[Frameworks] FrameWorks Digest, Vol 15, Issue 20
Janis Lipzin
jlipzin at aol.com
Tue Aug 16 12:27:36 CDT 2011
Robert Breer was an early and continuing inspiration in my work and
his absence is an enduring loss.
In 1962 he said:
"I like to cross back and forth between the cinema and the fixed
image. I like to take properties of one into the world of the other
and to never get caught. I also like being an artist."
Janis Crystal Lipzin
jlipzin at aol.com
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> 1. Re: CHINON 2500GL Power Cord (Jean-Louis Seguin)
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> 3. selling some 16mm equipment (lj frezza)
> 4. Filmwise magazine (Pablo Marin)
> 5. Matt Stokes email (Adam R. Levine)
> 6. "Self Referential" video on You Tube
> (Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T))
> 7. Re: Filmwise magazine (Mark Toscano)
> 8. Re: Robert Breer 1926-2011 (andrew lampert)
> 9. Re: Filmwise magazine (andrew lampert)
> 10. Re: Filmwise magazine (Pablo Marin)
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> Can anyone recommend a used bookstore in NYC that would have old
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> From: Adam Hyman <adam at lafilmforum.org>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Robert Breer 1926-2011
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> The Filmforum Q&A with Robert Breer from 2008 is on You Tube in 5
> parts, at:
> Part 1 http://youtu.be/4izIkbAIJeo
> Part 2 http://youtu.be/YhmEwupo_NM
> Part 3 http://youtu.be/4U0CN9UpUSk
> Part 4 http://youtu.be/Cwm3n6JlQ0Q
> Part 5 http://youtu.be/itrLEpNsME0
>
> This show was really made possible by Stave Anker, Cal Arts &
> REDCAT. Here
> are the program notes from that show, so you ca see to what we are
> referring.
>
> LOS ANGELES FILMFORUM PRESENTS:
> MOVING FIGURES: THE ANIMATED WORLD OF ROBERT BREER ? PART 3
> Films from 1952-1964, and More!
> Sunday November 16, 2008, 7:00 pm
> Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian
>
> Los Angeles Filmforum is the city's longest-running organization
> dedicated
> to weekly screenings of experimental film, documentaries, video
> art, and
> experimental animation. www.lafilmforum.org <http://
> www.lafilmforum.org>
>
> In person: Robert Breer
>
> Robert Breer, one of America?s foremost filmmakers for more than 50
> years,
> pays a rare visit to Los Angeles to attend a multi-venue
> celebration of his
> work. A close colleague of Rauschenberg, Oldenburg and many other
> seminal
> artists of the ?50s and ?60s, Breer brought a comparably
> imaginative and
> rigorous appreciation for collage and pure form to the art of cinema.
> Throughout a body of more than 40 animated?and in ways anti-animated
> films?Breer celebrates cinema as a unique way of seeing, and the
> act of
> drawing as an endlessly expressive and unpredictable personal gesture.
> Tonight is the third part of a three-part retrospective organized
> by Steve
> Anker, featuring a selection of the artist?s early work (1952-1964),
> including portraits and collaborations with Jean Tinguely, Claes
> Oldenberg
> and other avant-garde figures of the ?50s and early ?60s, as well
> as his
> first major animated and pixilated short films. (Notes by Steve Anker)
>
> A founding member of the American avant-garde, Robert Breer (b.
> 1926) has
> been working at the forefront of experimental animation for over fifty
> years. The son of an inventor and engineer, Breer's continued
> experimentation with a range of film and animation techniques has
> drawn from
> his deep knowledge of early cinema and cinematographic
> technologies. Breer
> is celebrated not only for his remarkable line and live action
> techniques,
> seen in works such as A Man and His Dog Out for Air (1957), but
> also for
> fabulous collage films such as Un Miracle (1954) and his dazzling
> use of
> single-frame photography in break-through films such as Fist Fight
> (1964)
> and the incredible Jamestown Baloos (1957).
>
> Breer entered film through painting in the early 1950s when he was
> living in
> Paris and deeply influenced by Neo-plasticism as defined by
> Mondrian and
> Vasarely. Breer channeled his interest in geometric abstraction
> into his
> remarkable first group of films, Form Phases (1954-1956), which
> explored the
> role of movement in the understanding of form and space. Breer's
> wonderful
> kinetic sculptures also tie directly into the concern for movement,
> composition and space perception which has remained central to his
> films.
> Combining a meticulous attention to form and rhythm with an acerbic
> wit and
> talent for satire, Breer provides an important link between the
> abstract
> films of Richter, Eggeling and Leger and the lyric and radical
> traditions of
> the avant-garde, from Brakhage and Baillie to Kubelka and Sharits.
> (Harvard
> Film Archive)
>
> Special thanks to Steve Anker for organizing this three-part
> retrospective
> and to Andrew Lampert and Anthology Film Archives, who preserved
> several of
> Breer's films in this program.
>
> Tonight:
> Form Phases I (US 1952, 16mm, silent, color, 2 min.)
> Form Phases IV (US 1954, 16mm, silent, color, 4 min.)
> Breer's earliest experiments in animation are wonderfully dense yet
> lyrical
> abstractions based on Breer's own geometric paintings.
>
> Un Miracle (US 1954, 16mm blow-up to 35mm, silent, color, 1 min.)
> Breer's first collage film is a hilarious joke about the juggling
> talents of
> Pope Pius XII, made in collaboration with Pontus Hulten.
>
> Recreation (US 1956, 16mm blow-up to 35mm, color, 2 min.)
> Featuring a commentary by Noel Burch (in nonsense French),
> Recreation's
> rapid-fire montage of single-frame images of incredible density and
> intensity has been compared to contemporary Beat poetry.
>
> A Man And His Dog Out for Air (US 1957, 16mm blow-up to 35mm, b/w,
> 2 min.)
> A whimsical film that displays Breer's drawing artistry. Originally
> shown as
> a short before Last Year at Marienbad during that film's initial
> New York
> theatrical release.
>
> Jamestown Baloos (US 1957, 16mm blow-up to 35mm, color, 6 min.)
>
> Eyewash (US 1959, 16mm blow-up to 35mm, color, silent, 4 min.)
> A free flow from photography to geometric abstraction hand-painted
> by Breer.
>
> Blazes (US 1961, 16mm blow-up to 35mm, color, 3 min.)
> "One hundred basic images switching positions for four thousand
> frames. A
> continuous explosion." ? RB
>
> Pat's Birthday (US, 1962, 16mm, b&w/so, 13min.)
> A day in the country with Claes Oldenburg and the Ray Gun Theatre
> Players
> ... includes such classic items as the haunted house, a gas
> station, ice
> cream stand, miniature golf, airplane noises, balloons. Things
> happen after
> each other in this film only because there isn't room for
> everything at
> once. After all, time's not supposed to move in one direction any
> more than
> it does in another.
>
> Horse Over Tea Kettle (1962, 16mm, color, sound, 8 min.)
>
> Fist Fight (US 1964, 16mm blow-up to 35mm, color, 9 min.)
> Breer's extraordinary autobiographical film combines personal and
> family
> photos with intense colors, textures and geometric abstractions.
> Originally
> presented as part of Karlheinz Stockhausen's 1964 premiere of
> Originale.
>
> Pbl No. 2 (1968, 16mm, color, sound, 1 min.)
> A concise one minute cartoon history of the black American
> commissioned by
> Public Broadcast Laboratory and shown in NET network.
>
> Gulls & Buoys (1972, 16mm, color/so, 7.5min.)
> "In GULLS & BUOYS a large number of Breer's ideas are compressed and
> crystallized into a short statement of great richness. It could
> function
> excellently as an introduction to the remarkable range of pleasures
> available from the films of Robert Breer." - Scott Hammen, Afterimage
>
> What Goes Up (2003, video, 4 min. 30 sec.)
> "His most recent film, What Goes Up, cycles through several
> intervals framed
> by the drawn animations of an ascending plane and a variety of
> images that
> offer a succinct summary of the joys of being alive?photographs of the
> artist's family, home and studio, food, drink, the changing leaves,
> and a
> drawing of a voluptuous woman. Breer gives us his personal take on the
> everyday in images that zoom past us like a flashback of a thousand
> perfectly lived moments rolled into one four-minute epic. The final
> scene of
> a derailed train provides a metaphor for the absurdity of the
> notion that a
> big, beautiful, well-lived life simply runs out."-Carnegie
> International
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Adam
> --
> Adam Hyman
> Los Angeles Filmforum
> lafilmforum at yahoo.com
> adam at lafilmforum.org
> http://www.lafilmforum.org
>
>
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> From: lj frezza <ljfrezza at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Frameworks] selling some 16mm equipment
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> i'm selling a bell and howell DL-70, a moviola gang sync (2 16mm
> tracks and
> 2 35mm tracks), a rivas splicer for 16mm, and a 16mm heat splicer
> if interested, please contact me off-list - i also have pictures i
> can send
> to you of all the items. my prices are negotiable - i'm just
> looking for
> some extra cash and some extra space because i'm going through a
> big move in
> the next couple of weeks
> -lj
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> --
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> From: Pablo Marin <pamarin82 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
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> Hi all,
> I was wondering if someone had any leads to get (in paper, in pdf)
> the first number of the Filmwise magazine (1961)?
> Accordind to Robert A. Haller's superb Selected Bibliography
> section of Brakhage Scrapbook it contains some articles by W. Maas
> and P. Tyler on SB that I am curious to read for research purposes.
> Thanks & best wishes,
> pablo marinbuenos aires, ARG
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> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:01:46 -0700
> From: "Adam R. Levine" <adamrl at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Frameworks] Matt Stokes email
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> Does anyone have contact info for Matt Stokes? Please email me off-
> list if
> so.
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> Thanks,
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> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:35:54 -0400
> From: "Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)" <emile at foryourhead.com>
> Subject: [Frameworks] "Self Referential" video on You Tube
> To: DrTVideo at egroups.com
> Cc: iotacenter at egroups.com, atari-midi at yahoogroups.com,
> Frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com, boss-improv at topica.com,
> eyecandy at egroups.com, Loopers-Delight at loopers-delight.com
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> Hi folks,
>
> I've posted another video on You Tube --
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYOCBJmHzCw
>
> "Self-Referential" was recorded during a duet set I played with Tom
> Plsek on trombone at Outpost 186. I hadn't seem Tom in a while when I
> attended a trio concert in March, and we decided to do a set together
> as part of my April Outpost show.
>
> I was taking video at that show, and got some good footage of Tom.
> Trombone is one of the most visual instruments, so getting good shots
> was not hard.
>
> I made a set of DVD's with imagery of Tom (both straight and heavily
> treated) and used them as source material during one of the pieces in
> the set. This video is a recording of that piece.
>
> Tom's playing is very dynamic, and I did not think the straight
> recording would work for You Tube. Thanks to David Wolfman (my
> step-son), who did audio post production that tamed the dynamic,
>
> It is scary to remember that first worked with Tom in 1973.
> BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/
> 72157603627170351/
> --
> " Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better." -- Paul Bley
>
> Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
> Video Producer Image Processing Specialist
> Video for your HEAD! Boris FX
> http://www.foryourhead.com http://www.borisfx.com
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:36:43 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Mark Toscano <fiddybop at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
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> There's a copy of the Brakhage issue in Brakhage's papers at CU
> Boulder. ?
> I would imagine P. Adams might have copies of them all, though I
> wonder how he'd feel about them circulating.
> Mark Toscano
>
> --- On Mon, 8/15/11, Pablo Marin <pamarin82 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: Pablo Marin <pamarin82 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List"
> <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Date: Monday, August 15, 2011, 3:44 PM
>
> Hi all,
> I was wondering if someone had any leads to get (in paper, in pdf)
> the first number of the Filmwise magazine (1961)?
> Accordind to Robert A. Haller's superb Selected Bibliography
> section of Brakhage Scrapbook it contains some articles by W. Maas
> and P. Tyler on SB that I am curious to read for research purposes.
> Thanks & best wishes,
> pablo marinbuenos aires, ARG
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> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:57:23 -0700 (PDT)
> From: andrew lampert <andrewlampert at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Robert Breer 1926-2011
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
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> Breer was simply one of the best, as an artist and as a person.
>
> Earlier today I posted a super 8 portrait/reel I shot of Bob to
> youtube:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds_l72VfiIs
>
>
>
> A.
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> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:00:02 -0700 (PDT)
> From: andrew lampert <andrewlampert at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
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> Hi Pablo
>
> All the issues of Filmwise are in Anthology's library. You should
> contact Robert Haller (robert at anthologyfilmarchives.org) to see
> what can be done about getting reproductions. I know you aren't in
> NYC, so make sure to point this out to Robert in your communication.
>
> Best,
> A.
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Pablo Marin <pamarin82 at yahoo.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:44 PM
> Subject: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if someone had any leads to get (in paper, in pdf)
> the first number of the Filmwise magazine (1961)?
>
> Accordind to Robert A. Haller's superb Selected Bibliography
> section of Brakhage Scrapbook it contains some articles by W. Maas
> and P. Tyler on SB that I am curious to read for research purposes.
>
> Thanks & best wishes,
>
> pablo marin
> buenos aires, ARG
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> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 06:23:22 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Pablo Marin <pamarin82 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
> To: andrew lampert <andrewlampert at yahoo.com>, Experimental Film
> Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
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> Mark, Andrew,
> thanks so much for your help.
> I will contact Robert.
> all the best,pablo.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 8/15/11, andrew lampert <andrewlampert at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> From: andrew lampert <andrewlampert at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
> To: "Experimental Film Discussion List"
> <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Date: Monday, August 15, 2011, 11:00 PM
>
> Hi Pablo
> All the issues of Filmwise are in Anthology's library. You should
> contact Robert Haller (robert at anthologyfilmarchives.org) to see
> what can be done about getting reproductions. I know you aren't in
> NYC, so make sure to point this out to Robert in your communication.
> Best,A.
>
>
> From: Pablo Marin <pamarin82 at yahoo.com>
> To: Experimental
> Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 15, 2011 6:44 PM
> Subject: [Frameworks] Filmwise magazine
>
> Hi all,
> I was wondering if someone had any leads to get (in paper, in pdf)
> the first number of the Filmwise magazine (1961)?
> Accordind to Robert A. Haller's superb Selected Bibliography
> section of Brakhage Scrapbook it contains some articles by W. Maas
> and P. Tyler on SB that I am curious to read for research
> purposes.
> Thanks & best wishes,
> pablo marinbuenos aires, ARG
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