Re: [Frameworks] Original soundtrack recordings of Avant-Garde films

2019-12-09 Thread Steve Polta
Cinema Archives. Best, Steve Polta On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 2:43 PM Petri Kuljuntausta wrote: > This compilation CD contains soundtracks of experimental video works: > > V/A: MUU FOR EARS 4 (CD, 2010, 'soundtrack compilation') > > 1.Jakob Norgren – Music Box, 2:46. Video: Pasi

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS 2020 — Call for Entries

2019-10-24 Thread Steve Polta
/click?u=e83cf6551de4c56a967b7aede=aa10b756cc=7c9fa58b8c> is Cinematheque’s annual* film festival*, dedicated to the exhibition of contemporary avant-garde film, video and performance. *CROSSROADS is curated annually by Cinematheque’s Artistic Director Steve Polta.* *A history of CROSSROADS (i

Re: [Frameworks] identify experimental film

2019-04-19 Thread Steve Polta
Scott Stark: *Degrees of Limitation* https://vimeo.com/222956359 On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 10:05 AM Philip Brubaker wrote: > Hi listserv - > I am trying to find the name of an experimental film and its > filmmaker. It was made in the 1970's-1980's I believe, in San > Francisco. It's a silent,

Re: [Frameworks] Expanded cinema and experimental music

2019-02-21 Thread Steve Polta
/. San Francisco Cinematheque also published an essay by her which you (or your friend or anyone with internet access) can download for free here <http://www.sfcinematheque.org/product/publications2/perpetual-motion-zine/>. Best regards, Steve Polta On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 2:18 AM Esp

[Frameworks] Call for Submissions: CRAIG BALDWIN—Science in Action

2019-02-12 Thread Steve Polta
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS INCITE: Journal of Experimental and San Francisco Cinematheque Craig Baldwin: Science in Action *(working title)* Editors: Brett Kashmere and Steve Polta Submission Deadline: August 1, 2019 Projected Publication Date: November 2020 INCITE: Journal of Experimental Media

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS Film Festival 2019 — Call for Entries

2018-10-10 Thread Steve Polta
June 2019 at SFMOMA Early Entry Deadline: November 20, 2019 View this email in your browser [image: San Francisco Cinematheque]

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS 2018: Early submission deadline is TODAY!

2017-11-30 Thread Steve Polta
[image: San Francisco Cinematheque] Jamilah Sabur: *Playing Possum — *Diana Barrie: *Last Train — *Greta Snider: *Rendition* *San Francisco Cinematheque announces* *CROSSROADS 2018*

Re: [Frameworks] San Francisco Cinematheque: CROSSROADS 2018 — Call For Entries!

2017-10-12 Thread Steve Polta
Esperanza Collado < esperanzacolla...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hola Steve! > > Is there any discount for Frameworkers? > > :) > > > El El jue, 28 sept 2017 a las 23:37, Steve Polta <steve.po...@gmail.com> > escribió: > >> >> Submit Films Now! >> Fa

[Frameworks] San Francisco Cinematheque: CROSSROADS 2018 — Call For Entries!

2017-09-28 Thread Steve Polta
Submit Films Now! Fall Season Begins September 14...! View this email in your browser [image: San Francisco Cinematheque]

Re: [Frameworks] Seeking Projector Manual (Eiki EX-2000A)

2017-09-18 Thread Steve Polta
Ok ok. This is fun. But I'm really looking for info on the lamp's focusing knobs. Specifically on the white plastic cover that covers the knob that controls how close/far the lamp is to/from the lens/screen. Even more specifically I'm wondering if the loss of this plastic cap (like for example if

[Frameworks] San Francisco Cinematheque wants to hear from you!

2017-02-28 Thread Steve Polta
hanks so much for your consideration and your time. Best wished to all, Steve Polta Artistic Director/Archivist San Francisco Cinematheque ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] The Flicker

2017-02-27 Thread Steve Polta
screening of films by Conrad <http://www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/tony-conrad-completely-in-the-present-program-2-the-flicker-and-other-films/>, including *The Flicker* (remains to be seen whether the sndtk will be optical or CD). Steve Polta On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Esperan

Re: [Frameworks] experimental films with philosophical text?

2017-01-26 Thread Steve Polta
erg's Like a Dream that Vanishes* features an on-screen exegesis by philosopher (not the filmmaker) John Davis on Hume's consideration of miracles. http://www.barbarasternberg.com/Films/Like%20a%20Dream.htm All are, in my opinion, very interesting films. Steve Polta On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:37

Re: [Frameworks] Eiki EX-2000A power cords

2016-12-30 Thread Steve Polta
Nope. It's a round plug with two small round holes. On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote: > Doesn't that just take an Edison cord? A short extension cord should fit. > --scott > ___ > FrameWorks mailing list >

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS 2017: Submission Deadline is Nigh...

2016-12-12 Thread Steve Polta
, December 15!* Full Details on Submissions here: http://www.sfcinematheque.org/news-post/crossroads-call-for-entries/ Thank you! Steve Polta Artistic Director San Francisco Cinematheque ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https

Re: [Frameworks] 40 years of VHS - short video recommendations?

2016-09-12 Thread Steve Polta
collection," after which it was just placed outside the theater on the curb and vanished in ten minutes. Fun. Steve Polta <https://vimeo.com/75539914> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 1:03 PM, Stephen Broomer < stephen_broo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > Christine

[Frameworks] San Francisco Cinematheque Benefit Art Auction

2016-08-29 Thread Steve Polta
ion-le-musee-de-la-cinematheque-francaise-no-6> | May Wilson <https://www.artsy.net/artwork/may-wilson-hung-coil-1> | Kit Young <https://www.artsy.net/artwork/kit-young-a-sunny-place-for-breakfast-self-portrait-with-white-privilege>*SF Bay Area locals (and any others) please note t

[Frameworks] Gottheim's "Your Television Traveler"

2016-08-28 Thread Steve Polta
leads? Thanks. Steve Polta ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] question about a lens...

2016-04-22 Thread Steve Polta
Hi Dominic. This lens attachment is currently attached to a 50mm lens that is attached to an Eiki EX-2000A projector. Steve Polta On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Dominic Angerame < dominic.anger...@gmail.com> wrote: > What projector lens does this item screw into. > > > On

[Frameworks] question about a lens...

2016-04-21 Thread Steve Polta
o provides. I'd like to be able to communicate this info to someone but cannot find this information anywhere. Thanks for any useful feedback that can be provided. Steve Polta ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] out of date e6 chemicals

2016-01-19 Thread Steve Polta
realistic you would be disappointed but otherwise it can be very interesting...! Steve Polta On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Jason Halprin <jihalp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Karen is definitley right. They may not be perfect*, but the unexpected > errors can be very nice and very usable.

Re: [Frameworks] Texts / Works Bridging Early Cinema, Early Video, Early ___

2016-01-14 Thread Steve Polta
* <http://www.kellysears.com/Video/OnceItStartedItCouldNotEndOtherwise>, which (the film-within-the-film) is presented as "evidence" of a mysterious disaster which is described but also not described... Steve Polta On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Andy Ditzler <a...@andyditzler

Re: [Frameworks] Texts / Works Bridging Early Cinema, Early Video, Early ___

2016-01-14 Thread Steve Polta
o also being sync filmed. The result is then projected (so there's two of him on screen, rectangle within rectangle, receding) while he speaks, etc etc etc. 16mm feedback loop but not instantaneous; there's about a day lag between segments. No it's not endlessly ongoing; it's a different version on dif

Re: [Frameworks] Full screening list for "Filmworks 78-79" at the Kitchen?

2016-01-13 Thread Steve Polta
dates listed as May 1, 2, 3 1979. Let me know if you'd like to talk about swinging by to view this item. Steve Polta Archivist (and Artistic Director) San Francisco Cinematheque On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Courtney Fellion <fellion.co...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Frameworkers,

[Frameworks] in the street...

2016-01-09 Thread Steve Polta
considered (by those who know) to be "the soundtrack" or is it just some tacked-on track that is better off disregarded? Thanks. Steve Polta ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.co

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS Film Festival—Deadline Extended...

2016-01-05 Thread Steve Polta
Dear Frameworkers, Happy New Year to all. This note is to inform all interested parties that San Francisco Cinematheque has extended the submission deadline for CROSSROADS 2016, the seventh iteration of its annual film festival, to *January 15, 2016. *Please send your films! Details below. Direct

Re: [Frameworks] Patterns in a Mind's Eye: Seeing the Unnamable

2015-11-20 Thread Steve Polta
Hi Robert. I'd like more information on this screening. Is there a listing somewhere (e.g. on a website) that lists the actual films to be screened? Are these all films by you or are films by others included? It's hard (for me) to tell from this posting... On Fri, Nov 20, 2015 at 7:12 AM, Robert

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS 2016: call for entries...

2015-09-02 Thread Steve Polta
*SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE* announces *CROSSROADS 2016* *April 1–3* at San Francisco’s *Victoria Theater* *CALL FOR ENTRIES* *San Francisco Cinematheque *seeks submissions of recent films and videos for *CROSSROADS 2016*, the *seventh *manifestation of our annual film festival to be held *April

Re: [Frameworks] 16fps 16mm projectors?

2015-08-03 Thread Steve Polta
Brakhage viewing *Sleep *at 24fps and declaring it a farse, then at 16fps and declaring it a masterpiece. Not that Brakhage's word is unquestionable but this would make a huge difference in many of these films. As I'm sure most of us know... Steve Polta On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 5:26 PM, Scott

[Frameworks] Announcement! CROSSROADS touring packages now available!

2015-07-27 Thread Steve Polta
Ladies and Gentlemen, citizens of the world... San Francisco Cinematheque is extremely excited to announce that select programs from CROSSROADS 2015—the most recent (and successful!) iteration of our annual film festival—are now available for booking by interested venues worldwide in

Re: [Frameworks] Andrew Noren

2015-05-26 Thread Steve Polta
of the filmmaker's life, which, in his case, meant that they documented Noren's quite active sex life. I don't know the reason—his own privacy or his partners' perhaps?—but it was these scenes that Noren reportedly liberated. Good story and yes I believe it's true... Steve Polta On Mon, May 25, 2015

Re: [Frameworks] Andrew Noren

2015-05-25 Thread Steve Polta
Yes. Noren was an amazing filmmaker with an incredible body of work that threw done some serious aesthetic challenges and expressed, in purely visual terms, a very complex aesthetics-based philosophy that to me is incredibly deep and profound and still shakes me up to think about. I posted the

Re: [Frameworks] Andrew Noren

2015-05-25 Thread Steve Polta
it. It was wonderful, and as avant-garde is it gets. We were enchanted.” Carl Milwaukee -- *From:* FrameWorks frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com on behalf of Steve Polta steve.po...@gmail.com *Sent:* Monday, May 25, 2015 12:16 PM *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List

Re: [Frameworks] Women working in Expanded Cinema

2015-03-20 Thread Steve Polta
and collaborative groups include: Beige (San Francisco) Crater Collective (Barcelona) Trenchera Ensamble (Mexico City) OJOBOCA (Berlin) bye for now... Steve Polta On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Alex Balkam blueswingingd...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Frameworks, At the Atlantic Filmmakers

[Frameworks] Cinematheque's Art Auction—48 hours to go...!

2014-11-13 Thread Steve Polta
hope to see you there, or else we'll see you online! Best regards, Steve Polta Artistic Director San Francisco Cinematheque ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] NOW! Benefit Art Auction for San Francisco Cinematheque...

2014-11-05 Thread Steve Polta
...@sfcinematheque.org We hope to see you there, or else we'll see you online! Best regards, Steve Polta Artistic Director San Francisco Cinematheque ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS 2015: call for entries...

2014-10-15 Thread Steve Polta
SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE announces CROSSROADS 2015 April 10–12 at San Francisco’s Victoria Theater *CALL FOR ENTRIES* San Francisco Cinematheque seeks submissions of recent films and videos for CROSSROADS 2015, the sixth manifestation of our annual film festival to be held April 10–12 at San

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera BROKE!!!!!

2014-08-20 Thread Steve Polta
To me this sounds like a problem with the individual film cartridge you are using (like it is jammed somehow and the film can't move) and not the camera. Have you tried using another cartridge? On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:55 PM, ben.weinst...@mindspring.com wrote: Hey ive been shooting a lot

Re: [Frameworks] cat films

2014-08-16 Thread Steve Polta
Burroughs' short book, The Cat Inside is a wondrous and touching elaboration of his relationships with and to cats... Steve Polta On Aug 16, 2014 1:23 PM, Andy Ditzler a...@andyditzler.com wrote: George Kuchar's cat Blackie plays the crucial role of confessor in the video diary Rainy Season

Re: [Frameworks] cat films

2014-08-14 Thread Steve Polta
* Steve Polta On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 5:04 PM, Patrick Friel patrick.fr...@att.net wrote: In my one-month stint as Interim Program Director at Chicago Filmmakers earlier this summer, I programmed the INTERCAT '69 program for September. http://chicagofilmmakers.org/cf/content/intercat-69-part

Re: [Frameworks] Muybridge and moving image art

2014-05-15 Thread Steve Polta
In 2011, San Francisco Cinematheque and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art presented the event Muybridge in Three Movements that included film, dance and a Muybridge-driven conversation on cinematic space and time. The conversation was more of a reading by Rebecca Solnit from her book on

Re: [Frameworks] Looking for films about the radio and on air diffusion

2014-05-09 Thread Steve Polta
some of these have been mentioned but here are a few... Ernie Gehr: *Signal—Germany on the Air* Steven Matheson: *Apple Grown in Wind Tunnel* Greta Snider: *The Magic of Radio* Craig Baldwin: *Spectres of the Spectrum* Josh Gibson: *Kudzu Vine* Peggy Ahwesh: *73 Suspect Words* (and her audio

Re: [Frameworks] banned films?

2014-03-29 Thread Steve Polta
/sanfranciscocine98sanfrich_djvu.txt There you go... Steve Polta On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Andy Ditzler a...@andyditzler.com wrote: Brakhage's Lovemaking was not banned; rather, Stan pulled it from distribution himself. (source: Scott MacDonald's Critical Cinema interview) I recently

Re: [Frameworks] serene velocity

2014-03-21 Thread Steve Polta
I do believe there is a title card on the film. Serene Velocity written in pen on a piece of paper and photographed, placed long before the images start. Ernie Gehr was a professor of mine and once explained that he added titles like this because, while he would prefer that they not be part of the

[Frameworks] Cinematheque announces CROSSROADS!

2014-03-03 Thread Steve Polta
Citizens of the World! San Francisco Cinematheque is proud to announce CROSSROADS 2014 the fifth manifestation of its annual film festival April 3-6 in San Francisco This year the festival features 53 films by 48 artists, presented over 10 screenings/events at 3 distinct venues in San Francisco.

Re: [Frameworks] Films made with Canon Scoopic 16mm camera

2014-02-19 Thread Steve Polta
Mark LaPore was a stalwart advocate of the Canon Scoopic and sang its praises to me one day long ago, describing it as basically a pumped up Super-8 camera (specifically a pumped up Canon 814-XLS): basically the thing is--unlike e.g. the Bolex and other 16mm cameras) a portable self-contained

Re: [Frameworks] artist portraits

2014-02-07 Thread Steve Polta
A lesser-known Kubelka film, Pause, features Rainer himself on screen doing performance/actionism... Steve Polta On Feb 7, 2014 8:27 AM, Bernard Roddy rodd...@yahoo.com wrote: Arnulf Rainer, the artist: All I have are a couple of awesome pages devoted to him in Vergine's Body Art

[Frameworks] the Frampton film...

2013-11-25 Thread Steve Polta
was recorded by Frampton for this film and would likely not be considered found sound. Steve Polta On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:38 AM, Tom Whiteside tom.whites...@duke.eduwrote: Which Frampton film uses some kind of a Chinese lectionary for soundtrack? Probably from the seventies. I believe it was double

Re: [Frameworks] Found Soundtrack Films

2013-11-25 Thread Steve Polta
found sound films. See also Brian Frye's *Ozymandias* (circa 1996) and my own *Abbie Hoffman in Chicago *(release date unknown). Steve Polta On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Fred Camper f...@fredcamper.com wrote: Quoting Albert Alcoz albertalc...@yahoo.es: Hi, Institutional Qualityby

Re: [Frameworks] films/videos using/made up of text

2013-11-14 Thread Steve Polta
. Best, Steve Polta San Francisco Cinematheque Presented as part of Litquake 2013http://www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/the-word-my-dear-is-piecemeal-films-on-the-visualization-of-text/www.liquake.org, San Francisco Cinematheque presents a screening of film/video works in which written text

Re: [Frameworks] TONIGHT: Nicolas Rey's LES SOVIETS PLUS L’ÉLECTRICITÉ

2013-11-12 Thread Steve Polta
And a San Francisco screening on November 29! On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Adam Hyman a...@lafilmforum.org wrote: It's touring to Boston, Portland, and Los Angeles after this. Where are you located? Adam Hyman Los Angeles Filmforum Dashed off on a mobile telephonic device. On Nov

Re: [Frameworks] Xenon Arc Conversion for Super 8

2013-10-13 Thread Steve Polta
about their conversion guide and was told that the info was out of date. I didn't (and still don't) know what that means. Sorry this isn't more helpful... Steve Polta On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 2:35 AM, Cherry Kino cherrykinocin...@yahoo.comwrote: Hi all, Does anyone perform, or know of someone who

Re: [Frameworks] Cinema Siblings

2013-10-09 Thread Steve Polta
called The Other Cohen Brothers. Steve Polta On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Jesse Malmed jesse.mal...@gmail.comwrote: 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

Re: [Frameworks] Literature and experimental film

2013-09-28 Thread Steve Polta
titled way. I don't know if this is literary enough for the original inquirer but it's a very interesting film. FYI... Steve Polta On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Adam Hyman a...@lafilmforum.org wrote: This is moving slightly away, perhaps, but I think is related to the concern

[Frameworks] San Francisco Cinematheque: new website/new season

2013-09-10 Thread Steve Polta
not?) And by the way, Cinematheque has relocated its offices. Address is provided below. Please keep the physical media heading our way! Online previews are fine too! That's all for now but thanks! Steve Polta Artistic Director/Archivist San Francisco Cinematheque s...@sfcinematheque.org San Francisco

[Frameworks] the fate of Em Gee...

2013-08-25 Thread Steve Polta
or learn the fate of the collection. Any leads... Steve Polta ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] FREE 'Release Print' Magazines from Film Arts Foundation

2013-05-21 Thread Steve Polta
to this archive is encouraged to be in touch—s...@sfcinematheque.org. Inquiries regarding use of and access to this collection are also encouraged. Thanks! Steve Polta San Francisco Cinematheque On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Ken Paul Rosenthal kenpaulrosent...@hotmail.com wrote: I have a heap

Re: [Frameworks] Film Remakes/Covers

2013-05-06 Thread Steve Polta
Many, if not all, works by Karen Yasinsky—including *Audition*; *Life is an Opinion, Fire a Fact* and many others—consist of mediated quotations of segments from films by John Cassavetes, Tarkovsky, Bresson, et al. www.karenyasinsky.com/ Steve Polta On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 6:40 PM, David Sherman

Re: [Frameworks] Dizziness and Disorientation

2013-04-05 Thread Steve Polta
this weekend on Sunday by the way: http://www.sfcinematheque.org/#/calendar/201304050/ Steve Polta On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Anderwald + Grond cont...@anderwald-grond.at wrote: Frameworkers, Thank you all very much for your advise on Dizziness! Helped us a lot. All best from Vienna, ruth+leo

Re: [Frameworks] Al Wong?

2013-04-04 Thread Steve Polta
Al Wong retired from SFAI maybe six or seven years ago and hasn't been in Canyon in forever. SFMOMA is screening his 1977 video piece *Twin Peaks* on May 7... Steve Polta On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Jonathan Walley wall...@denison.edu wrote: Hello Frameworkers, Does anyone know

[Frameworks] Cinematheque announces CROSSROADS 2013...

2013-03-06 Thread Steve Polta
16th Street (at Mission)* curated by Steve Polta sponsored by *Ninkasi Brewinghttp://cts.vresp.com/c/?SanFranciscoCinemath/48e2f76b49/a9c803a026/8e6d6e2218 * and *Cole Hardwarehttp://cts.vresp.com/c/?SanFranciscoCinemath/48e2f76b49/a9c803a026/c72e2530aa * *CROSSROADS:* Cinematheque’s annual *film

Re: [Frameworks] voyeurism / street photography in exp cinema

2013-01-26 Thread Steve Polta
Smith's *The Girl Chewing Gum* and it's follow up *The Man Phoning Mum *. —Gibbs Chapman Catherine Lam narrativize surveillance footage in *I know something is going on back there* —*Open *by Katherin McInnis etc etc Steve Polta On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 4:17 PM, David Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com

[Frameworks] This week in San Francisco: Luther Price, John Smith, A. LeTourneau P. Minty

2012-11-06 Thread Steve Polta
Area in over a decade. (Steve Polta)*NOTE: * Each screening in this two-part series will feature Luther Price in person presenting a different selection of films each night, *slides will be exhibited on Wednesday night only.* -- then FRIDAY... *FRI 9 NOV . 7:30PM

Re: [Frameworks] Rock Ross retired (title work)

2012-10-02 Thread Steve Polta
Wow. The first I've heard of this. Seriously the end of an era. This guy did title work for everyone! Seriously like everyone who ever made a 16mm film in the Bay Area (and likely beyond) for like the last thirty years would have dealt with Rock. Big news... Steve Polta --- On Tue, 10/2/12

Re: [Frameworks] Perfumed Nightmare

2012-08-29 Thread Steve Polta
Jonathan M. Hall is correct in this recomendatio to Flower Films. They also hold exhibition prints if you ask nicely, although these are not listed anywhere on their website... Steve Polta San Francisco Cinematheque --- On Tue, 8/28/12, Jonathan M. Hall jmh...@pomona.edu wrote: From: Jonathan

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera recommendations?

2012-07-29 Thread Steve Polta
interesting camera that has a lot of really cool options for super-impositions. I think it's the camera Paul Clipson uses if that holds any significance... Steve Polta --- On Sun, 7/29/12, David Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com wrote: From: David Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Super 8

Re: [Frameworks] Hand-cranking 16mm projector?

2012-06-13 Thread Steve Polta
Saving the Next to Last is a super-8 hand-cranked film (which also draws lamp power from a hand-crank—i.e. it's a post-apocalypse Gilligan's Island projector which does not plus into the wall). Sorry I don't have more info on this but here is her website: http://kimmiskowicz.com/news.html Steve

Re: [Frameworks] Flicker Films

2012-04-24 Thread Steve Polta
interesting experience in viewing of anticipation and surprise. It is very tempting  to see this amazing work as created in dialog with the works of the flicker filmmakers, notably Sharits and Kubelka, each with their strong ideas regarding sound/image synchrony. Steve Polta --- On Tue, 4/24/12

[Frameworks] cinematheque presents CROSSROADS...

2012-04-19 Thread Steve Polta
Ladies and Gentelmen! San Francisco Cinematheque is proud to present CROSSROADS 2012. May 18–20 at San Francisco's Victoria Theater. 3 days—8 programs—52 works (film, video, performance) by 47 artists Announcement here: http://www.sfcinematheque.org/#/news/201204180/ More or less full details

Re: [Frameworks] experimental film in the art world

2012-03-05 Thread Steve Polta
in the door, you know? Steve Polta --- On Sun, 3/4/12, marilyn brakhage v...@shaw.ca wrote: From: marilyn brakhage v...@shaw.ca Subject: Re: [Frameworks] experimental film in the art world To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012, 11:30 PM

Re: [Frameworks] Kuchar on the Oscars

2012-03-04 Thread Steve Polta
inspiring about this amazing man... Steve Polta --- On Sun, 3/4/12, gregg biermann mubba...@optonline.net wrote: From: gregg biermann mubba...@optonline.net Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Kuchar on the Oscars To: Gene Youngblood ato...@comcast.net, Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] more on the Academy

2012-02-29 Thread Steve Polta
Cinematheque (a recipient)—and I certainly wouldn't say no to more—I sure ain't complaining... Steve Polta --- On Wed, 2/29/12, Tom Whiteside tom.whites...@duke.edu wrote: From: Tom Whiteside tom.whites...@duke.edu Subject: [Frameworks] more on the Academy To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] more on projector speeds

2012-02-14 Thread Steve Polta
... Steve Polta Steve Polta --- On Mon, 2/13/12, David Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com wrote: From: David Tetzlaff djte...@gmail.com Subject: [Frameworks] more on projector speeds To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Monday, February 13, 2012, 9:49 PM That graphic I

Re: [Frameworks] Andy Warhol's SLEEP / Providence, RI / Feb 18 / Magic Lantern + RK Projects

2012-02-13 Thread Steve Polta
said as much about his own decision to present his films at this speed. Note well that the perceptual/physiological experience of viewing a film projected in this manner is completely different from viewing a step-printed film projected at 24fps. Steve Polta --- On Mon, 2/13/12, John Matturri

Re: [Frameworks] {Disarmed} Re: Andy Warhol's SLEEP / Providence, RI / Feb 18 / Magic Lantern + RK Projects

2012-02-12 Thread Steve Polta
that there is a large body of writing and commentary about this film that is based solely on the its reputation, infamy and/or on erroneous reports/descriptions (a six-hour single take of a man sleeping) and *not* based on the actual real-time viewing of this work... Steve Polta --- On Sun, 2

Re: [Frameworks] JK optical printer for Sale (K-105)

2012-01-30 Thread Steve Polta
May I inquire of the location of this item? --- On Mon, 1/30/12, Marcelle Pecot marcellepe...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Marcelle Pecot marcellepe...@yahoo.com Subject: [Frameworks] JK optical printer for Sale (K-105) To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Monday, January 30, 2012, 9:39 AM For

[Frameworks] CROSSROADS 2012: call for entries...

2011-11-21 Thread Steve Polta
SAN FRANCISCO CINEMATHEQUE announces CROSSROADS 2012 May 17–20 at San Francisco’s Victoria Theater and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art CALL FOR ENTRIES   San Francisco Cinematheque seeks submissions of recent films and videos for its third annual festival of moving image

Re: [Frameworks] cinematheque has a blog...

2011-11-01 Thread Steve Polta
@jonasmekasfilms.com frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 9:50 AM Steve Polta, Thanks for the link but fyi, it looks like your transposed the r and o on wordpress. -Brenda Contreras Message: 5 Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:25:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Polta stevepo...@yahoo.com