On “Artists’ Cinema” and “Moving-Image Art”* By Roger Beebe download PDF I was asked to write about the present and future of “artists’ cinema” and “moving-image art.” This language conflates two traditions that I still have a stake in separating: experimental film and (gallery/museum) video art. It’s a move that I’ve seen frequently enough … Sigue leyendo
Undergrowth (2011) Robert Todd (USA) 16mm 11 min 30 s “A blind predator dreams through its prey’s eyes”. The obvious predator is a Barred owl, but the film uses this a vehicle to consider the active role of the camera in image “capture”. The prey is undefined, but suggested as a compendium of natural … Sigue leyendo
I Swim Now (2011) Sarah Jane Biagini (USA) 16mm 8 min 5 s Challenges the visual intelligibility of landscape aesthetics by imagining the experiences of one Violet Jessop, a steward on-board all three sister ships of the White Star Line – the Olympic, the Titanic, and the Britannic – while each suffered varying degrees … Sigue leyendo
Interview to Abigail Child download PDF by Sebastian Wiedemann Sometimes in a Film Festival the most interesting things happen between the movies, between one projection and another. Talks about and around the images. Talks between friends due the images. I send you these questions to remember and to put on record those cinema meetings that … Sigue leyendo
download PDF In defense of amateur by Stan Brakhage I have been making films for over 15 years now. I have contributed to many commercial films as “director”, “photographer”, “editor”, “writer”, “actor”, even “grip”, etcetera, and sometimes in combination of all of these. But mostly I have worked without title, in no collaboration with … Sigue leyendo
Outtakes from the Life of a Happy Man Por Rául Camargo Bórquez download PDF Siempre he sentido una especial admiración por aquellos cineastas que han intentado desentrañar su propio oficio, vislumbrando nuevos caminos para el desarrollo del cine a partir de la reflexión compartida, tanto a través de películas como por medio del texto. … Sigue leyendo
Amateur Versus Professional By Maya Deren download PDF The major obstacle for amateur film-makers is their own sense of inferiority vis-a-vis professional productions. The very classification “amateur” has an apologetic ring. But that very word – from the Latin “amateur” – “lover” means one who does something for the love of the thing rather … Sigue leyendo
Stan Brakhage: el pintor de la luz del fin del mundo Por Florencia Incarbone download PDF El valor poético delcine experimental se sostiene en las percepciones que genera y sostiene con los procedimientos expresivos, y no con aquello que puede representar. Este intento radical de experimentación no permite posicionamientos estáticos para quienes eligen atravesar este … Sigue leyendo
Trágame que soy frágil…[1] por Sebastian Wiedemann download PDF Hay una imagen inolvidable de “Un Chien Andalou” de Buñuel. El tajo en el ojo. Inolvidable desmantelamiento de un modo perceptivo, para abrir un otro en su reverso. Y que por ejemplo se abre con TRIBUTES-Pulse. Campo perfectivo, donde tras el tajo, el ojo suelta las … Sigue leyendo
Anti-100 Years of Cinema Manifesto download PDF By Jonas Mekas As you well know it was God who created this Earth and everything on it. And he thought it was all great. All painters and poets and musicians sang and celebrated the creation and that was all OK. But not for real. Something was missing. … Sigue leyendo
