Hi Pip,
Werner Nekes passed away January 22.
Best,
Helga
> Am 24.01.2017 um 16:37 schrieb Pip Chodorov :
>
> I have just heard that Werner Nekes passed away.
> I don't have confirmation yet but it's in the German press.
> Important filmmaker and great collector of
thanks everyone for the notification--- i was just talking about him in my
lecture to students last week
i never knew that little museum in mülheim an der ruhr with the camera
obscura was once due to buy his collection, but when the director died the
city went another direction
His website seems to be locked right now, and not sure how much info there
is on there about it, but I've been curious about those who attended Nekes'
workshops in other countries (besides those in Western Europe and the US.)
I know he's been to Argentina and Turkey, but would love to hear more
Werner Nekes and Dore O. visited Sarah Lawrence College when I was an student
there in 1971. While of course I recall their Jum Jum, I was more taken by Dore
O.’s Kaldalon, an exquisite “landscape” film, shot during their recent travels
in Iceland. Both were still rapturously enthusiastic about
dear all,
sad news indeed. in 2011 i programmed nekes' landscape films that he made in
sweden. i suppose that not many know that he had a summer house in sweden since
the early 70s and that some of his best films were made up there. 'hynningen',
for example. nekes returned to sweden every
Hi, I'm not sure if this last email went through. Could you please confirm
receipt?
On Sat, Jan 7, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Ben Balcom wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We are delighted to announce that submissions are open for the 2017
> edition for the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival.
Another in my occasional updates about A Roll for Peter, the 16mm
multi-maker Peter Hutton tribute project. A number of venues and dates have
been added since my last email so here's the current list of upcoming
screenings.
1 March: Lexington Film League at 21c, Lexington, KY
7 March: UWM
Reasonably sure Richard Tuohy uses 3383 quite a bit. I've been wanting to pick
some up ever since taking one of his workshops a few years ago. The low iso
gives it a fair amount of flexibility for bi-packing and related fun things.
On January 23, 2017 3:21:08 PM AST, Ryder White
One of my fondest memories is an afternoon and evening in 1982 that Woody
Vasulka, Alphonse Schilling, Peter Weibel and I spent with Werner and Dore,
getting a tour of his pre-, proto- and para-cinematic collection. Truly
astonishing. The conversation that followed over dinner and into the wee
Pacific Northwest Film Camp
June 3 - 11, 2017
Spend a week on beautiful Orcas Island, WA investigating celluloid film as a
physical medium, learning to make your own emulsion, exploring various
hand-processing techniques, and pushing the creative and aesthetic limits of
the handmade
I have just heard that Werner Nekes passed away.
I don't have confirmation yet but it's in the German press.
Important filmmaker and great collector of optical toys and art and
pre-cinema devices.
Please do post if anyone has more information!
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I saw *Film Before Film* twice at Anthology, and once Nekes was there. He
was very kind. I love that film. It always serves to fill the medium with
subtly and wonderment once again, when I am feeling more jaded about
'cinema'. Very glad for the work that Nekes did. May he conduct strange
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