[Frameworks] Dances with Birds video on You Tube
Hi folks, I've posted the video Dances with Birds on You Tube at http://youtu.be/OFNT6pdzdo8 Dances with Birds is an excerpt from one of my moving with the light dance jams that I produce at 119 Gallery in Lowell Mass. These events combines my video improvisations, improvised music, and an open environment for improvised dancing. It brings together my worlds of video improvisation, music improvisation, and participatory dance. When these events work best, the dancers become performers interacting with the projected imagery as well as each other and the music. The recording was made with a static camera shot taken with a Lumix LX 7 sitting on my mixing table. BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] Thanks and digitize 8mm film
Hi Lois and Art Art I can't find your email -- Lois please pass this to Art. Thanks for a lovely stay. Art asked about digitizing 8mm film == google it and you'll find many options frameworks folks -- do you recommend any in particular? Thanks. -- -- Emile If you can walk, you can surely DANCE My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Video Performance Saturday, and upcoming
Hi folks, I'll be doing video improvisations at 119 Gallery (my favorite performance space) this Saturday as part of analog heaven northeast. AHNE is primarily an event For people to show off their analog synthesizers. in the evening, those brave enough to perform in public have a jam session and I mix video live to accompany music. An excerpt from last years performance can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmkMkaUWGLIlist=UU92kh9KkVsvsaRBG-tjdPeQindex=10 the music starts around 730 or 8, admission is free. Donations to the gallery are always appreciated. 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851-2621 8:00 PM http://www.119gallery.org/ the next edition of moving with the light will happen at 119 on May 18, with video by me, music by Eric Crowley and others to be announced, and dancing by you! My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door to the gallery. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] OVER THE TOP @Outpost 186 Saturday April 13
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with TimWorld and special guests: Dr T - live video mixing with: Tim Mungenast - strings Michael Bloom - strings Jon Proudman - drums with special guests Ornette Coleman alumnus - Dave Bryant keyboards and fiery sax player Tsuyoshi Honjo I've worked frequently with Tim, Michael, Jon and Dave, and once with Tsuyoshi's intense sax playing. This will be high energy and lots of fun. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Photo Essay on Flickr
Hi folks, I have a new photo sequence on Flickr. A selection of images on display (sumptuous 12 x 22 prints) at my show Light and Motion -- Photography and VIdeo on view at 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA through April 13. The reception is March 24, from 3 to 6 PM, to be followed by a concert and jam session with Tim Mungenast at 7:30. Time exposures that turn moving lights into streaks are a staple of night photography. Time exposures in which the camera is moving instead of (or in addition to) the lights are less common. I have experimented with this technique since I started doing serious photography in 1970. It was not very practical in the days of film because I got no immediate feedback and had to pay for every shot. When I use this technique with a digital camera, I get immediate feedback on the results of my last shot, and the only cost is the time it takes to evaluate the images. The prints on exhibit here were taken with Lumix LX3 and LX7 cameras, which are very compact and have high-quality Leica lenses. The compactness of the cameras makes it easy to whip them around at high speeds, enhancing the motion effects. The LX 7 is more advanced, but the LX 3 gives me immediate feedback when I use the camera in unlimited burst mode. Most of the prints on display are one second time exposures, taken with the LX 3 in unlimited burst mode, which gives me approximately one picture a second. I get to look at each picture for a fraction of a second, which allows me to improvise further camera moves in reaction to what I have just taken. This adds to the improvisational feeling of the work. I think of the process as a combination of photography, dancing, and action painting photographic version of Action Painting. I call the photos I take using this technique Swirlies. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157633045688377/ BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld -- 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
[Frameworks] Light and motion, at 119 Gallery Lowell MA, reception March 24 with concert to follow,
Hi folks, Light and motion, photography and video by Dr. T is on display at 119 gallery through April 13. There will be a reception on March 24 from 3 PM to 6 PM with a concert in jam session to follow at 7:30 PM. I will perform video improvisations and Tim will play guitar and electronics. This is a jam session as well as a concert-please feel free to bring your axe and your dancing shoes. The photographs include sumptuous 12 X 22 prints of the images that can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157633045688377/ There will also be several video pieces on display including my video tribute to my late wife Marya, I hope to see some of you there. 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851-2621 8:00 PM http://www.119gallery.org/ My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door to the gallery. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Anyone else like me out there?
Aesthetically, both hands wave wildly in the air. (Castro Street was a major inspiration, especially when I did super 8 with Fuji cameras that allowed rewinding for in-camera compositing) Ahh -- those were the days -- shooting montage shots over previously undeveloped film -- carrying a notebook around listing what was on each cassette in my camera bag, not being able to afford to make safety copies so the originals would deteriorate every time I viewed them. I would describe the process to my musician friends as Imagine if you had to keep feeding money into your sax every few minutes to get it to keep playing. However, my current medium of choice is video, and my montage tools of choice are After FX (in studio), and 4 DVD plays and a V4 mixer when improvising live. Judge for your self at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld If you telecine your movie and put it on You Tube I promise to watch it. At 12:32 PM -0700 3/16/13, Doug Chaffin\(\Douglas Graves\\) wrote: As an isolated 16mm abstract moviemaker I'm very interested to know if there's anyone else like me around today? Specifically, is there anyone who works on photo-chemical celluloid motion picture film and makes any kind of formal aesthetic work that is either purely cinematic, abstract, or just generally lyrical and poetic, visually speaking? I'm 30 and I spent 3 years and 10,000 dollars making a really ambitious and stylized abstract 16mm movie called PALMS, it's a serious piece of work that I think is worthy of following in the tradition of what I feel are the truly great non-narrative cinematic artists such as Will Hindle, Ed Emshwiller, James Whitney, Pat O'Neill, Jordan Belson, Scott Bartlett, Bruce Baillie, Maya Deren, Slavko Vorkapich, and Dziga Vertov, among others. Are other people out there, particularly people younger than 50 and currently active, who are also passionate and excited by the work of all these great cinematic artists and are committed to working on celluloid? The last 3 years have been a struggle for me to make another movie and to get my 1st one even seen by anyone. and i also just haven't been able to find people who share my love of cinematic technique and will share it in any way, such as emailing or talking to each other about great shots and montages and optical techniques or sound design techniques in the brilliant movies by these artists. That kind of community and sharing is i feel necessary, even if only between a few people, and it's sad when we're so alone in our struggling and hard work. The only current 16mm moviemakers I know that are similar to me in any way are Timoleon Wilkins and Mark Toscano and they are unfortunately inaccessible for various reasons. I can't see their work or stay in touch with them as friends or even associates. Especially nowadays with all these faster, easier, and cheaper ways of communicating around the whole world such as the internet and cell phones, it's amazing how it seems like most people are if anything more reluctant and difficult about staying in touch and enjoying community and fellowship. I know that maybe there are some really great cinematic-celluloid artists working today out there who just make their work for themselves and don't really show it and don't desire to know other cinema enthusiasts. In a way I can understand wanting to be like that and maybe nowadays it's the only way to be. I might get like that too but right now I would welcome the interest and association of serious people whom love what I love and, as my mentor the great Bruce Baillie would say, want to be human to each other about it. Doug Graves 4636 Talbot Drive Boulder, CO 80303 702-580-4293 PURE CINEMA CELLULOID http://www.purecinemacelluloid.webstarts.com/http://www.purecinemacelluloid.webstarts.com/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- -- Emile If you can walk, you can surely DANCE My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Doctor T in February and March
Hi folks, I've got a very busy March. March 9 at 8:30 PM brings Visual Music Live to Outpost 186, with old friend and very special guest David Rothenberg Doctor T video mixing featuring guest artist David Rothenberg -- Nature Samples, Laptop, and Clarinet and regular collaborators Eric Crawley -- harpejji and Electronics Tom Mungenast -- Electric Guitar, Electric Sitar, and Electronics ECM recording artist David Rothenberg has performed and recorded on clarinet with Jan Bang, Scanner, Glen Velez, Karl Berger, Peter Gabriel, Ray Phiri, and the Karnataka College of Percussion. He has twelve CDs out under his own name, including On the Cliffs of the Heart, named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine and One Dark Night I Left My Silent House, a duet album with pianist Marilyn Crispell, called une petite miracle by Le Monde and named by The Village Voice one of the ten best CDs of 2010. Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, book and CD, published in seven languages and the subject of a BBC television documentary. He is also the author of numerous other books on music, art, and nature, including Thousand Mile Song, about making music with whales, and Survival of the Beautiful, about aesthetics in evolution. Last spring he released a book and CD called Bug Music, featuring the sounds of the entomological world. You'll hear some of them tonight. http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org March 10 8 PM is a rescheduled Visual Music Live event at Outpost 186 in Cambridge, featuring The OUTPOST Band Doctor T -- Video mixing Eric Zinman --Drums Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice Michael Bloom -- Table Guitar and bouzouki Rick Scott -- Keyboard Improvisation to the outer limits. Expect the unexpected-:) March 16 is my next Moving with the Light Concert and Dance Jam at 119 Gallery in Lowell, with music by Eric Crawley, Harpejji, and Rick Scott, keyboards and YOU -- movement -- All styles and skill levels welcome. Moving with the Light is a monthly event at which improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to and respectful of the others. A video excerpt from the February event can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OV_wE_pY-c -- you may need to click the link a few times. The musicians will play improvised music suitable for contact improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other. http://www.119gallery.org/ Light and Motion, - Photography and video art by Doctor T will be on display at 119 gallery in Lowell, Mar 19 - Apr 13. The show will feature sumptuous 22 x 12 prints from my Swirlies sequence. Some images from this sequence can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157626713121989/ The reception will be on Sunday, March 24 , from 3 - 6 PM, with a concert to follow at 7:30. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] moving with the light video on You Tube
Hi folks, I've posted another video on You Tube -- at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OV_wE_pY-c This piece is an except from my February Moving with the Light dance jam. The next event in this series is on March 16 at 119 Gallery in Lowell. BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] Tonights show CANCELLED for high winds and possible snow
Hi folks, I'll be doing video improvisations -- My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. Video Producer Image Processing Specialist Video for your HEAD!Boris FX http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com My destination is always the same, but I work out a different route to get there -- Henri Matisse ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Video Performances this weekend
Hi folks, February 16 is my next Moving with the Light Concert and Dance Jam at 119 Gallery in Lowell, with music by Eric Crawley, Harpejji, and Dave Bryant, keyboards and YOU -- movement -- All styles and skill levels welcome. Moving with the Light is a monthly event at which improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to and respectful of the others. The musicians will play improvised music suitable for contact improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other. February 17 is my next Visual Music Live event at Outpost 186 in Cambridge, featuring The OUTPOST Band Doctor T -- Video mixing Eric Zinman --Drums Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice Michael Bloom -- Table Guitar and bouzouki Rick Scott -- Keyboard Improvisation to the outer limits. Expect the unexpected-:) -- My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. Video Producer Image Processing Specialist Video for your HEAD!Boris FX http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com My destination is always the same, but I work out a different route to get there -- Henri Matisse ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] New video on You Tube
Hi folks, I've posted another video on You Tube -- Rumblings from an Outpost, from a December performance by Doctor T and the OUTPOST band. We will be playing at Outpost 186 this coming Sunday. There are also two brief abstract clips of falling snow taken during the recent blizzard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP7VfrNeULY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXyC2pKwUFM Enjoy! BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
Re: [Frameworks] drugged
I think there is an important distinction between trippy and drugged. Drugstore Cowboy and Sid and Nancy I'd call drugged but not trippy. At 12:40 PM -0800 2/10/13, J Vent wrote: Don't forget to look at things like Cheech and Chong flicks, and other comedies in this vein, Dazed and Confused, (loosely) Donny Darko, etc. ok I'm done. JV On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:32 PM, J Vent mailto:jvent.subscripti...@gmail.comjvent.subscripti...@gmail.com wrote: Certainly there are the bits with the high on speed/acid/booze Hells Angels and others (hanging about on stage, before the murder,) from the Maysles film Gimme Shelter and though not a psychedelic drug film, there are few films that are druggier than Requiem for a Dream and I guess Drugstore Cowboy might be considered in that way too. Oh, and then of course there is the more recent A Scanner Darkly. Puff N Stuff has been mentioned so I'll include my reference to the Mr. Show episode that puts the Sid and Marty Croft man in a suit Saturday morning kids shows into a proper context, i.e., Lidsville, Sigmond and the Sea Monster, etcsupper druggy and funny. If your looking for more transgressive depictions of drug/underground culture then look into the films of Richard Kern and the other Transgressive filmmakers, Right Side of My Brain and others from his canon might help. others: Rivers Edge - weed/booze/speed/narcotics Quadrophenia - speed/booze/weed Dogstar Man certainly looks druggy What We Do is Secret - Germs/Darby Crash biopic heroin/speed/weed/booze Sid and Nancy - you name it Martin - vampirism as drug addiction - George Romero Addiction (also vampirism as drug addiction) , Bad Lieutenant - Abel Ferrara Loads of goofy getting it ridiculously wrong drug stuff in the old cop show Adam-12. Thats a pretty disparate group I've listed but hope it helps in some way. Joe V. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Watter, Seth mailto:seth_wat...@brown.eduseth_wat...@brown.edu wrote: Ken Russell's Altered States: William Hurt tripping in the desert with natives. Seth On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Francisco Torres wrote: Back in the late 60s/ early 70s most TV cop shows included a trip sequence. The trend culminated with The French Connection 2 infamous heroin room. Most of those trips were more funny than scary Some TV series were a trip like Land of the Giants and Puff N Stuff (Which we 5th graders used to call Puffing stuff back in 72). Nixon TV press conferences were also quite trippy. ___ FrameWorks mailing list mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworkshttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- -- Emile If you can walk, you can surely DANCE My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] drugged
Zabriskie Point I'm sure Antonioni was partaking at the time. The Red Shoes is from the 40's and has no overtly drug related content, but it is one of the most psychedelic films I've ever seen. At 11:40 AM -0800 2/9/13, Eric Theise wrote: Hello Frameworkers, I'm hoping to get suggestions for studying the tropes of the trip, that is to say, the way hallucinatory and other drug experiences have been portrayed on-screen. Flashy, over-the-top visual signifiers are what I seek, but Frameworks excels at identifying examples that aren't what the original poster had in mind, so please go to it! Examples will be put to experimental purposes, but can come from any genre, thanks in advance. Hope all of you affected by the Nemo storm are okay and able to find beauty in it. --Eric ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- -- Emile If you can walk, you can surely DANCE My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] drugged
Fantasia was more overtly druggy -- what got me about Red Shoes was how trippy it was without any overt references. Easy Rider is certainly a good example. Self-promotion All the videos at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld except for the tribute to my wife are definitely intended as trippy. At 1:42 PM -0800 2/9/13, elizabeth mcmahon wrote: Well, if you're going to reference Red Shoes you have to proffer the requisite Fantasia. Ultimate druggie film. But Tom wants industrials. But this is fun anyways. I'd love to see this thread just suggest any druggie film. Head was a most excellent suggestion. Elizabeth From: Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T) em...@foryourhead.com To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [Frameworks] drugged Zabriskie Point I'm sure Antonioni was partaking at the time. The Red Shoes is from the 40's and has no overtly drug related content, but it is one of the most psychedelic films I've ever seen. At 11:40 AM -0800 2/9/13, Eric Theise wrote: Hello Frameworkers, I'm hoping to get suggestions for studying the tropes of the trip, that is to say, the way hallucinatory and other drug experiences have been portrayed on-screen. Flashy, over-the-top visual signifiers are what I seek, but Frameworks excels at identifying examples that aren't what the original poster had in mind, so please go to it! Examples will be put to experimental purposes, but can come from any genre, thanks in advance. Hope all of you affected by the Nemo storm are okay and able to find beauty in it. --Eric ___ FrameWorks mailing list mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworkshttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- -- Emile If you can walk, you can surely DANCE My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeldhttp://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.comFrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworkshttps://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- -- Emile If you can walk, you can surely DANCE My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] New Language Collaborative 01.12 Moving with the Light 01.19
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with three old friends who have played together for years. Doctor T Video improvisations with New Language Collaborative Eric Zinman, piano Glynis Lomon cello, aquasonic, and voice Syd Smart drums. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. and upcoming in Lowell on Jan 19 Moving with the Light is an event at which contact improvisation and other improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to and respectful of the others. The event will happen on the third Saturday of every month, at 119 Gallery in Lowell. 119 Gallery is the nicest space I've ever performed at and has a movement--friendly hardwood floor. with Doctor T. - Video (See samples at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld) Eric Crawley-- Harpejji (Sounds as beautiful as it looks at http://www.marcodi.com/sights-sounds/pictures/) Glynis Lomon -- cello, aquasonic, and voice YOU -- movement. Eric and Glynis will play music suitable for contact improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other. Saturday Jan 19 at 8 PM 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 Five minutes from the Lowell Connector, with ample on-street parking and an amazing Cambodian restaurant next door. 10 minute walk from the T, but you will need a ride back. If you need a ride or can offer one, email me and I'll try to hook you up. http://www.119gallery.org/ Sliding scale -- suggested donation $10.00 -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Remembering Marya video on You Tube
Hi folks, I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/563TK6ks7tA -- please excuse cross postings --- many of you are on more than one of my lists. Remembering Marya is a tribute to my late wife (and companion of 23 1/2 years) Marya Wolfman. I think of it as a visual celebration of a life well-lived, but all too finite. The piece is an animated collage of still images of Marya. I took most of the images taken since I met Marya. Marya's brother Steve provided most of the archival images, and there are some additional contribution from friends and other relatives. The soundtrack is taken from performances at a remembrance ceremony held for Marya on September 23, 2012. Deepest thanks to the friends and relatives who organized and participated in the event. This piece is obviously quite different from any of the other work on my You Tube site. It presented unique challenges, both emotionally and aesthetically. I hope this piece brings back good memories for those who knew Marya, and provides a sense of her spirit for those who did not. BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] Doctor T and the Eclectics, Sat. Dec 8, Outpost 186, Cambridge
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday at 8 PM. Doctor T and the Eclectics Doctor T -- Video mixing Eric Zinman --Drums (that's right drums, not piano) Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice Michael Bloom -- Table Guitar and bouzouki Rick Scott -- Keyboard Expect the unexpected-:) Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Saturday -- Moving with the Light -- A Concert and Movement Jam
Hi folks, Moving with the Light is an event at which contact improvisation and other improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to and respectful of the others. The event will happen on Saturday, December 1, at 119 Gallery in Lowell. 119 Gallery is the nicest space I've ever performed at and has a movement--friendly hardwood floor. with Doctor T. - Video (See samples at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld) Eric Crawley-- Harpejji (Sounds as beautiful as it looks at http://www.marcodi.com/sights-sounds/pictures/) Kit Demos -- Bass and Electronics. YOU -- movement. Eric and Kit will play music suitable for contact improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other. Saturday Dec 1 at 8:00 PM 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 Five minutes from the Lowell Connector, with ample on-street parking and an amazing Cambodian restaurant next door. http://www.119gallery.org/ Sliding scale -- suggested donation $10.00 -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Moving with the Light -- A Concert and Movement Jam
Hi folks, I Moving with the Light will be an event at which improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to and respectful of the others. with Doctor T. - Video (See samples at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld) Eric Crawley-- Harpejji (Sounds as beautiful as it looks at http://www.marcodi.com/sights-sounds/pictures/) Kit Demos -- Bass and Electronics. YOU -- movement. Eric and Kit will play music suitable for contact improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other. The event will happen on Saturday, December 1, at 119 Gallery in Lowell. 119 Gallery is the nicest space I've ever performed at and has a movement--friendly hardwood floor. Saturday Dec 1 at 8:00 PM 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 Five minutes from the Lowell Connector, with ample on-street parking and an amazing Cambodian restaurant next door. http://www.119gallery.org/ Sliding scale -- suggested donation $10.00 -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Video performance, Doctor T with Dave Bryant, Michael Bloom, Tsuyoshi Honjo
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with Dave Bryant (Ornette Coleman alumnus) -- keyboards Tsuyoshi Honjo - saxophones Michael Bloom strings and maybe more. Should be a wild mix of folks. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Doctor T's 70th birthday concert 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA Oct 6.
Hi folks, I'm having another one in a larger space with more people. The event is at 119 Gallery (my favorite performance space) Doctor T -- Video with Joe Burgio - movement Lou Cohen - laptop Mike Funiole - synthesizer Karen Langlie - cello, electronics Setheyny Loueb-Pen - drums, percussion Andrea Pensado - voice, laptop Walter Wright - electronics, drums Eric Crawley -- Harpejji, Electronics Michael Bloom - table guitar Dave Bryant - keyboard Kit Demos - bass, electronics Junko Fujiwara - cello Eric Rosenthal - drums Walter Wright - electronics, drums Greg Kowalski - video in multiple permutations and combinations for three sets, 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 8:00 PM http://www.119gallery.org/ My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door to the gallery. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Doctor T Birthday Concerts
Hi folks, Help me celebrate my 70th birthday by attending one of my birthday concerts! I'm having one at Outpost 186 in Cambridge on Saturday, September 8, from 7:30 until about 10:30, and one at 119 Gallery in Lowell on October 6 from about 8:15 - 11:30 I'll be doing video improvisations with lots of great musicians in combinations new and old. The October show will also feature a video collaboration with Greg Kowalski, where we will improvise projections on the same screen in our distinct styles. Musicians for the September show include (I'm sure I left some out ) Michael Bierylo Ken Field Rick Scott John Voigt Kit Demos Neil Leonard Tom Plsek Glynis Lomon Forbes Graham Michael Bloom Jon Proudman Tim Mungenast Musicians for the October show include Dave Bryant Eric Rosenthal Glynis Lomon Kit Demos Andrea Pensado Walter Wright Junko Fujiwara Eric Crawley Karen Langlie and others TBA If you are a musician who has performed with me and would like to participate, I can add you to the October bill. -- My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. Video Producer Image Processing Specialist Video for your HEAD!Boris FX http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com My destination is always the same, but I work out a different route to get there -- Henri Matisse ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Meditation on Blue Time Lapse Variation on You Tube
Meditation on Blue Time Lapse Variation http://youtu.be/85zwwY7Nr0M is a slowed down version of the piece requested by a viewer. Ideally, I'd slow down the water but not the animation, but that would have been a lot more work. Let me know which Meditation on Blue you prefer. BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] Meditation in Blue -- new piece on You Tube
Hi folks, Meditation on Blue (http://youtu.be/bmGZ5vWu8HE) is the simplest piece I have ever posted. One sequence, one filter, no music, and (to me, at least) a certain magic. It is one of those happy accidents that can bless the artist who is attentive enough to notice them. I was working on some material to use in my live mixing performances, and had made a six minute sequence of symmetrized video from two shots of trees over and reflected in water. I often take these sequences make make variants of them for mixing by applying different filters to the entire sequence, and putting the versions that I like on the same DVD as the original for use in performance. When I do this, I am not attempting to make finished pieces. In this case, one of the sequences particularly caught my eye. I looked closely at it, and decided that it was a complete piece in its own right and didn't even need a soundtrack. You can watch it in silence or with any music that is expansive and not aggressive -- such as Indian Classical Music, Bach, or any kind of (relatively quiet) improvised music. Enjoy, and please let me know what you think of the pieces. BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] Doctor T, Glynis Lomon, Dave Bryant, Joan Green 08.11, Outpost 186
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with two long time collaborators and old friends, and one new collaborator -- two wonderful musicians and a equally wonderful dancer. Dr T - video mixing with: Set 1 : Glynis Lomon --- cello, aquasonic and voice / Joan Green Movement Set 2 : Dave Bryant -- keyboard(s) Set 3 : Everybody My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of computer-manipulated original material derived from my still photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- sometimes they simply co-exist. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Visions from a Festival Photo Essay on Flickr
Hi folks, I had the good fortune to attend three days of the Vision Festival in New York this past June, and took a lot of photos, mostly abstracts inspired by the wonderful improvised music. I use a camera motion technique to create these abstracts (which I call 'Swirlies'), and think of them as a photographic form of action painting. I hope some of the feeling, energy, and expansiveness of the music can be seen in these images, which can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157630705869328/ A smaller set can be seen at http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151057135872720set=a.10151057135792720.453741.816422719type=1relevant_count=25ref=nf BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld -- 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
[Frameworks] Doctor T, Dave Bryant, Neil Leonard, John Voigt, Jeremy Van Buskirk Outpost 186
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday July 7 at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with four terrific musicians. Dave Bryant -- Keyboard(s) Neil Leonard -- reeds John Voigt -- bass Jeremy Van Buskirk -- Electronics The musicians will play six duets and a quartet, accompanied by my video improvisations. I'm looking forward to playing with John again, I did my first live visual improvs in events led by him in (gulp) 1973. I've performed frequently with Dave and Neil -- this willl be my first time playing with Jeremy. My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of computer-manipulated original material derived from my still photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- sometimes they simply co-exist. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find my photo essay Improvisations from an Outpost http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to be of interest, -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Doctor T with Dancers, Cellos, and More 06.23 Lowell MA
Hi folks, I'll be doing video improvisations this Saturday at 119 Gallery (my favorite performance space). The full lineup is Dr T friends: Glynis Loman - cello Wisteriax - cello Joan Green - movement Betty Wang - movement with Dr T - live video mix + Grau Garten: Marc Bisson - guitar Steve Norton - reeds deiX - voice, electronics with Greg Kowalski - live video performance + Lak Wang Wright Trio: Stephanie Lak - voice, electronics Walter Wright - electronics Betty Wang - movement with Greg Kowalski and Dr T - live video projections 7:30pm - doors 8:30pm - Dr T friends 9:15pm - Grau Garten 10:00pm - Lak Wang Wright Trio 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 http://www.119gallery.org/ My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door to the gallery. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Saturday in Cambridge MA, Doctor T, Junko Fujiwara, Glynis Lomon, Melanie Howell-Brooks, Laurence Cook
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with two of the best and wildest cellists in the Boston area, Glynis Lomon will do an opening solo set on cello and voice, followed by a trio put together by Junko Fujiwara, consisting of Melanie Howell-Brooks - saxes / Junko Fujiwara (Simons) - cello/Laurence Cook - drums I'll be projecting during both sets. My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of computer-manipulated original material derived from my still photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- sometimes they simply co-exist. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find my photo essay Improvisations from an Outpost http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to be of interest, -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Doctor T with Kevin Frenette Quartet, Outpost 186 Saturday May 12
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 in Cambridge on Saturday at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with the Kevin Frenette Quartet -- four outstanding musicians led by a unique guitarist. Doctor T -- Video with The Kevin Frenette Quartet Kevin Frenette - guitar James Rohr - piano Kit Demos - bass and electronics John McLellan - drums My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of computer-manipulated original material derived from my still photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- sometimes they simply co-exist. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find my photo essay Improvisations from an Outpost http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to be of interest, -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Video work at Surrealist Show at Amazing Things Art Gallery in Framingham
Hi folks, I have two video installations at the Amazing Things second annual surrealist show http://www.amazingthings.org/gallery_show.asp?exhibitID=278 . The reception is Thursday from 7 to 9 PM. Hope to see some of you there. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Seen and Not Seen New video on You Tube
Hi folks, I've posted another video on You Tube -- at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyE77gRL87g Seen and Not Seen is an improvisation performed at 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA on Jan. 20, 2012, with Joe Burgio, Betty Wang - movement, Glynis Lomon - cello, voice, Junko Simons - cello and Kit Demos - double bass You can't see the dancing in the video, but it does contain a lot of prerecorded movement by Joe Burgio BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] Some Artful Noise: New video on You Tube
Hi folks, I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/hJ4w6-7iaqg Some Artful Noise is an improvisation performed at 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA on Jan. 20, 2012, with Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar, electronics and Walter Wright - electronics, drums. Music is organized sound -- Edgard Varese. Most music is organized around rhythm, melody and harmony, but some music (often referred to as Noise Music by its creators) is organized around texture, timbre, pure sound, and 'Noise'. Improvising video to this music presents challenges in terms of choice of material and visual phrasing. Some Artful Noise is such an improvisation -- one that I thought went particularly well. BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] XFest video on You Tube Unspoken Words
Hi folks, I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/cQlcNDVUraY Unspoken Words is an improvisation taken from XFest 2012. XFest is an annual festival of improvisation curated by Walter Wright at 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA. Walter invites musicians, video artists, dancers and from the Boston area and out-of-town, and groups them in unique ensembles. Unspoken Words was performed with Tom Hamilton - electronics, Andy Allen - reeds, Flandrew Fleisenberg - drums, percussion, Junko Simons - cello. The title is an indirect reference to a video sequence of a woman talking into a headset that I obtained from a stock video tape. Her words are unheard, rather than unspoken. (poetic license and all that). XFest ROCKS! BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] XFest 1012 and very special upcoming performance
Hi folks, I'll be doing video improvisations Friday night at 119 Gallery in Lowell (my favorite performance space) as part of the 2012 edition of XFest. I'm on for the first five sets Friday evening --The format of the festival is simple and challenging: 20 visiting artists and 40 local artists perform. On Fri and Sat evenings there are 10 half-hour sets with 2 visiting artists and 2 local artists -- I've pasted the full schedule below. Not much can be more special than XFest, but a visual music live performance with four of my favorite amazing wind players sure comes close-:) March 10 at Outpost 186 in Cambridge. Doctor T with Four Winds Blow -- four of the best wind players in (or out of) the Boston area Doctor T -- Video mixing (http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld) Neil Leonard -- Reeds Tom Plsek --Trombone Jim Hobbs -- Alto Sax Forbes Graham -- Trumpet XFest schedule FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24 The first day of XFest. It begins in the evening with 10 1/2hr sets. Visiting artists/performers are grouped with local artists/performers. The process is somewhat random. The general rule is that you play with people you have never played with before. A number of sets include movement and all the sets have live video. 8:00pm Sean Ali - double bass, Brad Henkel - trumpet, Noell Dorsey - voice, keyboard, Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar 8:30pm Dustin Carlson - guitar, Bonnie Kane - reeds, Bill Bacon - drums, Kate Lee - bass 9:00pm Shayna Dulberger - double bass, Valerie Keuhne - cello, Rick Breault - laptop, Curt Newton - drums 9:30pm Ellwood Epps - trumpet, Al Margolis - laptop, Todd Brunel - bass clarinet, Andrea Pensado - laptop 10:00pm Dave Grollman - snare drum, Jeff Young - violin, Michael F Dailey Jr - voice, guitar, drums, Ryan Scott - keyboard 10:30pm Tom Hamilton - electronics, Andy Allen - reeds, Flandrew Fleisenberg - drums, percussion, Junko Simons - cello 11:00pm Emilie Mouchous - electronics, Peter Negroponte - percussion, Arkm Foam - cassettes, Abram Taber - bass, electronics 11:30pm Chris Welcome - guitar, Mike Funaiole - analog synth, Frank Turek - reeds, Jules Vasylenko - reeds 12:00am Dave Miller - drums, Ras Moshe - reeds, [open slot], deiX - voice, electronics 12:30am [open slot] Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio, Aisha Cruse, and Betty Wang - movement and Katherine Liberovskaya, David Linton and Dr T - live video SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25 The second and the busiest day of the festival starts with brunch. In the afternoon Jazz Poetry, a collaboration between musicians and poets with artists drawing and painting live to the words and music. Throughout the festival the gallery presents a special exhibit featuring collages by Joshua Jefferson. Again, the evening features 10 1/2hr sets. In each visiting artist/performers are grouped with local artist/performers. A number of sets include movement and all the sets will have live video. 12:00noon Brunch 2:00pm Rick Breault - laptop, Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar, Walter Wright - drums with Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher - reading 2:45pm Shayna Dulberger - bass, Chris Welcome - guitar, Ras Moshe - reeds, Paul Marion and Dave Robinson - reading 3:30pm LMNo: Lucio Megenon - guitar, Steve Norton - reeds 4:15pm Sunshine Soldier: Dustin Carlson - guitar, Brad Henkel - trumpet, Dave Miller - drums 5:00pm a duo: Audrey Chen - voice, cello, Valerie Keuhne - voice, cello Alyshia Lien - live art 6:00pm Potluck Dinner 8:00pm Bonnie Kane - reeds, Marc Bisson - guitar, Lou Cohen - laptop, Joshua Jefferson - reeds 8:30pm Audrey Chen - cello, Dave Miller - drums, Steve Norton - reeds, Dave Seidel - electronics 9:00pm Dustin Carlson - guitar, Emilie Mouchous - electronics, Morgan Evans-Weiler - violin, Crank Sturgeon - himself 9:30pm Sean Ali - double bass, Chris Welcome - guitar, Lou Bunk - ???, Id m Theftable - himself 10:00pm Brad Henkel - trumpet, Al Margolis - laptop, Jed Speare - laptop, Mickey O'Hara - ??? 10:30pm Valerie Keuhne - cello, Andrew Neumann - laptop, electronics, [open slot], [open slot] 11:00pm Tom Hamilton - electronics, [open slot], Erik Brown - electronics, Karen Langlie - cello 11:30pm Elwood Epps - trumpet, Ras Moshe - reeds, Kit Demos - double bass, electronics, Forbes Graham - trumpet, electronics 12:00am Shayna Dulberger - double bass, Lucio Menegon - guitar, Luther Gray - drums, Angela Sawyer - suitcase of acoustic delights 12:30am Dave Grollman - snare drum, [open slot], Kristen Elisabeth - bass, Kevin Frenette - guitar Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio, Aisha Cruse,Teresa 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 8:00 PM http://www.119gallery.org/ My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door to the gallery. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it
[Frameworks] Dragonfly Machines New video on You Tube
Hi folks, I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/2Tti3xyCDds. Dragonfly Machines is a live recording by Dr T, Video Mixing, Jim Hobbs, Alto Sax, and Eric Rosenthal drums. The piece was performed and recorded at Outpost 186, Cambridge MA, on Dec. 16, 2011. Boston is blessed with many fine jazz improvisers, and Jim and Eric are among the best. I had performed with Jim previously --- this was my first show with Eric. Enjoy our collective explorations. You are also invited to check out my still photography at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ -- 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
[Frameworks] Doctor T, Dave Bryant, Tim Mungenast and his Merry Men 02.11.12 Outpost 186
Hi folks, Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday at 8 PM. -- I'll be doing video improvisations with Dave Bryant -- Solo Keyboard and Tim Mungenast and his Merry Men Tim Mungenast -- Guitar and FX Michael Bloom (ex Cul de Sac) -- Bass and other strings, Jon Proudman (also ex Cul de Sac) -- drums with Special guest -- Dave Bryant (ex Ornette Coleman), Keyboards My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of computer-manipulated original material derived from my still photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- sometimes they simply co-exist. Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA Suggested donation, $10 617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.orghttp://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find my photo essay Improvisations from an Outpost http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to be of interest, -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Video Performance w musicians and dancers, Friday 01.20.12 Lowell MA
Hi folks, I'll be doing video improvisations at 119 Gallery (my favorite performance space) with some of my favorite musicians and dancers. I'm particularly excited to work with Junko and Glynis (two of my favorite cello players) together 7:30pm doors 8:00pm a duo: [Lowell] Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar, electronics Walter Wright - electronics, drums 8:30pm a quartet: Dustin Carlson - baritone guitar Joshua Jefferson - reeds Kit Demos - double bass, electronics Walter Wright - electronics 9:15:pm a larger group: Joe Burgio, Betty Wang - movement Glynis Lomon - cello, voice Junko Simons - cello Kit Demos - double bass, electronics with Dr T - video mix 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 http://www.119gallery.org/ My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door to the gallery. -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Broadmoor Reservation 12.22.11 Photo Essay on Flickr
Hi folks, I've posted a new photo essay (Broadmoor Reservation 12.22.11) on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157628600137569/ These photographs were taken shortly after the photos in my Railroad Overpass, Medfield MA 12.22.11 essay, Broadmoor Reservation in South Natick is run by the Audubon Society and is one of the most magically beautiful places in the western suburbs of Boston. My route home that day took me within a mile of Broadmoor, so I stopped there on my return trip. Broadmoor abounds with textures, reflections, shapes and shadows. There is a boardwalk over the wetlands near the entrance, and most of these photos were taken from that boardwalk. BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld -- 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
Re: [Frameworks] a more mainstream film question...
I imagine you've heard of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, but its worth a mention. At 1:04 PM -0500 12/26/11, Shelly Silver wrote: dear all: i'm looking for films that have young girls/heroines, an example would be miyazaki's spirited away, but could also be darker/funnier/whatever. doesn't have to but could be animation. this could include anything from silent to up to date. and also, if you want to throw in any favorite stories or books, that'd be great. oh, and happy holidays to this great unruly community! best, shelly ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- I rang a silent bell ... -- Robert Hunter ... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it -- Bob Dylan My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Video Performance 12.02 Lowell MA
Hi folks, I'll be doing video improvisations at 119 Gallery (my favorite performance space) as part of the below event. Kane Welcome Duo: [Brooklyn NY] Bonnie Kane - sax, flute, electronics, Chris Welcome - guitar + Equal Time: [MA NH] Thom Keith - saxophones, Forbes Graham - trumpet, Jonathan Paul - guitar, Tim Webb - bass, Mike Walsh - drums + Guerilla Toss: Andy Allen - saxophone, Simon Hanes - bass, Peter Negroponte - drums, Ian Kovac Jr - synth, Arian Shafiee - guitar + BopAnts: [MA NH] Marc Bisson - guitar, objects Joe Burgio - movement, Walter Wright - video I'll be doing video for the first two sets, and am looking forward to working with Chris and Forbes and some new friends. 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 8:00 PM http://www.119gallery.org/ My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door to the gallery. -- My photography can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D. Video Producer Image Processing Specialist Video for your HEAD!Boris FX http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better. -- Paul Bley ___ 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
