[Frameworks] 1st Alternative Film/Video Research Forum (6-7 December 2012, Belgrade, Serbia)

2012-07-05 Thread Greg DeCuir
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Alternative Film/Video Belgrade, we are organizing the first Alternative Film/Video Research Forum. This two-day event (6-7 December 2012), running concurrently with the festival (5-9 December 2012), will gather a group of researchers and writers who are

[Frameworks] experimental film festival research

2012-07-07 Thread Greg DeCuir
All: Hello.  I am preparing a new research project on the history of experimental/avant-garde film festivals and thought I might ask the list for advice.  I am primarily interested in the early history of these film festivals (pre-1980s) and would love to know about any throughout the world

Re: [Frameworks] experimental film festival research

2012-07-07 Thread Greg DeCuir
All: Thank you to everyone who replied to me, on list and off.  I will continue to be in touch with people, as I have been replying directly to private emails.  Best regards, Greg de Cuir, Jr. From: Greg DeCuir gdec...@yahoo.com To: frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental film in the Czech Republic

2012-09-30 Thread Greg DeCuir
Jake: Not in the Czech Republic, but do consider coming to visit your Eastern European colleagues in Serbia.  I've never been to the Czech Republic but I imagine it is a short plane ride to Belgrade (or a short bus ride from Vienna).  Alternative Film/Video Belgrade (5-9 December) is

Re: [Frameworks] Material on Editing

2013-01-31 Thread Greg DeCuir
Eleni, all: I would be interested to hear about references for this as well. If I can also throw a request into the ring, I am currently writing a presentation on the aesthetic of mobility/movement in contemporary avant-garde film and video. I would love to know about suggested readings

Re: [Frameworks] FLEXfest 2013 full program

2013-02-15 Thread Greg DeCuir
R.: Great looking program, with some wonderful films and videos. Thank you for sharing. Good luck with FLEXfest 2013! Sincerely, Greg de Cuir, Jr Selector/Programmer, Alternative Film/Video Belgrade http://www.alternativefilmvideo.org/ From: Beebe, Roger

Re: [Frameworks] textbook recommendation

2013-05-11 Thread Greg DeCuir
All: Very interested in this question and the responses. Just today I was asked to put together a special festival program on the history of American avant-garde cinema. This is for an audience that may have never seen a survey of this type, so it should be very basic and canonical even but

[Frameworks] meet in prague

2013-06-12 Thread Greg DeCuir
Dear Frameworkers: Hello. I will be in Prague next week and was wondering if I can meet anyone involved in programming avant-garde films and videos. I would love to be able to see some contemporary works from the Czech Republic (or historical works) and also learn about any avant-garde film

Re: [Frameworks] Literature on james benning

2013-07-07 Thread Greg DeCuir
Check out MUBI Notebook for some good interviews with and criticism on Benning. http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/tag/James%20Benning Greg de Cuir, Jr Selector/Programmer, Alternative Film/Video Belgrade http://www.alternativefilmvideo.org/ From: George

[Frameworks] 2nd Alternative Film/Video Research Forum (Belgrade, December 2013)

2013-07-14 Thread Greg DeCuir
 ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO BELGRADE 10-14 December 2013   2nd Research Forum (Call for papers)   After the success of the 1st Alternative Film/Video Research Forum in 2012, which featured such notable participants as Dirk de Bruyn, Ivan Ladislav Galeta, and others, we are now organizing the second

Re: [Frameworks] Recommendations for 'Experimental Doc' Fests

2013-11-07 Thread Greg DeCuir
We would be interested in docs that tend more towards the experimental rather than the expository. We leave the boundaries fairly open when we call for submissions. Of course, we prefer works that evade classification, that are alternative to the traditional category of documentary. Sincerely,

[Frameworks] Alternative Film/Video Belgrade 2013, 10-14 December, Competition programs

2013-12-03 Thread Greg DeCuir
Alternative Film/Video Belgrade 2013 Competition programs   Competition program #1 Binary Pitch (Vladislav Knežević, 2013, Croatia, 7 min.) During the Day My Vision is Perfect (Benjamin Ramirez Pérez, 2013, Germany, 10 min.) Charade (Salise Hughes, 2012, USA, 9 min.) Spectrography of a Battle

Re: [Frameworks] Ladislav Galeta

2014-01-07 Thread Greg DeCuir
He was a good friend of our festival. We were happy to have him here the past two years teaching a workshop, participating in our research forum, and of course presenting a program of his films. He will be missed. God bless and rest in peace. Sincerely, Greg de Cuir, Jr Selector/Programmer,

Re: [Frameworks] concept of work

2014-01-07 Thread Greg DeCuir
A new volume Work in Cinema was just released, edited by Ewa Mazierska. Haven't read it yet but I'm eager to. http://us.macmillan.com/workincinema/EwaMazierska Sincerely, Greg de Cuir, Jr Selector/Programmer, Alternative Film/Video Belgrade http://www.alternativefilmvideo.org/

Re: [Frameworks] exp film orgs suggestions

2014-03-12 Thread Greg DeCuir
In the new issue of NECSUS we have a number of articles on experimental work, including the following: Anik Fournier on installation art http://www.necsus-ejms.org/archival-gambits-in-recent-art-what-can-an-image-do/ Kim Knowles on bodily inscriptions in contemporary experimental film

Re: [Frameworks] Student Film/Video Fests?

2014-04-03 Thread Greg DeCuir
Dear all: At Alternative Film/Video Belgrade we make no distinction between young/emerging/student work and other works. All are eligible for and welcome in our competition program. We often have student works that are nominated by our jury to the festival's list of significant achievements.

Re: [Frameworks] festival suggestions for an alt-narrative?

2014-05-25 Thread Greg DeCuir
Dear Caryn: We actually have a non-competition program in our festival called Alternative Narrative, specifically for works like this that slip through the boundaries. Since we're already in touch I'm sure we'll talk more! Best, Greg de Cuir, Jr Selector/Curator, Alternative Film/Video

[Frameworks] Alternative Film/Video Research Forum, 2014

2014-08-02 Thread Greg DeCuir
Alternative Film/Video Belgrade 9-13 December 2014   3rd Research Forum (Call for papers)   After the success of the 1st Alternative Film/Video Research Forum in 2012 which featured such notable participants as Dirk de Bruyn, Ivan Ladislav Galeta, and others, and the second edition of the forum in

Re: [Frameworks] reflexivity and Dziga Vertov

2014-11-23 Thread Greg DeCuir
And though it seems to have been forgotten, Vlada Petric's monograph on the film is the ideal primary source. Cambridge even recently put out a second edition. Constructivism in Film A Cinematic Analysis The Man with the Movie Camera | Media, mass communication Greg de Cuir,

[Frameworks] NECSUS_Autumn 2014_'War'

2014-12-15 Thread Greg DeCuir
Dear colleagues: The new issue of the journal NECSUS has recently been published online and in open access (http://www.necsus-ejms.org/portfolio/autumn-2014_war/). Please note that we have introduced a new audiovisual essay section edited by Cristina Álvarez López Adrian Martin, which features

Re: [Frameworks] Response to Gene Youngblood

2015-04-01 Thread Greg DeCuir
I'm with you Kelly and everything you're saying, even though I have only followed this thread intermittently. A bit more maturity and understanding on all sides seems like it would not hurt. For what it is worth, and in my humble opinion, Sadie Benning's It Wasn't Love is one of the greatest

Re: [Frameworks] Los Angeles Filmforum presents Reclamation Works: New and recent films by William E. Jones and Thom Andersen on Sunday July 26

2015-07-25 Thread Greg DeCuir
http://decinema-decuir.tumblr.com/post/123115134176/avant-noir-volume-2-program-notes https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/artists-film-club-avant-noir-volume-2-curated-greg-de-cuir-jr Dear Adam: How are you? Hope you enjoyed Oberhausen. Too bad we didn't get a chance to have coffee and catch

[Frameworks] Alternative Film/Video Research Forum 2016, Documentary Intersections

2016-09-22 Thread Greg DeCuir
AlternativeFilm/Video Research Forum 2016 DocumentaryIntersections   AlternativeFilm/Video 7-11December 2016, Belgrade   Regardingthe active fault line between modes of expression in cinema, Bill Nichols wroteabout ‘blurred boundaries’ in 1995. Twenty years later Erika Balsom and HilaPeleg