[Frameworks] touring "A Roll for Peter"

[Eric Theise]

Several people have asked for clarification: there is no rental fee.
No one has yet asked but: there is no preview copy available.


On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Frameworkers,
>
> You may be aware that Jennifer Reeves & Mark Street, as a tribute to the
> late Peter Hutton, put out a call for submissions of 100 foot rolls of 16mm
> black and white shot with Peter in mind. The compilation, "A Roll for
> Peter", screened at Bard College on 22 October and had a sold out screening
> as part of Mono No Aware's festival in Brooklyn on 9 November.
>
>   http://mononoawarefilm.com/calendar/2016/11/9/mono-x-gowanus-darkroom
>
> Like me, you may have thought: I'd kinda like to see that before it gets
> disassembled.
>
> So. I've volunteered to coordinate a tour of the project. We'll likely
> have a screening in Oakland, CA, during the first half of December and a
> San Francisco screening sometime in 2017. There's also been interest
> expressed in University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and University of Central
> Florida screenings in 2017.
>
> This is an invitation for you to contact me if you'd be interested in
> screening the project between now and May 2017.
>
> There's a single projection segment that runs 45 minutes and a double
> projection segment that runs 15 minutes. A venue needs two comparable 16mm
> projectors and a "wide enough" projection area. Academic venues should not
> charge admission for a screening; microcinemas & artist-run spaces may
> charge enough to cover their expenses. All venues are responsible for
> timely and insured shipping to the next venue on the tour.
>
> I'll note that the two New York screenings also screened Hutton's "New
> York Portrait, Chapter I", but venues would be on their own to rent or
> otherwise screen material beyond "A Roll for Peter".
>
> I'll coordinate dates, put up a page for the project, keep tabs on the
> whereabouts of the reels, and make sure screenings are listed in "This week
> in avant garde cinema".
>
> Please get in touch if this is something you'd like to be a part of.
>
> Thanks, Eric
>
>
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