[Frameworks] Gregory Markopoulos / Film as Film Seminar & Screenings

[Mark Webber]

FILM AS FILM: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE WORK OF GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS
Symposium & Screenings
Basel, 23 & 24 April 2015

Basel University, eikones Forum and Stadkino Basel will host "Film as Film: Theory and Practice in the Work of Gregory J. Markopoulos" on 23 & 24 April 2015. This symposium and screening series is the first of its kind to be focused on Markopoulos, and will bring together many of the most knowledgeable individuals interested in his work. This event is open to the public.

The three film programmes at Stadktino Basel are each augmented by presentations by P. Adams Sitney, Luke Fowler and Robert Beavers. Tickets for screenings and lectures are available from the cinema and booking is recommended. See http://www.stadtkino.ch or call the Box Office on +41 61 272 66 88.

The colloquium at eikones Forum will also feature talks and discussions with Erika Balsom, Rebekah Rutkoff, Mark Webber, François Bovier, Markus Klammer and Maja Naef. To register your interest in attending the colloquium please contact <maja.naef at unibas.ch>.

Reasonably priced accommodation can be found at the Basel-St Alban Youth Hostel http://www.youthhostel.ch/en/hostels/basel-st-alban or at easyHotel Basel http://www.easyhotel.com/hotels/basel.html.

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FILM AS FILM: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE WORK OF GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS

Thursday 23 April 2015, at 6pm – Basel Stadtkino
OPENING
Introductions: Maja Naef, Markus Klammer
Jonas Mekas, Gregory J. Markopoulos Shoots Backgrounds for Galaxie (excerpt of Walden), c.1966, c.2 min
Presentation: Mark Webber

Thursday 23 April 2015, at 6:30pm – Basel Stadtkino
NEW YORK / EARLY FILMS
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Ming Green, 1966, 7 min
Lecture: P. Adams Sitney

Friday 24 April 2015, at 9am – Basel Eikones Forum
COLLOQUIUM & DISCUSSIONS
Erika Balsom, Rebekah Rutkoff, Mark Webber, François Bovier, P. Adams Sitney, Luke Fowler, Markus Klammer, Maja Naef
 
Friday 24 April 2015, at 3:30pm – Basel Stadtkino
SECONDS IN ETERNITY
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Sorrows, 1969, 6 min
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Gammelion, 1968, 54 min
Artist’s Talk: Luke Fowler
 
Friday 24 April 2015, at 6:30pm – Basel Stadtkino
TOWARDS THE TEMENOS
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Through a Lens Brightly: Mark Turbyfill, 1967, 14 min
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Political Portraits, 1969, 12 min (excerpt)
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Eniaios II, Reel 4: ὁ τῆς ὄψεως κόσμος (The Cosmos of Sight), 1947-91, 25 min
Discussion: Robert Beavers with Lucy Parker, Ian Wooldridge, James Edmonds

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FILM AS FILM: THE COLLECTED WRITINGS OF GREGORY J, MARKOPOULOS
Edited by Mark Webber, with a foreword by P. Adams Sitney
Published by The Visible Press, September 2014

560 pages / Hardcover / Ribbon Marker / Shrinkwrap
Buy online at http://thevisiblepress.com/order/