Re: [Frameworks] An animal is not a metaphor - special program at 62nd AAFF

2024-03-28 Thread Stephen Anker
Looks good, Kornelia. I wish I could be there.have a great time! Steve On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 8:07 PM Kornelia Boczkowska < kornelia.boczkow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > There’s a special program on animals in experimental film at the AAFF. > Perhaps it might of interest to those

Re: [Frameworks] Luther Price Event -- March 28 -- Evanston, IL

2024-03-26 Thread Stephen Anker
Wonderful to hear that you're showing this, Patrick. Tara was in San Francisco last night and gave a deeply moving presentation of Luther's slides. What great work! My best, Steve On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 1:50 PM Patrick Friel wrote: > Hello All! > > For those of you in/near Chicago/Evanston,

[Frameworks] Willie Varela

2024-02-27 Thread Stephen Anker
> > Dear Framework Friends, > I just learned the sad news from his family, that pioneering Chicano experimental filmmaker Willie Varela passed away on Saturday, February 24th. Willie made a large body of Super 8mm and digital work over a span of more than fifty years, and he had a deeply

Re: [Frameworks] A rare screening: six films by me in St. Louis on February 10

2024-02-05 Thread Stephen Anker
Congratulations, Fred. Have a great time in St. Louis. My best, Steve On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 8:52 PM Fred Camper wrote: > The first five are very early, around 55 years old, and the last, four > minutes long, was made last year, on video, being shown in a film print. > The venue is named after

[Frameworks] Cauleen Smith Screenings at PFA in Berkeley

2024-02-05 Thread Stephen Anker
Friends in the Bay Area are invited to three screenings I curated of films by widely celebrated artist-filmmaker Cauleen Smith at the Pacific Film Archive this Thursday through Sunday, February 8, 9 and 11. All programs include short films that are rarely seen and the first, on February 8, will

Re: [Frameworks] Peter Herwitz Contact Information

2023-12-26 Thread Stephen Anker
Hi Paul, I'm sorry to say that Peter passed away last September after a protracted illness. To the best of my knowledge, his films aren't available at this time, although someone else on Frameworks might know otherwise. Peter was a profoundly gifted artist and human being, and his absence is being

Re: [Frameworks] East Coast tour of A Synesthete's Atlas

2023-09-24 Thread Stephen Anker
Good work Eric! Have a great time on this trip if we don't reconnect before you leave. Best, Steve On Fri, Sep 22, 2023 at 1:33 PM Eric Theise wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been manipulating projected digital maps in collaboration with > musicians and sound artists as a form of expanded cinema

Re: [Frameworks] Chic Strand

2023-08-31 Thread Stephen Anker
Thanks for the heads up, Dominic. On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 5:26 PM Dominic Angerame wrote: > A very belated obit of Chick Strand in the New York Times. > > https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/31/obituaries/chick-strand-overlooked.html > > Dominic > > Another example of how West Coast filmmakers can

Re: [Frameworks] Patricia R. Zimmermann

2023-08-20 Thread Stephen Anker
I'm deeply sorry to hear about this, Scott. Although I didn't know Patricia myself, her writing informed my own work over the years. A sad and premature loss. My best, Steve On Sun, Aug 20, 2023 at 5:53 AM Scott MacDonald wrote: > Dear FRAMEWORKERS, > > The unexpected death of Patricia R.

Re: [Frameworks] Kenneth Anger

2023-05-25 Thread Stephen Anker
Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/05/24/kenneth-anger-hollywood-babylon-dead/ On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 12:05 PM Adam Hyman wrote: > LA Times: > > > https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-05-24/kenneth-anger-dies > > > > NY Times: > > >

Re: [Frameworks] A new book: Lost Highways, Embodied Travels & thanks

2023-03-11 Thread Stephen Anker
Dear Kornelia, Congratulations on this achievement. Your list of films is vast, and includes a remarkably thorough treatment of the subject. I hope it finds its way into many schools and public libraries. My best, Steve On Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 10:13 AM Kornelia Boczkowska <

Re: [Frameworks] Louise Greaves

2023-03-07 Thread Stephen Anker
Sorry to hear it, Scott. Another important piece of cinema history has now been removed from our lives. Steve On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 6:42 AM Scott MacDonald wrote: > Dear Frameworkers, > >I thought you might want to know that Louise Archambault Greaves, > the widow of filmmaker William

[Frameworks] Cauleen Smith Retrospective

2023-03-02 Thread Stephen Anker
Dear Frameworkers, I'm happy to announce a three program series of short films and a performance by LA-based artist Cauleen Smith, sponsored by the Hammer Museum and UCLA Film and Television Archive, that will be held on Thursday, March 9, through Saturday, march 11. Here are links to the events:

Re: [Frameworks] Book Launch: Una luz revelada. El cine experimental argentino.

2022-09-16 Thread Stephen Anker
Congratulations, Pablo! wonderful news. I look forward to reading it. My best, Steve On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 1:15 AM pablo marin < anticipationoftheni...@gmail.com> wrote: > [SPANISH POST] > > Queridxs amigxs, > > Espero que este correo les encuentre muy bien. > > Escribo para compartir que,

Re: [Frameworks] Deserts and experimental film

2021-11-27 Thread Stephen Anker
*Alaya* by Nathaniel Dorsky, made with sands from different deserts of the world. On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 2:01 AM Albert Alcoz wrote: > Hello Frameworkers, > > Can someone recommend books, texts and films concerning the relation > between the deserts and experimental film and video? > >

Re: [Frameworks] American avant-garde filmmakers and exploitation

2021-11-08 Thread Stephen Anker
Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler Morgan Fisher Betzy Bromberg On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 1:18 PM jared ashburn wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know of any American avant-garde filmmakers who also worked on > low-budget features, B or exploitation films in the late 60s and 70s? This > could be in any

Re: [Frameworks] First Look 20/21 Experimental Films at Museum of the Moving Image

2021-07-28 Thread Stephen Anker
Good work, Becca! Wish I could be there. Best, Steve On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 7:48 AM Becca Keating wrote: > This weekend Museum of the Moving Image will present experimental programs > as part of its annual First Look Festival of New York Premieres. > > The programs will feature new work from