[Frameworks] NYC - Oct 5-6 - JAAP PIETERS - icon of super 8

[rachelle]

Hi Frameworkers,
while this was posted on This Week in A-G we want to make sure
everyone in NY knows about the rare appearance of super 8 icon Jaap
Pieters at Anthology Film Archives this Wed and Thurs. If you are a
super 8 fan or any film fan for that matter, do not miss this chance
to see Pieters and his super 8 films in person! Spread the word to
other super 8 fans!

This Wed & Thursday at Anthology!

Our ongoing series continues:

NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY

October 5-6

JAAP PIETERS

Long time icon of Super 8 filmmaking

There is something inexplicable and strangely exquisite about the
Super-8mm films of Dutch artist Jaap Pieters. A longtime icon of
small-gauge filmmaking who has shown in cinemas, art spaces, and
festivals throughout Europe, Pieters is often compared to Warhol
because of his preference for single takes and a fixed camera. The
films generally focus on the down-and-out passersby on the street
outside his home in Amsterdam, and many of the movies are actually
shot from his window.



Possessed with an empathetic eye and incredible timing, Pieters
captures metaphorical images and private performances that transcend
the everyday moments in which they were framed. We are thrilled to
have Pieters in person to present thesetwo programs featuring a number
of 35mm blow-ups made by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. Rounding
out the screenings is an illuminating documentary portrait of Pieters
by his colleague Fred Pelon.



This program has been made possible thanks to the generous support of
the Mondriaan Foundation; very special thanks to Coby Reitsma
(Mondriaan Foundation), and to Claartje Opdam, Marta Jurkiewicz & Anna
Abrahams (EYE Film Institute Netherlands), and Travis Bird.



Please note: the films are listed chronologically, but will be
screened in a different order.



PROGRAM 1:

All films in this program are on Super-8mm.

THE TROLLEYMAN / DE WINKELWAGENMAN (1991, 3.5 minutes, silent)

WILLIAM THE FIRST, WILLIAM THE SECOND, WILLIAM THE THIRD / WILLEM I,
WILLEM II, WILLEM III (1991, 17 minutes)

THE HOGWEED / DE BEREKLAUW (1992, 3.5 minutes, silent)

KIM & STEVEN (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent)

STRINGLESS / SNAARLOOS (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent)

SCREAMMAN / SCHREEUWMAN (1994, 3.5 minutes, silent)

TEARS FROM DADDY’S SUIT / TRANEN UIT PAPA’S PAK (1994, 5.5 minutes, silent)

SUDSCRUBBING/ SCHUIMSCHROBBEN (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent)

THE FLYER / DE VLIEGENIER (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent)

MEATTRANSPORT / VLEESVERVOER (1995, 3.5 minutes, silent)

PASSERS-BY ON A SUNDAY / PASSANTEN OP ZONDAG (1996, 3.5 minutes, silent)

CLEAR VIEWS / SCHONE UITZICHTEN (1997, 2.5 minutes, silent)

THE WEIGHT / HET GEWICHT (A.K.A. WHO’S AFRAID OF RED, YELLOW & BLUE)
(1998, 6.5 minutes, silent)

SILVER GREY WAVES ON THE LAND, OR THE WHITE SEA (WITH THANX TO TGR) /
ZILVER GRIJZE GOLVEN OP HET LAND, OF DE WITTE ZEE (MET DANK AAN TGR)
(2000, 3.5 minutes, silent)

SWISSSPIDER /SPINSUISSE (2000, 3.5 minutes, silent)

THE FURIOUS WITH BOTTLE & CAN / DE WOEDENDE MET FLES & BLIK (2002, 1.5
minutes,silent)

MICHEL’S SHADOWWORKS / MICHELSSCHADUWWERKING (2004, 3.5 minutes, silent)

SPACESHIP SUISSE / RAUMSCHIFF SCHWEIZ (1994/2007, 8.5 minutes, silent)

Total running time: ca. 90 minutes.

–Wednesday, October 5 at 7:30.



PROGRAM 2:

The 35mm blow-ups presented in this program are courtesy of the EYE
Film Institute Netherlands.

THE TINCANMAN / DE BLIKJESMAN (1991, 3.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent)

JIMMY’S BALLET (1993, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent)

THE CUPSDANCE / DE KOPJESDANS (1994, 2.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm)

ZÜRICH BLISSNESS / ZÜRCHER ZEGNERIN (2000, 3.5 minutes, Super8-to-35mm, silent)

OPWAAIINGEN (2010, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm)

WINDE’S BLISS / WINDE’S GELUK (2010, 3 minutes, Super8-to-35mm)



With:

Fred Pelon

JAAP PIETERS PORTRAIT

2006, 45 minutes, video, b&w. In Dutch with English subtitles.

In this video portrait of Pieters, which premiered at the 2006
Rotterdam Film Festival, ‘the Eye of Amsterdam’ is filmed in his home,
where his moving struggle with the plethora of objects he’s collected
becomes a symbol for his inner life. Organizing, controlling, and
re-collecting the chaos by means of photography becomes a way of
treasure hunting and finding. The filmmaker joins Pieters in the
search for his heater, but ends up becoming part of the collection.

Total running time: ca. 70 minutes.

–Thursday, October 6 at 7:30.





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About our ongoing series,

NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY

Each quarterly calendar at Anthology is filled with hundreds of films
and videos all grouped into a number of series or categories. Along
with preservation screenings, theatrical premieres, thematic series,
and auteur and actor retrospectives, we’re equally dedicated to
presenting new and recent work by individuals operating at the
vanguard of non-commercial cinema. Each month, under the rubric
NEW/IMPROVED/INSTITUTIONAL/QUALITY, we showcase at least one such
program, focusing on moving-image artists who are emerging, at their
peak, or long-established but still prolific.

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