Hi Albert & everyone: In the context of South America, speaking for Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia, isn't very common to deal with handmade cinema as part of the curriculum. Sometimes it is introduced as a minor technique in the context of animation and with luck as one of the tendencies in the context of experimental cinema. And having Norman Mclaren as emblematic figure. When I studied Cinema in Argentina I have contact with handmade film for the first time, thanks to a small workshop promoted by senior students. But it was an extracurricular activity. Also in the context of a Master's degree or Ph.D. is very rare. My Master's degree involved handmade techniques as my Ph.D. also does and until now I have only heard about another researcher here in Brazil that also deals with handmade techniques (in intersections with new and digital ones). Most of the time, handmade cine is presented as a curiosity of the past and a small chapter of cinema history. Books as the one written recently by Gregory Zinman or the curatorial work of Antoni Pinent in the context of handmade cinema in Latin America, I guess will help as bibliography and literature for richer curriculums in Art and Cinema Schools. Best, Sebastian
Em qua., 12 de fev. de 2020 às 14:27, Julie Perini <[email protected]> escreveu: > Hi Albert & everyone: > > I’m the person Nicole Baker was referring to, teaching a “handmade film” > unit as part of a course I call Low Tech Cinema at Portland State > University. This is a 400-level course offered through the School of Art + > Design and attracts mainly 3rd and 4th year Art majors, as well as the odd > student in another major who’s attracted to the lo fi possibilities the > course title promises (these students are often musicians in bands etc). > Like others on this list, my course includes units on glitching, consumer > cameras, iPhone, “dead” media like slide projectors and so on. I have found > the 16mm handmade film unit to be an enormously successful way to get the > Art students in this particular population excited about moving image > media. Most Art students in this population enroll in Art School to paint, > draw, sculpt - to work with their hands and materials. They are not usually > stoked about working on computers for long periods or working with > technology (of course there are exceptions). I start Low Tech Cinema with > the direct animation/scratch film unit because they love it, they bring > their own paints, sandpapers, collage materials, and other tools and go to > town with the process. Some go deep and continue to work in this medium in > my courses or through independent studies with me in subsequent terms > (we’re on ten-week terms). Those students who go deep really do explore our > humble 16mm black and clear leader as a material - soaking it, treating it, > doing things to make it more porous. The rest of our Video/Time-Based > offerings in our small Art program are in video art, video installation, > animation (with computers). Lately I’ve been thinking about blowing up all > this curriculum to get the 16mm handmade film into Art students’ hands > earlier. > > Cheers! > Julie > > On Feb 12, 2020, at 8:29 AM, rebecca meyers <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Albert! > > In the Intro to Production course I teach every fall at Bucknell > University, the students make all their projects on digital video, but we > spend a week early in the semester on 16mm. One day we go out with a Bolex > and while half of the group is out filming, the other half is making > cameraless films, and then they swap (it's direct animation with black > leader, clear leader, scratching tools, markers and there's also a bunch of > cut up prints [educational films, mostly] that they can work with as found > footage). > > For my class, it's a means of introducing students to 16mm, to handling > it, etc. And a way to show them about some of the history of > experimental/artist made film, including animation (we watch a few things > as well). > > Rebecca > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 9:10 AM Becka Barker <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I include at least one day of cameraless in my intro animation, >> experimental animation, and intro film classes at NSCAD university here in >> Nova Scotia. I always have a critical mass of students interested in trying >> it, since most of them have never seen celluloid. Our university has a >> fairly interdisciplinary orientation overall; our students come at film and >> media arts from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds (from sculpture and >> textiles to creative writing and design), so having a very tactile, direct, >> and accessible way of creating moving images is always a winner here! I >> could be biased, though, since cameraless is an important part of my own >> studio work anyway. :) >> >> I like seeing so many affirmative responses in this discussion! >> >> Becka >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 7:59 AM Albert Alcoz <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Does anyone know if cameraless film is a common subject at university? >>> >>> I am investigating the role of cameraless film in the studies of Fine >>> Arts and Media Studies. >>> >>> Most of cameraless film workshops are organized by art centers, >>> alternative spaces or private film schools but i wonder the role it has >>> within the university. >>> >>> Is it taught as a technique that can be applied in the audiovisual >>> industry (such as video clips, advertisements, fiction animated films, >>> etc.) or as a line to develop artistic projects or personal film >>> developments? >>> >>> Would be great to know personal experiences concerning teaching this >>> animation technique related to experimental cinema. >>> >>> Best, >>> Albert >>> -- >>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.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 > -- Sebastian Wiedemann http://swiedemann.tumblr.com/ http://wavesproject.tumblr.com/ http://hambrecine.com/
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