[Frameworks] Portrait films

[Heath Iverson]

Pedro Costa has been doing some interesting moving-image portraiture work
with sculptor  Rui Chafes. Their work "Mu" is currently in the Cuban
Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. You can read about it here:
http://theculturetrip.com/caribbean/cuba/articles/classic-tales-of-distortion-cuba-at-the-venice-biennale/

Best,
Heath


On 20 June 2013 22:38, Herb Shellenberger <HerbS at ihphilly.org> wrote:

> I love Gérard Courant's film Cinématon which consists of (to this date)
> 2737 3.5 minute portraits of artists, writers, intellectuals and many other
> different kinds of people. You can see many of these portraits on YouTube
> or on Gérard's site http://www.gerardcourant.com/
>
> I presented a screening of 50 of these portraits during one of our season
> opening events at International House Philadelphia. It was great to see
> them projected in a cinema setting.
>
> Here's an example: Cinematon #120: Paul Sharits (1981):
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfakqYNFkYY
>
> Herb Shellenberger
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>
> From: FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-bounces at jonasmekasfilms.com] On
> Behalf Of Brian Murphy
> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 12:40 PM
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Portrait films
>
> Here is a link to a video I made that may fall into this catagory.
>
> https://vimeo.com/50219263
>
> Brian
>
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 12:02 PM, Marta Sanchez <marta at pragda.com> wrote:
> Hi guapa Shumona, you can see wonderful Santiago by Joao Malles, Brazil.
> Love from Spain Marta
> Sent from my Iphone. Forgive the bad typing!
>
> On Jun 20, 2013, at 3:38 PM, Shumona Goel <shumonagoel at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Frameworks,
>
> I am developing a short experimental film portrait about a dying man. He
> is an astrologer, linguist, and an agent of the Indian intelligence.  I was
> wondering whether you could recommend films like Portrait of Jason, for me
> to watch. I am looking for poetic films that could be easy to access from
> places like ubu.com or kara garga.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> Shumona
>
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-- 
Heath Iverson
PhD Student, Film Studies
University of St Andrews
99 North Street
St. Andrews, KY16 9AD
Scotland, UK
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