Re: [Frameworks] Help!

2011-09-20 Thread marilyn brakhage
less toxic paints and also sometimes used permanent markers, such as Sharpie pens. He would then generally have an internegative made using an optical printer. There are probably quite a few people on this list who have experimented with different methods and materials. ?? Marilyn Brakhage On

Re: [Frameworks] Titles of scratch films

2015-08-25 Thread marilyn brakhage
Dreaming" (1988), "For Marilyn" (1992) and "Night Mulch and Very" (2001). And there was the Ellipses series of so-called "scratch and stain films" : ". . . " Reels One to Five (1998). Marilyn Brakhage On 25-Aug-15, at 12:08 PM, Tess Takahashi w

Re: [Frameworks] High-definition frame grabs

2015-09-30 Thread marilyn brakhage
providing them. However, we also sometimes waive fees, depending on circumstances. My concern in the matter of film stills is not making money, but having the films reasonably well represented. I'm sure others would feel likewise about their films. Marilyn Brakhage On 30-Sep-15

Re: [Frameworks] High-definition frame grabs

2015-10-01 Thread marilyn brakhage
Well -- yes. That's probably true too. Marilyn On 30-Sep-15, at 8:58 PM, Chuck Kleinhans wrote: However, you don’t have to spend much time in the experimental film community to run into artists who have a vastly inflated opinion of themselves, incredible insecurities, and just plain nutti

Re: [Frameworks] High-definition frame grabs

2015-10-03 Thread marilyn brakhage
anything is ideologically regressive, and frankly irresponsible" -- well, I guess you live in a different universe than I do. No more time for this conversation I'm afraid. Much too busy (providing mostly free services). Marilyn Brakhage On 3-Oct-15, at 11:38 AM, Dave Tetzl

Re: [Frameworks] experimental cinema and the anthropocene

2015-12-07 Thread marilyn brakhage
Some of Brakhage's animal studies might fit -- such as "The Domain of the Moment" or "The Presence" Marilyn Brakhage On 7-Dec-15, at 8:37 AM, Marco Poloni wrote: Dear Frameworkers, I am writing you to ask if you could indicate me some films that are connec

Re: [Frameworks] 35mm experimental films

2011-10-27 Thread marilyn brakhage
Brakhage films available in 35 mm (from Canyon): Eye Myth The Garden of Earthly Delights The Dante Quartet Nightmusic Rage Net Interpolations Night Mulch and Very Chinese Series Marilyn Brakhage On 27-Oct-11, at 2:15 PM, Christopher Harris wrote: Hello all, I'm looking for recommenda

[Frameworks] unsettling possibilities

2011-10-28 Thread marilyn brakhage
me? I realize this has little or no immediate relevance to anyone here (probably), but it showed up in my email and I just thought some frameworkers would possibly find it interesting as well: http://gizmodo.com/5843117/scientists-reconstruct-video-clips-from

Re: [Frameworks] unsettling possibilities

2011-10-30 Thread marilyn brakhage
understanding the complexities >>>> of 'thought,' and it's still very futuristic, but as we >>>> conceivably >>>> 'think' to each other, or project our thought/images, there would >>>> have to be resultant changes in consci

Re: [Frameworks] Travelogues

2011-11-11 Thread marilyn brakhage
er" (3 minutes, 1980), described as: "A film photographed in Amsterdam but dedicated to capturing a quality of mind engendered there -- not, certainly, alienation (as often in travel) but rather some heightened sense of being other." Marilyn Brakhage On 10-Nov-11, at 9:41 AM,

Re: [Frameworks] Travelogues

2011-11-11 Thread marilyn brakhage
George Kuchar's "Wild Night in El Reno" is a great one. . . . And there are the four "Visions in Meditation" by Brakhage, also; road trips through the States and eastern Canada. Marilyn Brakhage On 11-Nov-11, at 12:52 PM, Andy Ditzler wrote: Hi Adam, George

Re: [Frameworks] more on the Academy

2012-02-29 Thread marilyn brakhage
On the other hand, he has given some support to Bruce Baillie, I believe. On 29-Feb-12, at 9:03 AM, Francisco Torres wrote: > > > George Lucas was a big admirer of Arthur Lipsett since his days at > USC citing him as an influence yet when he made millions in 1977 he > did not offer one pe

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-04 Thread marilyn brakhage
delete now! Marilyn Brakhage A Response to: “Brakhage’s sour grapes, or notes on experimental cinema in the art world.” Erika Balsom’s essay, her “notes on experimental cinema in the art world,” explores the place of what she calls “experimental film” within a museum context, and how to su

Re: [Frameworks] experimental film in the art world

2012-03-04 Thread marilyn brakhage
Thanks for the feedback. It would be interesting to hear more on the subject from people around at the time -- as well as the latest experiences other people are having. Marilyn On 4-Mar-12, at 2:45 PM, Chuck Kleinhans wrote: I thought Marilyn Brakhage's response to the Erika Balsom essay

Re: [Frameworks] experimental film in the art world

2012-03-04 Thread marilyn brakhage
wn as it should be. Marilyn On 4-Mar-12, at 6:31 PM, Myron Ort wrote: all I know is how impressed I was with the Bruce Conner retrospective in Los Angeles at MOCA a many few years ago. All of his modes of working were well presented. Bruce Conner! Myron Ort On Mar 4, 2012, at 6:19

Re: [Frameworks] experimental film in the art world

2012-03-05 Thread marilyn brakhage
rchive with the Berkeley Museum? I am a bit out of touch, how many major museums in the country have such theaters with well maintained projection equipment? What is the current state of these museum film theaters generally? Myron Ort On Mar 4, 2012, at 11:30 PM, marilyn brakhage wrote

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-05 Thread marilyn brakhage
David, I agree with you that some films definitely need to be seen in the traditional cinematic context of dark theatre/auditorium and large projection. (Though I don't think that 'big' is ALWAYS a necessary cinematic experience. Some of my most profound aesthetic experiences of films h

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-05 Thread marilyn brakhage
Well, yes. That is, I think we really do all "'get' the basic political economy of art," as David put it, and as you reenforce here. But Erika Balsom's essay was about the increasing integration of these two worlds that you describe -- 'Art' and film. It was, in part, about the current i

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-05 Thread marilyn brakhage
This really does seem a little too cynical. No one is suggesting any such thing. I'm just trying to represent the work of someone who is already well-known and presumably taken seriously. And I guess what it takes is being clear about one's expectations and sticking to it. If, on the oth

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-06 Thread marilyn brakhage
I don't know much of her story either, though yes, she apparently had art world connections. She seems to work mainly in film, but is represented by a gallery. Some people on the list must be familiar with her work? . . . However beautiful or interesting her films may be, there are certa

Re: [Frameworks] Destructive Film Practices pre-1962

2012-06-05 Thread marilyn brakhage
That would be Brakhage's "Reflections On Black," 1955 -- and then in the early 60's, of course, parts of "Dog Star Man." Marilyn Brakhage On 5-Jun-12, at 10:47 AM, Gene Youngblood wrote: > > Scratching: > Kenneth Anger, Fireworks 1947 > at least one o

Re: [Frameworks] abstraction and politics

2013-10-06 Thread marilyn brakhage
Series" and "Chinese Series." . . . And of course, "23rd Psalm Branch," perhaps his most "political" film, does have significant abstract passages. Marilyn Brakhage On 6-Oct-13, at 7:59 PM, Kelly Sears wrote: Dear frameworkers, I would love to pick your

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

2013-11-14 Thread marilyn brakhage
ed in this exhibition is "I. . . Dreaming". Others of his: "Untitled (For Marilyn)," "From: First Hymn to the Night, Novalis," and "Night Mulch and Very." Marilyn Brakhage On 14-Nov-13, at 9:42 AM, Shelly Silver wrote: dear collective knowledge base fo

Re: [Frameworks] Films/Videos looking at concepts of work

2014-01-07 Thread marilyn brakhage
Variations on a Cellophane Wrapper by David Rimmer MB On 7-Jan-14, at 2:33 AM, Insa Langhorst wrote: Dear Frameworkers, I would like to build a list of video art and films which look at aspects, concepts and realities of work. One piece I came across recently is Johan van der Keuken's Te

Re: [Frameworks] Turner and Film

2014-02-27 Thread marilyn brakhage
licly about Turner's importance to him. Also spoke of wanting to go to Petworth -- but never got there. Marilyn Brakhage On 27-Feb-14, at 12:55 AM, Chuck Kleinhans wrote: Moire evidence for Brakhage. About 15 years ago he had a show at the University of Oregon. Part of his l

Re: [Frameworks] Turner and Film

2014-02-27 Thread marilyn brakhage
Film and Painting." (And there are probably more examples elsewhere.) Marilyn Brakhage On 27-Feb-14, at 2:26 AM, marilyn brakhage wrote: More evidence for Brakhage, if needed, on our book shelves at home; especially the two volume set, The Paintings of JMW Turner by Martin Butlin and

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

2014-04-24 Thread marilyn brakhage
"We Mammals Pushy" by Rick Raxlen MB On 23-Apr-14, at 8:05 AM, sarah browne wrote: Dear Frameworkers, I'm looking for some help in compiling a list of films that feature animals or human-animal relationships on film. Rather than wildlife documentaries (with some exceptions!) I'm more inte

Re: [Frameworks] Films on dreams / sleep?

2019-06-06 Thread MARILYN BRAKHAGE
I'd add Stan Brakhage's "Nightmare Series" as an especially good example, though of course "dream" imagery/various manifestations of thought process in various states, and hypnagogic imagery, is integral to much of his work. Marilyn Brakhage From: "Fr

Re: [Frameworks] The Participatory Camera

2019-10-29 Thread MARILYN BRAKHAGE
Possibly Brakhage's Blue Moses (1960) might fit what you're looking for, or in another way, Made Manifest (1980) Marilyn Brakhage From: "John Powers" To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2019 10:53:42 AM Subject: [Frameworks] The Parti

Re: [Frameworks] Eulogy Films

2017-03-18 Thread marilyn brakhage
ilogy, with "The Dead" and "Burial Path" (in part, I believe, in consideration of a late illness of Stan's friend, the literary critic, Donald Sutherland). Marilyn Brakhage On 18-Mar-17, at 8:43 AM, Margaret Rorison wrote: Dear Film Friends, I am curious about fil

Re: [Frameworks] Christopher MacLaine

2017-07-05 Thread marilyn brakhage
Brakhage has an essay about MacLaine in his book, Film At Wit's End, available from https://www.mcphersonco.com/ Marilyn Brakhage On 5-Jul-17, at 3:45 PM, Christian Bruno wrote: Hello Gene, Along with talking to Lawrence Jordan, he should also talk to Brecht Andersch: he was the p

Re: [Frameworks] Painting directly to film

2017-12-09 Thread MARILYN BRAKHAGE
Obviously there are medium specific differences between painting on film (being of small size and time-based) and painting on a large, single canvas. But "abstract expressionism" can cover a fairly wide range of application, I think -- not simply and only referring to the broad, gestural strokes

Re: [Frameworks] FrameWorks Digest, Vol 94, Issue 20

2018-03-26 Thread MARILYN BRAKHAGE
for a longer one (54 minutes), "The Governor" (Governor Lamm of Colorado). Also, "Sirius Remembered" (mentioned below) is a reflection on the decaying corpse of the family dog. But for some live animal portraits you might want to look at "The Domain of the Moment."

Re: [Frameworks] Forwarded from Massart Faculty

2018-04-16 Thread MARILYN BRAKHAGE
insidious ways and we need to be vigilant about the effects of any dominating agenda of any particular group of people, and the increasingly narrowing notions about what is and is not acceptable and open for discussion, let alone viewing, in our academic institutions. I think these are real, no

Re: [Frameworks] Forwarded from Massart Faculty

2018-04-17 Thread MARILYN BRAKHAGE
the MassArt situation if I had been there. It is just that I was embarrassed to be thinking ill of MassArt from having heard and accepted one side of the story. Now I am neutral. I always did admire Switzerland for not having been in a foreign war since 1515. Fred Camper Chicago On 4/1