskar-fischinger-google-doodle-lets-you-salute-the-
> animation-pioneer-the-nazis-couldnt-stop/?utm_term=.17af43630c25
>
> http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/oskar-
> fischinger-google-doodle-today-best-animations-who-is-he-a7802926.html
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/oskar-fischinger-
> watch-amazing-musical-animations-created-decades/
>
> (though the latter two did embed the faded An Optical Poem from youtube
> which is missing all of its golds and yellows, that's not what this film
> looks like).
>
> *SOURCES for Fischinger's work:*
>
> Authorized Fischinger videos online - CVM's vimeo channel has both free
> excerpts and VOD full films:
> https://vimeo.com/album/3111432/sort:plays/format:thumbnail
>
> The Fischinger films (and rights), papers, many animation drawings and
> some paintings are owned by Center for Visual Music, Los Angeles.  Online
> resources include bibliography, film notes, list of exhibitions and much
> more:
> www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger
>
> Paintings for sale are handled by Peyton Wright Fine Arts, Santa Fe.
> The Fischinger Trust is now pretty much only involved with paintings.
>
> Thanks to Barbara Fischinger, The Fischinger Trust gifted the films,
> rights, Fischinger's papers, and many animation drawings to Center for
> Visual Music.  Our archive also includes the papers of Elfriede Fischinger
> and William Moritz, Fischinger's biographer.
> A collection of early German business-related papers is at the Deutsches
> Filmmuseum, Frankfurt, plus a small collection of animation drawings and a
> few paintings.
>
> *************
>
> Info on forthcoming Fischinger DVD:
> http://centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger/newdvd.htm
>
> A few sponsors have stepped up today, including a major name, thus names
> of supporters and sponsors will be updated on that page shortly.
> The first Fischinger DVD, Ten Films, is still also available from CVM.
> www.centerforvisualmusic.org
>
> Please direct Fischinger inquiries to:  cvmaccess (at) gmail dot com
>
> The irony of all of the Google Doodle "make your own piece" attention -
> Fischinger's daughter Barbara often remarked that her father HATED homages
> and believed people should be doing their own work!
>
> best regards,
> Cindy Keefer
> Curator/Archivist
> Center for Visual Music
> www.centerforvisualmusic.org
>
> CVM email = cvmaccess (at) gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>
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>> -----Forwarded Message-----
>> >From: Adam Hyman <[email protected]>
>> >Sent: Jun 22, 2017 3:17 PM
>> >To: "Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]>"
>>
>> >Subject: [Frameworks] Google on June 22
>> >
>> >In today¹s unbelievable note, the Google logo today
>> >https://www.google.com/
>> >(aka the Google Doodle)
>> >Leads to a quote from Oskar Fischinger and a small thing to make one¹s
>> own
>> >visual music piece
>> >
>>   <http://www.lafilmforum.org>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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