Re: [Frameworks] 16mm Film Projector

2020-06-11 Thread Tara Nelson
Hi Chris - I have a projector you can take but like everyone says, you are going to have to work on it. Not sure if the sound is working. I'm at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester NY. Email taranel...@vsw.org On Sat, Jun 6, 2020 at 6:28 PM Chris Rodriguez wrote: > I’m currently in

Re: [Frameworks] EIKI slimline 16mm projector query

2020-05-15 Thread Tara Nelson
I have an Eiki with a similar issue. Using a heavy take-up reel (metal 1400') resolves the issue most of the time. tara nelson vsw/rochester On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:26 AM Scott Dorsey wrote: > In addition to the belt, there is a slip clutch that goes bad. The belts > should be re

Re: [Frameworks] Cameraless film in the university

2020-02-12 Thread Tara Nelson
I teach cameraless filmmaking (or 'handmade film') in my Intro to 16mm film production course every Spring at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY. Students explore techniques such as collage, direct animation, tinting, dyeing, hole-punching, scratching and anything else they can come up

[Frameworks] Video Preservation Workshop at VSW

2019-10-10 Thread Tara Nelson
Dear Frameworks, For those of you who are interested in the past, present and future of magnetic media, I encourage you to sign up for this workshop at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY: Would you like to learn more about video and magnetic media preservation? Join us for an afternoon

Re: [Frameworks] Light meter apps

2019-08-05 Thread Tara Nelson
Pocket Light Meter works well for me too. Tara Nelson On Mon, Aug 5, 2019 at 2:03 PM Lisa Danker wrote: > Hi Warren, > > I have used the Pocket Light Meter app when I needed to shoot something > and didn't have another meter. I took readings from a gray piece of > cardboar

Re: [Frameworks] Jonas Mekas vs. Yalkut, Vogel, Guttenplan, Cooper and Bienstock

2019-07-30 Thread Tara Nelson
Many thanks, David! Tara Nelson On Tue, Jul 30, 2019 at 11:25 AM David Baker wrote: > As an unsolicited contribution to the ongoing exhibition at Microscope > Gallery, > “Scrapbook (or, Why Can’t We Live Together)” > here is a three part historic radio broadcast circa 1972-7

Re: [Frameworks] avant-garde films about prostitution and pornography

2019-01-10 Thread Tara Nelson
Bonnie Sherr Klein's *Not a Love Story: A Film About Pornography* Arguably avant-garde for a documentary On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 8:40 AM John Sundholm wrote: > gunvor nelson: take off > > > /john > -- > *Från:* FrameWorks för Rob > Gawthrop > *Skickat:* den 10

Re: [Frameworks] Labor Movement films?

2018-04-08 Thread Tara Nelson
Check out the Labor Film Series at the Dryden Theater, programmed by Jurij Meden. https://www.eastman.org/film-series/labor-film-series On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 3:23 PM, Brandon Walley wrote: > Looking for experimental, nonfiction, feature or shorts that deal with the > works

[Frameworks] Seeking contact info for Cynthia Lawder

2017-12-12 Thread Tara Nelson
I would like to contact her regarding rights to Stan Lawder's book "The Cubist Cinema." Please contact me off list Many thanks Tara Merenda Nelson Curator of Moving Image Collections Visual Studies Workshop 31 Prince Street Rochester, NY 14607 T 585 442 8676 <(585)%20442-8676> F 585 442 1992

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

2017-11-17 Thread Tara Nelson
Saul Levine's A Few Tunes Going Out series https://vimeo.com/4533111 On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 3:13 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

Re: [Frameworks] old film

2017-09-21 Thread Tara Nelson
Hello Jonathan, She should definitely have an archivist, collector or experienced film handler look at this collection before she tosses it! Home Movie Day is coming up (October 21st) - is there a location near you that will host an event? That would be a good place to recommend she take the

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental farming films

2016-11-14 Thread Tara Nelson
Chicken Real by Les Blank On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Meg Jamieson wrote: > "Naomi Uman, almost all of her films that I have seen are about farming. > Also, there is a Russian filmmaker whose name is escaping me right now, > that makes incredible black and white

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental films using Astronomy & Satellite imagery - recommendations

2016-09-13 Thread Tara Nelson
La Region Centrale by Michael Snow certainly invokes astronomical imagery... On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote: > You know there are a lot of JPL films out there from their film library. > > Ask them if they can get a print of "The Sergeant-- Report #100"

Re: [Frameworks] Theory and practice of frame rates in digital cinema?

2016-08-08 Thread Tara Nelson
Hello Mr. Withers, I am very interested in the topic of perception and frame rates in film vs. video. My own work has involved research on the technical differences between moving image formats, and the effect of those differences on the human perceptual mechanism. I began conducting research

[Frameworks] Experimental Films from London at Visual Studies Workshop

2016-05-31 Thread Tara Nelson
Dear Friends, I hope you can join us for *Experimental Films from London,* Saturday, June 4th at 8 pm at Visual Studies Workshop. This program offers a selection of films produced in London and rarely screened in Rochester, curated by Gordon Nelson, co-founder of Pittsburgh's experimental

Re: [Frameworks] Films with drawing-in-the-soil trope

2016-05-22 Thread Tara Nelson
The Sandman by Victor Faccinto On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 10:39 AM, John Muse wrote: > Having just seen > http://www.artic.edu/exhibition/dennis-oppenheim-three-projections > Polarities, 1972 is just amazing. Shadow Projection is perhaps better. > Slide projection pieces still

Re: [Frameworks] Film/video programers/curators and campus film screenings

2016-03-19 Thread Tara Nelson
My experience with experimental film started in the micro-cinema scene in Pittsburgh, which was entirely DIY and non-affiliated (though Pittsburgh Filmmakers was very supportive) - Jefferson Presents..., and before them Orgone Cinema - represented two decades of consistent experimental film

Re: [Frameworks] Anyone know where to find black super 8 leader in quantity?

2015-09-30 Thread Tara Nelson
I'm not sure who is selling the S8 black leader these days, but I think your idea of fogging the film might be better than using leader. I used black leader as an element of a film once, and it caused a lot of problems during projection because the leader is much thicker than film, so the splices

Re: [Frameworks] ekta cartridge problem?

2015-07-20 Thread Tara Nelson
This has been happening to me for a few years, off and on, with the 100 D stock. I first experienced it only on the Nizo, and more recently on the Canon 1014 and 814. I have yet to try it on the Beaulieau, but after that I am out of options. Taking the cartridge out and tapping it lightly on a

Re: [Frameworks] Joe Gibbons in the News

2015-01-11 Thread Tara Nelson
I agree - it sounds to me like Joe is in trouble and I would like to help. tara On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Ethan Berry ethan.be...@montserrat.edu wrote: Joe Gibbons, and award winning Boston-based film makers was arrested over the weekend in connection with a bank robbery in New York

Re: [Frameworks] Screening possibilities in Rochester NY

2014-12-17 Thread Tara Nelson
Hi Roger - I am the Visiting Artist at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, just down the street from the Eastman House. We would love to host you and your films while you are here! We can discuss the details off-list. This offer goes for anyone coming through Rochester who would like to have

Re: [Frameworks] animals and human-animal relationships on film

2014-04-23 Thread Tara Nelson
One Species Removed by Jennifer Montgomery On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:16 PM, Herb Shellenberger he...@ihphilly.orgwrote: Elegia (Zoltan Huszarik, 1965, Hungary, warning: animal death) Gibralter (Margaret Salmon, 2013, UK) Birds at Sunrise (Joyce Wieland, 1986, Canada) Una Furtiva

Re: [Frameworks] Festival question

2014-03-20 Thread Tara Nelson
The Toronto 8 Fest and $100 Dollar Film Festival are top notch. I have shown many Super 8 films with each of these festivals and have been treated very well. I highly recommend them. Tara Nelson On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Picture Show apictures...@gmail.comwrote: You can always

Re: [Frameworks] Found Soundtrack Films

2013-11-25 Thread Tara Nelson
SHELLY WINTERS by Luther Price (from an interview in Big Red Shiny) *TN* *In your film SHELLY WINTERS, there is no image at all, just white leader and a soundtrack We hear the voices of both victims and perpetrators of domestic violence, telling their stories, but there is no image.* *LP*

Re: [Frameworks] (no subject)

2013-10-31 Thread Tara Nelson
Here is the formula I use, with D-19 Developer. It works very well. For negative, skip to step 11 after step 3: 1. Water Wash 3 MINUTES 2. 1st Developer: Kodak D-19 5 MINUTES *Save this developer, you will use it again at step

Re: [Frameworks] Tri-X Super 8 in the UK

2013-10-10 Thread Tara Nelson
This is terrible news! I am sorry to hear it. I just spoke to Kodak in the USA and they are still selling TriX Super 8, but you have to call Kodak directly at 1-800-621-3456 to place the order. Maybe we can coordinate shipments to the UK? tara nelson On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Cherry

Re: [Frameworks] Cinema Siblings

2013-10-09 Thread Tara Nelson
Peter and Kathy Rose On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Ekrem Serdar ekremser...@gmail.com wrote: Dziga Vertov + Boris and Mikhail Kaufman. Despite the latter two being only cinematographers, they're all men with movie camerashttp://badum-tish.com/. On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 1:15 PM, Steve

[Frameworks] Helen Hill films?

2013-09-27 Thread Tara Nelson
I teach Super 8 and animation and I would love to have a DVD of Helen Hill films to show my students. Are her films in distribution at all? tara nelson ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com

Re: [Frameworks] Helen Hill films?

2013-09-27 Thread Tara Nelson
On 9/27/13 11:36 AM, Tara Nelson brendamere...@gmail.com wrote: I teach Super 8 and animation and I would love to have a DVD of Helen Hill films to show my students. Are her films in distribution at all? tara nelson

[Frameworks] super 8 400' reels

2012-12-20 Thread Tara Nelson
The SMFA in Boston has some of the Gepe case 400 foot reels for Super 8. tara ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] SHAMELESS WAVELENGTH at MassArt Film Society 7/25

2012-07-19 Thread Tara Nelson
MassArt Film Society Presents SHAMELESS (1974) by Victor Faccinto WAVELENGTH (1967) by Michael Snow Projected in 16mm film Curated by Tara and Gordon Nelson $4 Suggested Donation SHAMELESS (1974) by Victor Faccinto 16mm, color, 13.5 min Cut-out puppet animation. Not recommended for gentle

[Frameworks] Contact info for Joe Gibbons?

2012-03-09 Thread Tara Nelson
I am curating a show of Super 8 films from the 1980's, and I would like to get Joe Gibbons' permission to screen a print. If anyone knows how I can contact him I would really appreciate it. I was a student of Joe's a few years ago so we are not strangers, if that helps at all. thanks tara