[Frameworks] NYC - Oct 5-6 - JAAP PIETERS - icon of super 8
Hi Frameworkers, while this was posted on This Week in A-G we want to make sure everyone in NY knows about the rare appearance of super 8 icon Jaap Pieters at Anthology Film Archives this Wed and Thurs. If you are a super 8 fan or any film fan for that matter, do not miss this chance to see Pieters and his super 8 films in person! Spread the word to other super 8 fans! This Wed Thursday at Anthology! Our ongoing series continues: NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY October 5-6 JAAP PIETERS Long time icon of Super 8 filmmaking There is something inexplicable and strangely exquisite about the Super-8mm films of Dutch artist Jaap Pieters. A longtime icon of small-gauge filmmaking who has shown in cinemas, art spaces, and festivals throughout Europe, Pieters is often compared to Warhol because of his preference for single takes and a fixed camera. The films generally focus on the down-and-out passersby on the street outside his home in Amsterdam, and many of the movies are actually shot from his window. Possessed with an empathetic eye and incredible timing, Pieters captures metaphorical images and private performances that transcend the everyday moments in which they were framed. We are thrilled to have Pieters in person to present thesetwo programs featuring a number of 35mm blow-ups made by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Rounding out the screenings is an illuminating documentary portrait of Pieters by his colleague Fred Pelon. This program has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Mondriaan Foundation; very special thanks to Coby Reitsma (Mondriaan Foundation), and to Claartje Opdam, Marta Jurkiewicz Anna Abrahams (EYE Film Institute Netherlands), and Travis Bird. Please note: the films are listed chronologically, but will be screened in a different order. PROGRAM 1: All films in this program are on Super-8mm. THE TROLLEYMAN / DE WINKELWAGENMAN (1991, 3.5 minutes, silent) WILLIAM THE FIRST, WILLIAM THE SECOND, WILLIAM THE THIRD / WILLEM I, WILLEM II, WILLEM III (1991, 17 minutes) THE HOGWEED / DE BEREKLAUW (1992, 3.5 minutes, silent) KIM STEVEN (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent) STRINGLESS / SNAARLOOS (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent) SCREAMMAN / SCHREEUWMAN (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent) TEARS FROM DADDY’S SUIT / TRANEN UIT PAPA’S PAK (1994, 5.5 minutes, silent) SUDSCRUBBING/ SCHUIMSCHROBBEN (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent) THE FLYER / DE VLIEGENIER (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent) MEATTRANSPORT / VLEESVERVOER (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent) PASSERS-BY ON A SUNDAY / PASSANTEN OP ZONDAG (1996, 3.5 minutes, silent) CLEAR VIEWS / SCHONE UITZICHTEN (1997, 2.5 minutes, silent) THE WEIGHT / HET GEWICHT (A.K.A. WHO’S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW BLUE) (1998, 6.5 minutes, silent) SILVER GREY WAVES ON THE LAND, OR THE WHITE SEA (WITH THANX TO TGR) / ZILVER GRIJZE GOLVEN OP HET LAND, OF DE WITTE ZEE (MET DANK AAN TGR) (2000, 3.5 minutes, silent) SWISSSPIDER /SPINSUISSE (2000, 3.5 minutes, silent) THE FURIOUS WITH BOTTLE CAN / DE WOEDENDE MET FLES BLIK (2002, 1.5 minutes,silent) MICHEL’S SHADOWWORKS / MICHELSSCHADUWWERKING (2004, 3.5 minutes, silent) SPACESHIP SUISSE / RAUMSCHIFF SCHWEIZ (1994/2007, 8.5 minutes, silent) Total running time: ca. 90 minutes. –Wednesday, October 5 at 7:30. PROGRAM 2: The 35mm blow-ups presented in this program are courtesy of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. THE TINCANMAN / DE BLIKJESMAN (1991, 3.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent) JIMMY’S BALLET (1993, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent) THE CUPSDANCE / DE KOPJESDANS (1994, 2.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm) ZÜRICH BLISSNESS / ZÜRCHER ZEGNERIN (2000, 3.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent) OPWAAIINGEN (2010, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm) WINDE’S BLISS / WINDE’S GELUK (2010, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm) With: Fred Pelon JAAP PIETERS PORTRAIT 2006, 45 minutes, video, bw. In Dutch with English subtitles. In this video portrait of Pieters, which premiered at the 2006 Rotterdam Film Festival, ‘the Eye of Amsterdam’ is filmed in his home, where his moving struggle with the plethora of objects he’s collected becomes a symbol for his inner life. Organizing, controlling, and re-collecting the chaos by means of photography becomes a way of treasure hunting and finding. The filmmaker joins Pieters in the search for his heater, but ends up becoming part of the collection. Total running time: ca. 70 minutes. –Thursday, October 6 at 7:30. ** About our ongoing series, NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY Each quarterly calendar at Anthology is filled with hundreds of films and videos all grouped into a number of series or categories. Along with preservation screenings, theatrical premieres, thematic series, and auteur and actor retrospectives, we’re equally dedicated to presenting new and recent work by individuals operating at the vanguard of non-commercial cinema. Each month, under the rubric NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY, we showcase at least one such program, focusing on moving-image artists who
[Frameworks] Far From Afghanistan: The October Edition
Dear followers of Frameworks, This Thursday, October 6 we are launching FAR FROM AFGHANISTAN: THE OCTOBER EDITION for a one-week online streaming event. FAR FROM AFGHANISTAN brings together five experimental and politically-progressive US filmmakers- John Gianvito, Jon Jost, Minda Martin, Travis Wilkerson, and Soon-mi Yoo, to raise the collective consciousness of the Afghanistan war. This unique presentation of the film hosted by Fandor.com, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the war. Please visit us at farfromafghanistan.org, on Facebook (http://on.fb.me/r10ZdJ), and take a moment to check out our Kickstarter campaign (http://kck.st/nzB4RJ), which will help us finish the final version of the film. Thank you. Sincerely, The Far From Afghanistan team ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Forbes editorial about Kodak
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2011/10/02/what-i-saw-as-kodak-crumbled/ Once again, the old guard clings to obsolete business models and is ultimately swept away by inevitable shifts in technology. The party's winding down, folks. CDs, newspapers, and now analog film are going the way of the wax cylinder. The canary in the coal mine dropped dead about ten years ago, now the roof is about to collapse. 35mm motion picture film will still keep hanging on for a few more years, despite the fact that high-end digital cameras have now surpassed the imaging quality of most 35mm film stocks. Anyone who is unwilling to adapt to digital imaging had better start hoarding film stock in their walk-in freezers. The day that HDR sensors become affordable is the day that analog film unequivocably becomes more trouble than it's worth. Sprocket holes seem increasingly quaint in a world where exposure and depth of field can be entirely controlled in *POST* with no loss of quality. I'm not a hater, I'm just pointing out a reality that may be painful for many on this list. Don't look to Fuji to save you, they're ultimately headed for the dumpster as well. Starting up another Impossible Project is a noble idea, but from what I've seen, these handmade stocks can't compete with the real deal. Aaron --- Aaron F. Ross Digital Arts Guild ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Forbes editorial about Kodak
Go fuck yourself. Silly old film is going to be around long after your obsolete digital files have disappeared into the 'cloud.' Wherever that is. The article is also filled with tons of errors. Kodak invented much of digital photography, which is why its patents are so valuable. Kodak batteries failed because they were TOO GOOD. They lasted too long. And Kodak Park was never shuttered. Etc. Etc. Such as the fact Kodak's film division still sells more merchandise than most American companies. He ignore this continuing success, btw. The typical lamebrain cynicism. In a message dated 10/3/2011 5:42:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, aa...@digitalartsguild.com writes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2011/10/02/what-i-saw-as-kodak-crum bled/ Once again, the old guard clings to obsolete business models and is ultimately swept away by inevitable shifts in technology. The party's winding down, folks. CDs, newspapers, and now analog film are going the way of the wax cylinder. The canary in the coal mine dropped dead about ten years ago, now the roof is about to collapse. 35mm motion picture film will still keep hanging on for a few more years, despite the fact that high-end digital cameras have now surpassed the imaging quality of most 35mm film stocks. Anyone who is unwilling to adapt to digital imaging had better start hoarding film stock in their walk-in freezers. The day that HDR sensors become affordable is the day that analog film unequivocably becomes more trouble than it's worth. Sprocket holes seem increasingly quaint in a world where exposure and depth of field can be entirely controlled in *POST* with no loss of quality. I'm not a hater, I'm just pointing out a reality that may be painful for many on this list. Don't look to Fuji to save you, they're ultimately headed for the dumpster as well. Starting up another Impossible Project is a noble idea, but from what I've seen, these handmade stocks can't compete with the real deal. Aaron --- Aaron F. Ross Digital Arts Guild ___ 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
Re: [Frameworks] Forbes editorial about Kodak
Trollolololol Sent from my iPhone On Oct 3, 2011, at 6:41 PM, Aaron F. Ross aa...@digitalartsguild.com wrote: http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2011/10/02/what-i-saw-as-kodak-crumbled/ Once again, the old guard clings to obsolete business models and is ultimately swept away by inevitable shifts in technology. The party's winding down, folks. CDs, newspapers, and now analog film are going the way of the wax cylinder. The canary in the coal mine dropped dead about ten years ago, now the roof is about to collapse. 35mm motion picture film will still keep hanging on for a few more years, despite the fact that high-end digital cameras have now surpassed the imaging quality of most 35mm film stocks. Anyone who is unwilling to adapt to digital imaging had better start hoarding film stock in their walk-in freezers. The day that HDR sensors become affordable is the day that analog film unequivocably becomes more trouble than it's worth. Sprocket holes seem increasingly quaint in a world where exposure and depth of field can be entirely controlled in *POST* with no loss of quality. I'm not a hater, I'm just pointing out a reality that may be painful for many on this list. Don't look to Fuji to save you, they're ultimately headed for the dumpster as well. Starting up another Impossible Project is a noble idea, but from what I've seen, these handmade stocks can't compete with the real deal. Aaron --- Aaron F. Ross Digital Arts Guild ___ 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
Re: [Frameworks] Forbes editorial about Kodak
+1 From: carli...@aol.com Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 21:16:32 -0400 To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Forbes editorial about Kodak Go fuck yourself. Silly old film is going to be around long after your obsolete digital files have disappeared into the 'cloud.' Wherever that is. The article is also filled with tons of errors. Kodak invented much of digital photography, which is why its patents are so valuable. Kodak batteries failed because they were TOO GOOD. They lasted too long. And Kodak Park was never shuttered. Etc. Etc. Such as the fact Kodak's film division still sells more merchandise than most American companies. He ignore this continuing success, btw. The typical lamebrain cynicism. ___ 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
[Frameworks] Greta Snider Phone Number
If anyone has a phone number for Greta Snider, please write to me off-list. Thanks, Ken www.crookedbeautythefilm.com (Academic)www.crookedbeauty.com (Public)www.kenpaulrosenthal.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Video Performance Saturday and two new photo essays
Hi folks, I'll be performing video at 119 Gallery in Lowell Saturday as part of this event. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169813629770685 Location 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, Massachusetts Created By 119 Gallery More Info Rock Flint Contemporary Ensemble: [MA] Forbes Graham - trumpet and electronics Junko Simons - cello Todd Brunel - bass clarinet and soprano sax Andrea Pensado - electronics Luther Grey - drums with dr T - live video + Ouroboros: [MA NH] Dave Seidel - electronics Bill Bacon - drums, percussion with Greg Kowalski - live video + unnamed band: [Lowell] Stephanie Lak - voice, objects, fun Michael F Dailey Jr - drums, more fun Walter Wright - drums, percussion Rock Flint Contemporary Ensemble: We explore sound and form through weaving soundscapes, pulsing rhythms and abstract tonality. Each member of the project has been active in the vibrant Boston free improvisation scene for some time. We are looking to get our concept to new audiences I also have two new photo essays on Flickr Path to the Beaver Pond http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157627678509421/ Just down a hill from the family country cottage at Lake Waubeeka is a path that cuts through the woods behind some houses and eventually leads to a beaver pond. The path is full of interesting shapes and textures, and is a photographers delight, especially when there is sunlight filtering through the trees. The August pix were taken on a cloudy day, the September ones on a sunny day. I'm looking forward to going basic there in October when the leaves will have turned. Grass Tarp Drops Stain http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157627673780979/ A few weeks ago, Marya and I visited my old friends, Richard and Maureen Solomon and their son Brian. (All three are excellent photographers -- many of Brian's pix can be seen at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=10633027754 ) There are always many interesting things to photograph around the Solomon's home, so, after an early dinner, I walked around their yard and garden with my camera. Much to my (and Richard's) surprise, the best shots were taken of a piece of plastic tarpaulin that had been used to protect part of the lawn during a staining project. Rain water had formed droplets under the tarp, and the grass and the stain provided additional textures. Here are some pictured I took of the scene -- I wish I had taken ten times as many, -- Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better. -- Paul Bley Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. Video Producer Image Processing Specialist Video for your HEAD!Boris FX http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
