Re: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema?
Peace Plenty: Ivor Montague Hell Unlimited: Norman Mclaren Helen Biggar Rob On 28/01/2014 20:49, John McAndrew jj.mcand...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, For a little under a year my main source of income has come through working as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and armour (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). Recently the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself being housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of independently programming a selection of experimental/underground/artists' films and videos that ties together the avant-garde as we commonly know it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing Hollywood war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings or written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to hearing any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed forces, weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... Many thanks for reading! Best, John Falmouth University ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listi nfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema?
James T. Hong's The Form of the Good (2006): http://www.ubu.com/film/hong_form.html The very recent Light Cone screening of War/Military themed films (in which Hong's film was also included) might also be worth checking out: http://lightcone.org/fr/news-319-scratch-nous-ne-sommes-pas-les-derniers 2014-01-29, Gawthrop, Rob rob.gawth...@falmouth.ac.uk: Peace Plenty: Ivor Montague Hell Unlimited: Norman Mclaren Helen Biggar Rob On 28/01/2014 20:49, John McAndrew jj.mcand...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, For a little under a year my main source of income has come through working as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and armour (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). Recently the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself being housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of independently programming a selection of experimental/underground/artists' films and videos that ties together the avant-garde as we commonly know it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing Hollywood war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings or written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to hearing any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed forces, weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... Many thanks for reading! Best, John Falmouth University ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listi nfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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John, Dan Reeves Smothering Dreams video and my 16mm film Aspects of a Certain History both deal with the war in Vietnam as experimental media works. Also Brakhage's 23 Psalm. If you would like a dvd copy of my film, I would be glad to send you one. John Knecht On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 3:49 PM, John McAndrew jj.mcand...@gmail.comwrote: Hello all, For a little under a year my main source of income has come through working as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and armour (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). Recently the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself being housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of independently programming a selection of experimental/underground/artists' films and videos that ties together the avant-garde as we commonly know it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing Hollywood war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings or written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to hearing any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed forces, weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... Many thanks for reading! Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks -- John Knecht, Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Art and Art History and Film and Media Studies ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema?
Norman McLaren's anti war film 'Neighbours': http://www.nfb.ca/film/neighbours_voisins/ Sent from my iPhone On 29 Jan 2014, at 7:49 am, John McAndrew jj.mcand...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, For a little under a year my main source of income has come through working as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and armour (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). Recently the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself being housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of independently programming a selection of experimental/underground/artists' films and videos that ties together the avant-garde as we commonly know it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing Hollywood war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings or written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to hearing any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed forces, weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... Many thanks for reading! Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Beau Travail by Claire Denis On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 8:49 PM, John McAndrew jj.mcand...@gmail.comwrote: Hello all, For a little under a year my main source of income has come through working as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and armour (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). Recently the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself being housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of independently programming a selection of experimental/underground/artists' films and videos that ties together the avant-garde as we commonly know it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing Hollywood war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings or written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to hearing any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed forces, weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... Many thanks for reading! Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema?
Hi John, I think you and your audience would find Wendy Morris's Bully Beef rather interesting, particularly the third part which is focused on military technology: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tgPDj32PP4 http://www.art-action.org/proposition/catalogue/detail_cat.php?codeoeuvre=B37982lang=enqui=realioeuvre=B37982 Her film Off the record was made for the Flanders Field museum in Ypres, and looks at the unequal treatment of black and white soldiers who fought in WWI: http://films2013.dok-leipzig.de/en/film.aspx?ID=5513 Peter Le 28/01/14 21:49, John McAndrew a écrit : Hello all, For a little under a year my main source of income has come through working as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and armour (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). Recently the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself being housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of independently programming a selection of experimental/underground/artists' films and videos that ties together the avant-garde as we commonly know it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing Hollywood war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings or written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to hearing any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed forces, weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... Many thanks for reading! Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema?
Henri Storck, Histoire du soldat inconnu, B elgium, 1931 Charles Gagnon, The Eighth Day, Canada, 1967 --Bill Wees From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] On Behalf Of John McAndrew Sent: January 28, 2014 3:50 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List Subject: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema? Hello all, For a little under a year my main source of income has come through working as a gallery warden in a historical museum specializing in arms and armour (it's a questionable place to work in admittedly, but anyway...). Recently the museum's cinema space has become freely available to staff members to use on evenings whenever it's available and given both the digital and potential film projection facilities available, and the cinema itself being housed in quite a unique location, I've been pondering over the idea of independently programming a selection of experimental/underground/artists' films and videos that ties together the avant-garde as we commonly know it with its original military terminology. Either way, it would make a refreshing change to the current programming decisions of showing Hollywood war and action films that everyone has seen a hundred times over... Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Or know of any existing curated screenings or written texts that have also explored this connection? I'm open to hearing any and all suggestions for works involving the military and armed forces, weapon technology (firearms, explosives, swords etc), armour, combat and self-defence, historical battles or wars (maybe even fictional ones too), appropriated war/training films, critiques of the armed forces, militias, laws involving the right to keep and bear arms, etc etc etc... Many thanks for reading! Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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IF you want to stretch a bit, there's a group of films that show, document, etc. protests against weapons such as the anti-nuke movement in the 50s on, and films showing anti-war protests. Jonas Mekas, his diary film of the 50s on (under some different titles as it evolved, as I remember--try Lost Lost Lost) includes a very poignant section of people protesting against air-raid drills in the 1950s. Not quite so avant garde, but still original Peter Watkins: Culloden, a you are there docudrama of the turning point battle in the Highlands depicting the devastating power of British rifles against what amounted to stone age weapons of the Scots. Perhaps especially appropriate for a museum of arms. And powerfully anti-war. There have been some powerful films about specific weapon systems: Agent Orange and land mines, etc. Usually in the aftermath and about the after effects. Haroun Farocki's Inextinguishable Fires, on Napalm is pretty powerful, and experimental. Chuck Kleinhans ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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This is one from Mexico. A short and dimple piece I found interesting and used in a program a while ago: DE NEGOCIOS Y PLACER, Dir. Iván Edeza, 2000, video NTSC, color, sonido, 1:37 min. And I can't help think about Marie Menken's Hurry! Hurry! Best. From: chuck...@northwestern.edu To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:32:11 + Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema? IF you want to stretch a bit, there's a group of films that show, document, etc. protests against weapons such as the anti-nuke movement in the 50s on, and films showing anti-war protests. Jonas Mekas, his diary film of the 50s on (under some different titles as it evolved, as I remember--try Lost Lost Lost) includes a very poignant section of people protesting against air-raid drills in the 1950s. Not quite so avant garde, but still original Peter Watkins: Culloden, a you are there docudrama of the turning point battle in the Highlands depicting the devastating power of British rifles against what amounted to stone age weapons of the Scots. Perhaps especially appropriate for a museum of arms. And powerfully anti-war. There have been some powerful films about specific weapon systems: Agent Orange and land mines, etc. Usually in the aftermath and about the after effects. Haroun Farocki's Inextinguishable Fires, on Napalm is pretty powerful, and experimental. Chuck Kleinhans ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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An extremely skin-crawling short work that includes relatively modern air-targeting footage and WWII propaganda images all draped with a creepy gauziness: I Cannot Speak Without Shaking by Todd Hermann 2007 - Video - 5 minutes Written by Patricia Berne http://www.todd-herman.com/video/#ics ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Tue, January 28, 2014 12:49 pm, John McAndrew wrote: Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Backbone by Tom Braidwood 1972 Its a loop of a WW2 soldier yelling 'Fire' followed by a canon blast. Becomes rather comedic and subversive. On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:47:24 PM, Buck Bito - Movette b...@movettefilm.com wrote: An extremely skin-crawling short work that includes relatively modern air-targeting footage and WWII propaganda images all draped with a creepy gauziness: I Cannot Speak Without Shaking by Todd Hermann 2007 - Video - 5 minutes Written by Patricia Berne http://www.todd-herman.com/video/#ics ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Tue, January 28, 2014 12:49 pm, John McAndrew wrote: Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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Georg by Stanton Kaye (1964): http://alternativeprojections.com/data/filmDetail.php?film=georgstantonkay Won the Los Angeles Filmmakers Festival that year. On 1/28/14 7:53 PM, John Woods jawood...@yahoo.ca wrote: Backbone by Tom Braidwood 1972 Its a loop of a WW2 soldier yelling 'Fire' followed by a canon blast. Becomes rather comedic and subversive. On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 5:47:24 PM, Buck Bito - Movette b...@movettefilm.com wrote: An extremely skin-crawling short work that includes relatively modern air-targeting footage and WWII propaganda images all draped with a creepy gauziness: I Cannot Speak Without Shaking by Todd Hermann 2007 - Video - 5 minutes Written by Patricia Berne http://www.todd-herman.com/video/#ics ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.co On Tue, January 28, 2014 12:49 pm, John McAndrew wrote: Can anyone on FrameWorks offer any suggestions for moving image works - both new or old, landmark or obscure, abstract or representative - that may explore such vanguard themes? Best, John ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
