Re: [Frameworks] meditative films?

2019-12-13 Thread Suzie Silver 
You might want to consider Buzzed by Michael Jemison and John Mark.
https://www.papermag.com/michael-jemison-premiere-2575513187.html?rebelltitem=1#rebelltitem1


On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 5:46 PM kate lain  wrote:

> My gratitude to all of you who have responded to my query both on- and
> off-list.  I appreciate all the suggestions for works to check out -- lots
> of great stuff to look at and think about as I move forward with this
> workshop!
>
> And Dave, thank you for offering your critiques of my request and your
> suggestions for how I might approach my class differently.
>
> My best,
> Kate
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:29 PM kate lain  wrote:
>
>> Hi, Frameworkers.  I’m teaching a multi-part film/video-making workshop
>> for high schoolers.  We’re exploring rituals of care, different self-care
>> practices, calming techniques, etc., and the students will be making a
>> collaborative collage film/video related to all that.  I’d love to show
>> them some examples of moving image works for inspiration (or send them
>> links to things they can check out on their own).
>>
>> Do you have any recommendations for short films, videos, animations,
>> gifs, video art, etc. in the experimental/art vein that are that are
>> viewable online that might fit with this?  (I'm not looking for things like
>> straight documentaries on self-care or anything -- I'm thinking about works
>> that are more poetic, more in the arena of video art or experimental film.)
>>  Note that these students are brand new to experimental film, so I’m not
>> looking for particularly challenging works that could be frustrating to
>> them.  Instead, I’m looking for pieces that are slower, poetic, perhaps
>> repetitive, meditative that someone might be able to relax into.  A couple
>> of films that come to mind are Amy Halpern’s “Invocation” (except there's
>> no digital version, dang it, and I can only show digital at this school)
>> and James Whitney’s “Lapis”.  But I hope to find more works that, like
>> "Invocation," work with representational imagery—and works that, in
>> particular, use documentation/documentary-style moving images since the
>> students will recording visuals and audio at the school site where we’re
>> working (though we may do some basic animation as well).
>>
>> I’m particularly interested in works by artists of color and queer
>> artists, but I’m open to other suggestions as well.  Thank you in advance
>> for any recommendations!
>>
>> Best,
>> Kate Lain
>>
>> --
>> kate lain
>> katemakesfilms.com
>>
>>
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Re: [Frameworks] meditative films?

2019-12-13 Thread kate lain 
My gratitude to all of you who have responded to my query both on- and
off-list.  I appreciate all the suggestions for works to check out -- lots
of great stuff to look at and think about as I move forward with this
workshop!

And Dave, thank you for offering your critiques of my request and your
suggestions for how I might approach my class differently.

My best,
Kate

On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:29 PM kate lain  wrote:

> Hi, Frameworkers.  I’m teaching a multi-part film/video-making workshop
> for high schoolers.  We’re exploring rituals of care, different self-care
> practices, calming techniques, etc., and the students will be making a
> collaborative collage film/video related to all that.  I’d love to show
> them some examples of moving image works for inspiration (or send them
> links to things they can check out on their own).
>
> Do you have any recommendations for short films, videos, animations, gifs,
> video art, etc. in the experimental/art vein that are that are viewable
> online that might fit with this?  (I'm not looking for things like straight
> documentaries on self-care or anything -- I'm thinking about works that are
> more poetic, more in the arena of video art or experimental film.)  Note
> that these students are brand new to experimental film, so I’m not looking
> for particularly challenging works that could be frustrating to them.
> Instead, I’m looking for pieces that are slower, poetic, perhaps
> repetitive, meditative that someone might be able to relax into.  A couple
> of films that come to mind are Amy Halpern’s “Invocation” (except there's
> no digital version, dang it, and I can only show digital at this school)
> and James Whitney’s “Lapis”.  But I hope to find more works that, like
> "Invocation," work with representational imagery—and works that, in
> particular, use documentation/documentary-style moving images since the
> students will recording visuals and audio at the school site where we’re
> working (though we may do some basic animation as well).
>
> I’m particularly interested in works by artists of color and queer
> artists, but I’m open to other suggestions as well.  Thank you in advance
> for any recommendations!
>
> Best,
> Kate Lain
>
> --
> kate lain
> katemakesfilms.com
>
>

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Re: [Frameworks] Camera question

2019-12-13 Thread Claire Henry, Curatorial 
Thanks so much for chiming in, Dave.  These photos are super helpful.  I hadn't 
been able to find any, but didn't think to check ebay. And yes, because, 
Jeff

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Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Camera question

I'd take Jeff's analysis as definitive, because Jeff... But fwiw I'll add a wee 
bit of possible support...

It's almost certainly not Super-8. As Jeff notes, that's a Canon video zoom 
lens in the manhole photos. That would have matched optically with the pickup 
tube diameters of early portable BW video cameras, but been too long for any 
kind of 8mm film format. I'm also not aware of any S8 camera by Nizo or anyone 
else that came with a C-Mount and was that size and shape. 

Here are some pix of the Concord I found on Google.

https://is.gd/F5BV8n

https://is.gd/H4YPCF

The manhole pix appear appear to match the front of the Concord: position and 
size of the badge, ring around the mount on the body. The Beatles press 
conference pic appears to match the rear of the Concord: location and size of 
connectors. The top and bottom corners of the case appear to have a different 
contour on Andy's unit compared to the Concord photos online - rounded vs. 
angled - but that could be a cosmetic change between different manufacturing 
years of the same basic camera.

And indeed, the Beatles presser photo shows the camera is not connected to 
power or to a VTR. So, yeah, prop...


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