[Frameworks] science film query

[Kevin Timmins]

Harold E Edgerton:
http://www.ikon-gallery.co.uk/programme/current/event/418/seeing_the_unseen_photographs_/
BestKevin
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:46:51 -0600
From: lestimides at gmail.com
To: frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
Subject: [Frameworks] science film query

Hello FWs -
I am trying to put together a proposal for a course in film history, dealing primarily with the evolution of science/research and educational film. Plenty has been written on the general history of these relatively marginal genres - especially on their origins (i.e. on Muybridge, Marey, etc.) - but I wonder if anyone has done work on any kind of cross-breeding between sci/research/edu film and experimental film (or even arthouse film). 


Jean Painlevé is the only one coming to mind who could be said to straddle both domains. A few of Peter Greenaway's films (particularly A Zed and Two Noughts) borrow some themes/techniques from research film - in this case time-lapse cinematography.


(At the risk of saddling Tony Conrad with another string of inanities) I'd love to get some input - both in terms of artistic films that reference the sci/research/edu genres and books/articles that deal with such borrowing. I expect borrowing in the other direction took place as well, but that may be a good deal harder to trace.


Also - on the off chance that someone on the list knows of major repositories of sci/research/edu films - I mean archives, museums, hospitals, etc. - from all eras, I would love to hear about it as well. I think I have tracked down the majority of commercially available films.


Many many thanks for reading and giving some thought to the matter.

happy holidays, and best regards
serge

 




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