[Frameworks] Jud Yalkut RIP

Sat Jul 27 15:50:41 UTC 2013

I've curated his work on a couple of occasions, and I have to say I don't
understand why he isn't as readily available as, for example, Brakhage's
film work? (Although I already know the answer to that)

In talking with my students, the cut-off seems to be what they can find
online easily (or in a DVD they can rent) vs what's shown in galleries or
screenings.

This whole situation makes me kinda sad, Jud will be missed.

Michael Betancourt
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On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Al Matthews <prolepsis at gmail.com> wrote:

> > plus i dont know if his work is archived
> > maybe at MOMA ? anyone know?
>
> Hello all. I do not know and would be interested to hear.
>
> Electronic Arts Intermix has a good set of pages
> http://www.eai.org/artistSupportDocs.htm?id=257 , though with less
> between 1974 and 2004. I wonder if there's not a repository in Ohio?
>
> > It might be useful to think about the highly uneven reception some
> artists get and the reasons for that.  Perhaps leaving NYC has some effect,
> since most of his later career was in flyover country, Ohio.  Or being a
> pretty trippy and psychedelic type of maker in some of his work.  Perhaps
> some of it was not being written about enough by critics, or curated into
> shows often enough, or touring enough.  But some of it must have also been
> precisely because of his ease in shifting from one medium to another, and
> thus not fitting into "experimental film" in a pure sense because he also
> was involved in video and electronic music and image processing.  It's less
> the case now, but for a long time there was a lot of purism in film circles.
>
> All these reasons seem salient to me as well. Speaking to the first and
> the last, Ohio has evolved to host for example http://accad.osu.edu/, so
> no doubt we agree that it's more flyover country in nyc terms than
> electronic arts terms. Surely there's some interesting lag visible here in
> Jud Yalkut's readiness to hand, between the centralization that is analog
> television and New York and the distributed-global arts presence we're
> arriving at by now?
>
> I wonder too how much of the anti-artefactual gesture of the video
> movement is here in play. Or perhaps that's a broad stroke.
>
> > When I heard of his passing, I wondered how many younger folks had even
> heard of him, much less seen some of his work.
>
> Viewing the work seems the harder bit though, isn't it. It's probably
> worth raising my hand to say that, while the distribution channels seem to
> exist, at least for certain artefacts, those channels still seem to require
> a curator, and I cannot quickly determine if that is for the best.
>
> Corrections appreciated.
>
> --
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>
>
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Cari Machet <carimachet at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> i screened some of his work at some curated shows and i think he was a
>> kind genius > that was my experience anyway > thanks for the post about him
>> passing > i dont believe in death per say only transformation > i dont
>> believe in belief either so... but it is sad to see a life go > though he
>> is still with us i think > he is a great spirit art makes shifts in and of
>> itself without getting accolades from the constituency
>>
>> perhaps a tribute can be made a memorial like we did with brakhage in nyc
>> but mark fr the academy can possibly get him in the tribute they have at
>> the oscars too plus i dont know if his work is archived > maybe at MOMA ?
>> anyone know?
>>
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>> On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Chuck Kleinhans <
>> chuckkle at northwestern.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  On Jul 26, 2013, at 10:46 PM, David Baker wrote:
>>>
>>>  How is it possible
>>> on an "Experimental Film Discussion List"
>>> that so little is said in salute
>>> when someone of this singular magnitude
>>> of achievement passes into the cosmic ether
>>> of eternity?
>>>
>>> When I heard of his passing, I wondered how many younger folks had even
>>> heard of him, much less seen some of his work.
>>>
>>>  It might be useful to think about the highly uneven reception some
>>> artists get and the reasons for that.  Perhaps leaving NYC has some effect,
>>> since most of his later career was in flyover country, Ohio.  Or being a
>>> pretty trippy and psychedelic type of maker in some of his work.  Perhaps
>>> some of it was not being written about enough by critics, or curated into
>>> shows often enough, or touring enough.  But some of it must have also been
>>> precisely because of his ease in shifting from one medium to another, and
>>> thus not fitting into "experimental film" in a pure sense because he also
>>> was involved in video and electronic music and image processing.  It's less
>>> the case now, but for a long time there was a lot of purism in film circles.
>>>
>>>  Chuck Kleinhans
>>>
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