Re: [Frameworks] white screen

[Stephen Broomer]

Hi Gene & Jane,

I've never seen it but it sounds like a description I once read of Cat Film
for Katy and Cynthia by Standish Lawder. Does that sound right? Made for a
cat film festival in NYC...

Stephen




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> I’m drawing a blank on the title and maker of a film that begins all white
> and, after minutes of dark streaks, is revealed to be a cat drinking milk,
> shot from under the bowl.
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Re: [Frameworks] Electronic Soundtracks for Avant-Garde Films

[Stephen Broomer]

Albert,

I believe Ian Hugo's films had electronic soundtracks that predate many of the 
examples discussed here. Louis and Bebe Barron (who, with Forbidden Planet, 
gave commercial cinema its first electronic score) composed the sound for Bells 
of Atlantis (1953) but many of his later films (ex. Levitation) had electronic 
scores by David Horowitz.

Stephen




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On Dec 21, 2017, at 7:04 AM, Elena Duque 
> wrote:

Hello!

The films by Lillian Schwartz have very nice electronic music soundtracks:
http://lillian.com/films/

Bruce Conner's Crossroads, with music by Terry Riley and Patrick Gleeson

Not sure if sound experiments like Lis Rhodes or Robert Russett count...

2017-12-21 12:38 GMT+01:00 Albert Alcoz 
>:
Hello all,

After asking about jazz
​ and​
​ music an experimental film
​, ​
and feeling grateful for all the answers​, I was wondering about the 
connections between early electronic music and avant-garde film.
​ ​
Recently I watched OFFON (1967-72) by Scott Bartlett with a “sound composition” 
by Manny Meyer.

Again, there should be plenty of avant-garde films where the soundtrack is 
instrumental electronic music or experimental
​abstract ​
sound created with magnetic tape recorders, synthesizers, electronic tools, etc.

Maybe one question would be to define what is considered to be early electronic 
music but anyway, lets try it.

Does anyone remember some other avant-garde films with
​early ​
electronic music
​ from the 50's, 60's, 70's even 80's​
?

Right now here’s the first list:

Cybernetik 5.3 (1968) by John Stehura. Music: Tod Dockstader.

Crystals (1968) by Herbert Loebel. Music: Michael Lloyd.

Rohfilm (1968) by Birgit & Wilhelm Hein. Music: Christian Michaelis.

Two Images for a Computer Piece (1969) by Lloyd Williams. Music: Vladimir 
Ussachevsky.

Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper (1970) by David Rimmer. Music: Don Druick.

Berlin Horse (1970) de Malcolm Le Grice. Music: Brian Eno.

Mutations (1973) by Lilian F. Schwartz. Music: Jean Claude Risset.

Several films by Dore O. and Werner Nekes with sountracks by Anthony Moore like 
Diwan (1973) or Kaskara (1974).

Riddles of the Sphinx (1977) by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen. Music: Mike 
Ratledge.

Thanks in advance,

Albert Alcoz

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Re: [Frameworks] Jazz Music and Avant-Garde Film

[Stephen Broomer]

Ah geez, can’t forget: Phill Niblock’s Magic Sun featuring Sun Ra & the 
Arkestra.

S

On Nov 8, 2017, at 8:03 AM, Stephen Broomer 
<stephen_broo...@hotmail.com<mailto:stephen_broo...@hotmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Albert,

Jack Chambers' R34 features a section of Ayler's Bells for the last stretch of 
it.

Joyce Wieland's Rat Life and Diet in North America has a violent cacophony of 
free jazz at the beginning that I've not been able to identify.

Joyce's Water Sark has an improvisational soundtrack by Carla Bley & Mike 
Mantler (of the Jazz Composers Orchestra) with Ray Jessel (Broadway composer 
and later novelty songwriter).

Likewise, her Peggy's Blue Skylight is named for the Mingus composition and 
features Paul Bley playing it on the soundtrack.

There are passages of jazz in the collage soundtracks of Arthur Lipsett. (Sorry 
for the Canada-centric response!)

I feel like there's a Kuchar movie that has the Scott Lafaro bass solo from 
Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz on the soundtrack...

There's another Hy Hirsch film, Gyromorphosis, that uses Django by the MJQ/John 
Lewis.

There's always Pull My Daisy.

Stephen

Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 8, 2017, at 3:14 AM, Albert Alcoz 
<albertal...@gmail.com<mailto:albertal...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Hello,

I was wondering about the connections between jazz music and avant-garde film 
after watching Bridges-Go-Round (1958) by Shirley Clarke, with the soundtrack 
version created by Teo Macero.

There should be plenty of avant-garde and experimental films where the 
soundtrack is instrumental jazz music. Maybe the field of Visual Music should 
be the most represented but i'm sure there are other films like the one by 
Michael Snow that uses, in this case, free jazz music or improvisation.

Does anyone remember some other avant-garde films with jazz soundtracks?

Right my list is as follows:

Begone Dull Care (1949) by Norman McLaren. Music by Oscar Peterson

Films No. 1 (1948) by Harry Smith. Music by Dizzy Gillespie

Chasse des Touches (1959) by Hy Hirsh. Music by Thelonious Monk

Catalog (1961) by John Whitney. Music by Ornette Coleman

New York Eye and Ear Control (1964) by Michael Snow. Music by Albert Ayler, Don 
Cherry, etc.

Thanks in advance,

Albert Alcoz


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Re: [Frameworks] Jazz Music and Avant-Garde Film

[Stephen Broomer]

Hi Albert,

Jack Chambers' R34 features a section of Ayler's Bells for the last stretch of 
it.

Joyce Wieland's Rat Life and Diet in North America has a violent cacophony of 
free jazz at the beginning that I've not been able to identify.

Joyce's Water Sark has an improvisational soundtrack by Carla Bley & Mike 
Mantler (of the Jazz Composers Orchestra) with Ray Jessel (Broadway composer 
and later novelty songwriter).

Likewise, her Peggy's Blue Skylight is named for the Mingus composition and 
features Paul Bley playing it on the soundtrack.

There are passages of jazz in the collage soundtracks of Arthur Lipsett. (Sorry 
for the Canada-centric response!)

I feel like there's a Kuchar movie that has the Scott Lafaro bass solo from 
Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz on the soundtrack...

There's another Hy Hirsch film, Gyromorphosis, that uses Django by the MJQ/John 
Lewis.

There's always Pull My Daisy.

Stephen

Sent from my iPhone
On Nov 8, 2017, at 3:14 AM, Albert Alcoz 
> wrote:

Hello,

I was wondering about the connections between jazz music and avant-garde film 
after watching Bridges-Go-Round (1958) by Shirley Clarke, with the soundtrack 
version created by Teo Macero.

There should be plenty of avant-garde and experimental films where the 
soundtrack is instrumental jazz music. Maybe the field of Visual Music should 
be the most represented but i'm sure there are other films like the one by 
Michael Snow that uses, in this case, free jazz music or improvisation.

Does anyone remember some other avant-garde films with jazz soundtracks?

Right my list is as follows:

Begone Dull Care (1949) by Norman McLaren. Music by Oscar Peterson

Films No. 1 (1948) by Harry Smith. Music by Dizzy Gillespie

Chasse des Touches (1959) by Hy Hirsh. Music by Thelonious Monk

Catalog (1961) by John Whitney. Music by Ornette Coleman

New York Eye and Ear Control (1964) by Michael Snow. Music by Albert Ayler, Don 
Cherry, etc.

Thanks in advance,

Albert Alcoz


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Re: [Frameworks] Vegetable films?

[Stephen Broomer]

Joyce’s Rat Life and Diet in North America

The rats move north to Canada and grow vegetables - no DDTs!

Stephen

On Sep 12, 2017, at 9:14 PM, lagonaboba 
> wrote:

Another from Frampton, regrettably neither contemporary nor “by frameworkers 
here” (unless Hollis is here from the Bardo)
Works and Days, 1969, 12:00min.   see FMC

one of Joyce Wieland’s films (some frameworker surely knows which) contains the 
Beach Boy’s song Vegetable.

bob harris

ps.  if you accept ethnographic films as “experimental” (and i don’t know why 
you would but the A-G category excludes some brilliant non-narrative 
non-feature films)
there are some wonderful films about agriculture by such filmmakers as John 
Marshall and Robert Gardner.
Gardner and Karl Muller’s Land Divers of Melanesia  concerns a yam harvest.
distributed by DER, which has an entire “Agriculture” section in their index of 
films.





On Sep 12, 2017, at 7:53 AM, Richard Ashrowan 
> wrote:

Hi all,

I'm putting together an experimental film screening "In Praise of Vegetables", 
(to happen in Scotland, on 27th November).

I would really welcome some suggestions. Initially thinking of some works such 
as Suzan Pitt's Asparagus (1978), Barbara Hammer's Women I Love (1976), Hollis 
Frampton's Carrots & Peas (1969) - I could certainly use some more contemporary 
recommendations, and anything made by frameworkers here.

Many thanks,

Richard

Richard Ashrowan
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival
Next edition: 3-7 May 2018
Hawick, Scottish Borders
Submissions: http://alchemyfilmfestival.org.uk/2017/submissions/
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Re: [Frameworks] Experimental Christmas films

[Stephen Broomer]

Lights, by Marie Menken.

SB


> On Nov 14, 2016, at 9:55 AM, Gene Youngblood  wrote:
> 
> Here are George Kuchar’s Christmas diaries. Descriptions are at VDB. 
> 
> 1985 Thanks Giving NY CA,  55:30 
> 1986 XMAS 1986, 36:51  
> 1987 Xmas 1987 New Years, 14:00  
> 1988 Return to the House of Pain, 27:00  
> 1989 Fill Thy Crack With Whiteness, 14:35   
> 1989 The Migration of the Blubberoids, 11:00 
> 1991 The Holiday Xmas Video of ’91, 20:00  
> 1992 Pilgrimage,  29:00  
> 1994 Dingle Berry Jingles, 21:00 
> 1994 Holidaze, 15:30  
> 1996 The Gift of Gab, 17:30   
> 1996 Homes for the Holidays, 23:00
> 1998 The Flakes of Winter,  35:00   
> 2000 Yuletide Surfers, 15:00   
> 2001 Murmurs of the Hearth, 12:00  
> 2002 Holiday Harbor, 14:00
> 2004 Lumps of Joy, 14:00  
> 2005 Song of the Whoopee Wind, 12:00   
> 2007 Frigid Escapades, 09:27 
> 2008 X mass, 07:20   
> 2009 Art Space, 10:00
> 2009 The Unmentionables, 14:25 
> 2010 Calorie Cottage, 10:00
> 2010 Tummy Ache Times, 25:00 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 14, 2016, at 5:54 AM, Harriet Warman 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Dear FrameWorks community, 
>> 
>> I'm planning a screening at the beginning of December for an audience which 
>> will include (hopefully) some people who have little to no experience 
>> viewing experimental/artist's film. 
>> I'd like to show one or two Christmas/festive themed works and I'd welcome 
>> any suggestions you might have for works I should consider. They could 
>> involve anything we might associate with the 'festive' season, even if it's 
>> just the presence of snow. 
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance for your suggestions. 
>> 
>> Harriet. 
>> 
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>> Producer
>> Alchemy Film & Arts
>> Next Edition of Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival: 2-5 March 2017
>> Hawick, Scottish Borders
>> http://www.alchemyfilmfestival.org.uk
>> 
>> Scotland + Venice 2017 http://scotlandandvenice.com/years/2017/
>> 
>> Alchemy Community Engagement (ACE)
>> 
>> FB: http://www.facebook.com/alchemyfilmfestival
>> Twitter: @alchemyfilmfest
>> 
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Re: [Frameworks] 40 years of VHS - short video recommendations?

[Stephen Broomer]

Hi Richard,

Christine Lucy Latimer has used VHS to make some very interesting work dealing 
with the format's aesthetic character.

The Pool comes to mind -- https://vimeo.com/32115389

I screened this work about three years ago and seem to remember her entrusting 
me with an exhibition copy on a shiny red VHS tape.

Stephen


On Sep 12, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Richard Ashrowan 
> wrote:

40 years of experimental VHS.

We're working on a programme of shorts, aiming to celebrate the 40th 
anniversary of VHS. I would love to hear some recommendations for both early 
canonical and more recent works that deal in specific and contrasting ways with 
the experimental possibilities of the medium.

I do appreciate that this question is too big, for a 90m screening, and a bit 
like asking if anyone knows any good experimental films...  but if anyone feels 
like suggesting a few starting points, it would be most appreciated.

Very best,

Richard Ashrowan
Alchemy: www.alchemyfilmfestival.org.uk
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Re: [Frameworks] Experimental Films on Farming/ Agriculture

[Stephen Broomer]

I saw The Loom for the first time a few weeks ago - much of it is shot from 
fixed vantage points looking into a chicken pen (the image becomes layered - 
other barnyard animals enter - painted images are superimposed, as are flames, 
if memory serves). Perhaps others can correct me if my description here is 
inaccurate; but I think it fits very well with what Heath is asking after, as a 
film of animal agricultural.

I'd also recommend Richard Kerr's Hawkesville to Wallenstein, a film of Amish 
farmers in Waterloo County in Canada.

Stephen


From: FrameWorks  on behalf of Andy 
Ditzler 
Sent: January 15, 2016 10:07 AM
To: Experimental Film Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Experimental Films on Farming/ Agriculture

Lots of Anne Charlotte Robertson's work, especially Melon Patches and Emily 
Died.

Robbie Land's Matters of Bioluminessence has a section depicting growth of 
mushrooms/fungi.

Animals: lots of Brakhage. I haven't seen The Loom (1986), but by description 
it may qualify - depending on how strict a definition of agriculture you have 
in mind.

I once saw a Ben van Meter film - I think it was made later than the 60s work 
for which he's best known - about a chicken farmer on LSD.


Andy Ditzler
Founder and curator, Film Love: www.filmlove.org
Co-founder, John Q collective: www.johnq.org



On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Heath Iverson 
> wrote:
Any suggestions on avant-garde/experimental films that deal with any aspects of 
farming/gardening/plant or animal agriculture?

A few examples might be Marjorie Keller's Answering Furrow or Lucien 
Castaing-Taylor's Sweetgrass. Other ideas?

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Re: [Frameworks] Experimental Films on Farming/ Agriculture

[Stephen Broomer]

Hi Heath,


There's always Jack Chambers' Hybrid. I wrote something about it here: 
https://cfmdcresidentscholar.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/on-jack-chambers-hybrid/


Stephen

[https://cfmdcresidentscholar.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/hybrid_7.jpg?w=1200]<https://cfmdcresidentscholar.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/on-jack-chambers-hybrid/>

On Jack Chambers' 
Hybrid<https://cfmdcresidentscholar.wordpress.com/2015/12/17/on-jack-chambers-hybrid/>
cfmdcresidentscholar.wordpress.com
By Stephen Broomer The following text is an excerpt from my ongoing writings on 
the films of Jack Chambers. It deals with Hybrid (1967), Chambers' second film, 
made in outrage over the Vietnam War






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Subject: [Frameworks] Experimental Films on Farming/ Agriculture

Any suggestions on avant-garde/experimental films that deal with any aspects of 
farming/gardening/plant or animal agriculture?

A few examples might be Marjorie Keller's Answering Furrow or Lucien 
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Re: [Frameworks] digital to 16mm print out?

[Stephen Broomer]

Hi John,

I've had excellent experience with Niagara Custom Lab in Toronto, who 
rephotographed five of my films -- they were very conscientious and did a 
number of tests to confirm best results.

And if by chance you ever visit Canada by way of Toronto, LIFT has excellent 
facilities for doing this kind of work yourself, in the form of an Oxberry 
16/35 animation stand with a 4k monitor, automatically advancing by a custom 
PureData program.

I have also rephotographed directly off of a monitor in 'real time' with 
excellent results, a scan of which can be found here: https://vimeo.com/60929527

Stephen

> On Nov 4, 2015, at 9:46 AM, "John Warren"  wrote:
> 
> hello Frameworks,
> 
> I have a 16mm project that I’ve edited digitally and am now looking to have a 
> lab print out the file to 16mm. I see there are a few places around that 
> offer this service, but am curious if anybody on the list has a lab they 
> might recommend?
> 
> peace, jw
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[Frameworks] 8 fest call for submissions

[Stephen Broomer]

Dear Frameworkers,

On behalf of the 8 fest, Toronto’s small-gauge film festival, I’m pleased to 
announce the call for submissions for our 2016 festival, pasted below.

Please send completed submission forms (available at http://the8fest.com) along 
with film or preview to:

the8fest Small-Gauge Film Festival
408 Queen Street West, #7
Toronto, OntarioM5V 2A7
Canada

The deadline for submissions is September 30. Please note that we do not 
exhibit projects on video or digital.

If you have any questions, please contact the8f...@gmail.com.

Stephen Broomer


CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: the8fest 2016

INTRODUCTION
the8fest seeks your 8mm, Super-8, 9.5mm or other small gauge film projects 
(such as loops and installations) for our 2016 installment next January 29th to 
31st.

Films can be:
- Experimental, animated, personal, handmade
- Diary and essay films, documentaries
- Live performance and music mixed with film
- Films from everyday culture - historical footage, home movies

the8fest exhibits all work on film which means celluloid. Works selected for 
the festival, therefore, must be finished on small-gauge film (8mm, Super-8, 
9.5 mm., Ultra Pan 8). We do not exhibit projects on video or digital.

the8fest uses professional small-gauge projection equipment including Elmo 
GS-1200 and ST-1200 models. Our technicians and programmers have many years 
experience specializing in small-gauge film formats and technology. The 
greatest care will be taken in handling, previewing, and projecting films.

Submission forms online at http://the8fest.com

DEADLINE: September 30, 2015

GUIDELINES:
No Submission Fee!
- First-time filmmakers, youth,  under-serviced communities welcome!
- Submissions can be sent either on film or on a preview copy on DVD, mini-DV 
or VHS formats or by link to online preview video (sorry we can't accept video 
files by email or file transfer at this time  PLEASE NOTE: Exhibition is on 
film only.)
- Our New Works program is limited to films from the past 5 years, but we’re 
always curious to include older projects in other programs. Please feel free to 
get in touch if you have older work you think we would be interested in 
previewing.
- Please include film/project description, artist biography, and filmography. 
-  Artist fees (screening fees) paid to all selected films/projects.
- Application requires the film/project be available for exhibition in Toronto 
from January 29 to 31, 2016 - Sound on film, separate sound CD/cassette and 
live performance/narration can all be accomodated. For separate or “wild” 
sound, please record the soundtrack so that it cues at first image, or provide 
clear instructions as to when to start the sound.
-  Please note that the8fest will screen what is sent to us. The leader with 
the film will be removed, unless the leader is itself part of the film. 
the8fest’s projectionist assembles the accepted films into sequenced 
programmes, so applicants should make it clear where the projectionist can or 
should cut.
- MP3, AIFF, WAV, or other compressed audio (sound) files can be sent by email.
- Cueing instructions should be included and clearly stated.
-. Filmmakers with separate sound should not expect exact audio synchronisation 
with their picture.
-
 For installations or performances: Please include detailed technical 
requirements and any equipment needs. We have limited resources for 
non-projection equipment (e.g. lights, multiple mics, etc.) - the more 
information the better!

SEND YOUR COMPLETED SUBMISSION FORM + FILM OR PREVIEW + OTHER INFORMATION TO:

the8fest Small-Gauge Film Festival
408 Queen Street West, #7
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2A7
Canada

**Please send all original films/previews by a postal service with electronic 
package tracking. U.S. and international submissions please attach an accurate 
customs declaration, such as” Preview material for film festival. No financial 
transaction.”
 Please do not send submissions from the U.S. via UPS (United Parcel Service).

CONTACT AND QUESTIONS:
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the8fest is made possible through the generous support of The Canada Council 
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Re: [Frameworks] FONT options for Titles

[Stephen Broomer]

Hi Shumona,

I can’t speak to whether there used to be a standard font, however, if you see 
a font that you like in a film, you can use a font identifier website like this 
one: https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/ https://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

Just take a screen cap and upload it and it will give you a range of fonts that 
are the same or similar.

It’s my experience from having rephotographed a number of films from digital 
intermediates that the harsh digital look of titles softens through photography 
to 16mm or Super 8. For example, the title at the head of this, which was 
generated in Photoshop and then rephotographed to 16mm (this is a scan from 
16mm). I believe this was in the Optima family: https://vimeo.com/60809200 
https://vimeo.com/60809200

Another possible option would be to use traditional graphic design tools and 
forego generating titles with a computer altogether. For example, you could 
choose a font you like and search for a letraset sheet of it, etch out the 
titles onto card stock and shoot them on the animation stand. I’ve done that a 
few times and I think it’s pretty effective.

Hope this helps!
Stephen


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 Dear Frameworks,
 
 We have recently made a short 16mm film / Super 8 too.
 
 We are planning to shoot the titles with an animation stand this week.  We 
 have found the font options are very digital looking and wonder if there is a 
 standard font that used to be used for titles. 
 
 Sorry for the banality of this question!
 
 Warmest,
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Re: [Frameworks] Films about painting as action/gesture

[Stephen Broomer]

Herb,

A couple of examples from Canada:

Jack Chambers' R-34 (1967). This is Chambers' film of the neo-Dada collagist 
and painter Greg Curnoe, which mixes footage of Curnoe at work in his studio 
with scenes from his daily life and his community in London, Ontario; Chambers' 
editing mirrors Curnoe's collage aesthetics. http://www.cfmdc.org/node/1126 

Jaimz Asmundson's The Magus (2011), about his father C. Graham Asmundson, very 
much concerned with the action of painting - https://vimeo.com/18862721

SB

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 Kim Beom, Yellow Scream! It's fantastic, and sounds like it's exactly what 
 you're looking for — it is predicated on gesture (vocal as well as physical). 
 Saw it at the Walker a year or so ago!
 
 http://blogs.walkerart.org/visualarts/2012/12/06/now-streaming-kim-beoms-yellow-scream-2012/
 
 
 Best,
 Anna
 
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 Subject: [Frameworks] Films about painting as action/gesture
 Hello all,
 
  
 
 Here is something I’ve been thinking about lately: films/videos that show the 
 action of someone painting. For my project, I’m not really interested in docs 
 about painters discussing their work and their philosophies, but rather films 
 or documentation of artists in the act of putting “paint” to “canvas”, no 
 matter how unconventional or abstract. Some mixture of discussion and 
 activity is fine, but the emphasis should be on the action.
 
  
 
 I’m thinking about things like the film documentation of Yves Klein’s 
 Anthropometries painting-performances or John Baldessari’s Six Colorful 
 Inside Jobs, for example.
 
  
 
 Thanks in advance for any help!
 
 Herb Shellenberger
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Re: [Frameworks] films/videos using/made up of text

[Stephen Broomer]

Joyce Wieland uses text prominently in several of her films: 1933, Reason Over 
Passion, Sailboat, Solidarity, Pierre Vallieres. Mike Rice mentioned Hollis 
Frampton -- Frampton collaborated on the alphabetical permutations of text of 
Wieland's Reason Over Passion.
There's a short chapter on text and film in Bruce Elder's book on Canadian 
experimental film, Image and Identity (1989), The Relation of Text and Image: 
Postmodernist Strategies, 293-295. There he also mentions Patricia Gruben's 
The Central Character, and his own films 1857: Fool's Gold, Illuminated Texts, 
and Lamentations.
Stephen
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 Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 12:42:24 -0500
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 Subject: [Frameworks] films/videos using/made up of text
 
 dear collective knowledge base folks:
 i'm compiling a list of works using text/made up of text.  i'm especially 
 interested in works by women.
 
 thank you!
 
 best,
 shelly
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Re: [Frameworks] Cinema Siblings

[Stephen Broomer]

Pardon the correction: Charles and Ray Eames were not siblings, they were 
married.
If they've not been mentioned yet: the Polonia Brothers. Not avant-garde, but 
certainly out there.

Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 14:22:43 -0700
From: kelly.se...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Cinema Siblings

Charles and Ray Eames

On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Sean Weitzel panaf...@gmail.com wrote:

How about Albert and David Maysles ?



On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Jesse Malmed jesse.mal...@gmail.com wrote:

Frameworkers—
While assembling a mental list I remembered that the internet is great at 
conjuring mentalists. For a screening or a class or just to have and know, who 
are some other sibling pairs (or more— - —) in the world of artist-made moving 
images?



I have: 







George and Mike Kuchar, 
Jonas and Adolfas Mekas, 
James and John Whitney, 
Paul and Greg Sharits, 

All brothers. Surely there are sisters and other sibling formations. I'm 
interested in both those groupings that collaborate(d) and those that 
don't/haven't/didn't. 




Jesse
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505.690.7899 // jesse.mal...@gmail.com


www.jessemalmed.net // www.deepleap.net

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Re: [Frameworks] Ronald Nameth's Exploding Plastic Inevitable

[Stephen Broomer]

Hi Stefan,
When my restoration of John Hofsess's Palace of Pleasure was screened at 
Cinematheque Ontario in 2009, it was presented alongside a 16mm print of 
Nameth's EPI that was in (I thought) excellent shape. You may wish to contact 
Andréa Picard, James Quandt, or Steve Gravestock (all at the Toronto Film 
Festival), as one of them would know where they sourced the print from.
Best,Stephen Broomer

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Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 12:09:10 -0400
Subject: [Frameworks] Ronald Nameth's Exploding Plastic Inevitable




Dear Frameworkers,

Does anyone know  of any prints of Ronald Nameth's film Andy Warhol's 
Exploding Plastic Inevitable that are still available for exhibition?

Best,

Stefan Grabowski
co-curator, Balagan Film Series
http://balaganfilms.com
  

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Re: [Frameworks] Stephen Brommer's new silent experimental UltraPan8 work Blue Guitar

[Stephen Broomer]

Geez Nick, twice! Thanks for the correction, and for the announcement! Hope all 
is well.

On 2013-06-20, at 4:21 PM, Nicholas Kovats nkov...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello everyone,
 
 I am pleased to announce Stephen Brommer's new silent experimental
 UltraPan8 work called Blue Guitar. A beautiful abstract study shot
 locally here in Toronto, i.e. http://tinyurl.com/kh7anyz  Ektachrome
 100D Processing by Niagara Custom Labs with scan by bitworks.org.
 
 Nicholas
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Re: [Frameworks] WAVELENGTHS 2012

[Stephen Broomer]

A correction: Shambhavi Kaul, director of 21 Chitrakoot, is mistakenly
referred to as 'Shambvani Kaul' in the press release that I attached. My
apologies for this error.

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Stephen Broomer sbroo...@tiff.net wrote:

 Dear Frameworkers,



 Please find attached the press release for the 2012 edition of Wavelengths
 at the Toronto International Film Festival.



 Wavelengths, the Toronto International Film Festival’s curated
 presentation of the best in international avant-garde film and video
 expands its reach with 47 films of various lengths, including in this
 year’s lineup titles that would previously have been seen in the Visions
 programme. The programme widens its spectrum to include formally inventive,
 daring narratives, and documentary features. Four thematic shorts
 programmes screen over the Festival’s opening weekend (September 7 to 10),
 with work by legendary experimental filmmakers, emerging talent and
 internationally renowned artists such as Thomas Demand, Francesca Woodman,
 William E. Jones and Luther Price (who also has an exhibition as part of
 the Festival’s Future Projections programme).



 Longer works screen over the duration of the Festival. Highlights include
 Nicolas Rey’s 16mm philosophical fable *differently, Molussia*; the Chris
 Marker-esque *The Last Time I Saw Macao *by Portuguese duo João Pedro
 Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata; anthropologist-artist-filmmakers
 Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paraval’s tour de force portrait of
 commercial fishing, *Leviathan*; world premieres by Matías Piñeiro, Joana
 Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, as well as the Locarno Film Festival’s
 double-award winner *When Night Falls *by Ying Liang. Launching with
 rapturous cinephile favourites, Wavelengths sets the framework for
 experimentation of all kinds at the Festival.



 Information on screening dates and more information on individual works
 can be found at
 http://tiff.net/thefestival/filmprogramming/programmes/wavelengths. The
 Wavelengths avant-garde shorts programmes are screening September 7 to 10
 in Jackman Hall at the Art Gallery of Ontario.



 Stephen Broomer

 Publicist, Wavelengths

 Toronto International Film Festival

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Re: [Frameworks] a more mainstream film question...

[Stephen Broomer]

Nobuhiko Ohbayashi's Hausu - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hausu - and to throw 
in some relevant objects from other media, Henry Darger's The Story of the 
Vivian Girls and John Ashbery's Girls on the Run.

On 2011-12-26, at 5:17 PM, Michele Smith wrote:

 ...Zazie dans le metro, Alice in Wonderland, Forbidden Games...
 
 Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:03:45 -0500
 From: rbarna...@gmail.com
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 Subject: Re: [Frameworks] a more mainstream film question...
 
 mulan
 
 On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Shelly Silver silver...@earthlink.net 
 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
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