Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ?

2015-03-30 Thread Adam Hyman
I did find, in conducting a bunch of oral histories, that three films came up multiple times as films that inspired people into making experimental films. No surprises: Meshes of the Afternoon A Movie Blood of a Poet I think the importance of Blood of a Poet cannot be underestimated. So

[Frameworks] 3 sound works

2015-03-30 Thread Bernard Roddy
Did I mention the course in which I included a section on sound? Three works I played: Tony Conrad with Faust, Outside the Dream Syndicate Alvin Lucier, Music for Solo Performer Yasunao Tone, Musica Iconologos I dare anyone on this list to play Tone for more than 5 minutes! Bernie

Re: [Frameworks] VSW - to your attention!

2015-03-30 Thread Bernard Roddy
Squeaky Wheel in Buffalo. On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Amanda Christie ama...@amandadawnchristie.ca wrote: Thanks for sharing Walter! I also have a question on a similar subject for the group. I'm going to be doing a radio-art residency in upstate new york next fall (late October),

[Frameworks] Looking to purchase a JK Optical Printer

2015-03-30 Thread Christopher Harris
Hello Frameworks, I am looking to purchase a used JK Optical Printer in very good to excellent condition. If you know of anyone or an institution in possession of a printer that is slitting around collecting dust please let me know if they are interested in selling it. I am looking to finalize

Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ?

2015-03-30 Thread Bernard Roddy
Go Sasha! On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 12:56 PM, Gene Youngblood ato...@comcast.net wrote: The original question is so absurd that I almost didn’t respond, but i did, only to make the point that, within such a restricted frame, you don’t start with specific films, you start with possibilities:

Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ?

2015-03-30 Thread director
It did strike me as odd that very few people mentioned anything recent. From the context described it would seem that you would want to show work that could inspire people to immediately do and sometimes that's a more contemporary film. Two good filmmakers for that kind of inspiration, from a film

Re: [Frameworks] VSW - to your attention!

2015-03-30 Thread Amanda Christie
Thanks Jason! I'm open to exploring screening and workshop options in various regions of the state as well, and possibly even neighbooring states and provinces too if people have suggestions. The residency is at a place called The Wave Farm (https://wavefarm.org/) located between Cairo,

Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ?

2015-03-30 Thread George, Sherman
Standish Lawder would show “Wavelength” to his “History of Cinema” class and as the lights came up in the classroom he would go to the lectern and announce “Wasn’t that great, let’s watch it again” On Mar 30, 2015, at 11:48 AM, Francisco Torres fjtorre...@gmail.commailto:fjtorre...@gmail.com

Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ?

2015-03-30 Thread Kelly Gallagher
Ooo excellent list Sasha. Formidable. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] TONIGHT 3.30 7pm - Jonas Mekas 365 Day Project - Part 3 - March at Microscope, Mekas in person w. pizza and rootbeer

2015-03-30 Thread LBurchill
admission $6 - free for members Microscope is very pleased to announce the premiere of *PART THREE* “March” from Jonas Mekas’ “365 Day Project” as the third of a 12-part program, screened at the end of each month, comprising the nearly 38-hour long video project. For the year of 2007, Mekas

Re: [Frameworks] 2. Re: What are the 3 Essential Films that you would show Artists on their first foray into the Moving Image Realm ?

2015-03-30 Thread Francisco Torres
''If you want to take a group of curious, excited young artists and basically make them want to kill themselves, by all means, show them Wavelength. '' This gave me an idea for a film. It would be titled- ''If Wavelength tires them what would La Region Central do?'' I first saw Wavelength at

[Frameworks] New photo essay posted to flickr

2015-03-30 Thread Emile Tobenfeld
Hi, I just posted a new photo album, Glass Bricks at Harvard to flickr at https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157651248971089 Glass brick walls make excellent photo subjects. The symmetrical pattern of the bricks plays off of the distorted images of the other side of the wall,