[Frameworks] meditative films?

[Albert Alcoz]

Hello,

Kate, some videos of Joan Leandre, Toni Serra and Xavier Hurtado deal with
meditative ideas.
Here you can watch some of them:
https://www.retroyou.org/archive_2015-1994.html
https://vimeo.com/barzakh
http://www.desorg.org/autors/hurtado/

I also thought on videos like *Let Me ASMR You* by the Clint Enns. It is no
longer online, though.
http://www.visionaryfilm.net/2015/12/let-me-asmr-you-clint-enns.html

Best,
Albert



On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 1:46 AM kate lain <kate at katemakesfilms.com> wrote:

> My gratitude to all of you who have responded to my query both on- and
> off-list.  I appreciate all the suggestions for works to check out -- lots
> of great stuff to look at and think about as I move forward with this
> workshop!
>
> And Dave, thank you for offering your critiques of my request and your
> suggestions for how I might approach my class differently.
>
> My best,
> Kate
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:29 PM kate lain <kate at katemakesfilms.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Frameworkers.  I’m teaching a multi-part film/video-making workshop
>> for high schoolers.  We’re exploring rituals of care, different self-care
>> practices, calming techniques, etc., and the students will be making a
>> collaborative collage film/video related to all that.  I’d love to show
>> them some examples of moving image works for inspiration (or send them
>> links to things they can check out on their own).
>>
>> Do you have any recommendations for short films, videos, animations,
>> gifs, video art, etc. in the experimental/art vein that are that are
>> viewable online that might fit with this?  (I'm not looking for things like
>> straight documentaries on self-care or anything -- I'm thinking about works
>> that are more poetic, more in the arena of video art or experimental film.)
>>  Note that these students are brand new to experimental film, so I’m not
>> looking for particularly challenging works that could be frustrating to
>> them.  Instead, I’m looking for pieces that are slower, poetic, perhaps
>> repetitive, meditative that someone might be able to relax into.  A couple
>> of films that come to mind are Amy Halpern’s “Invocation” (except there's
>> no digital version, dang it, and I can only show digital at this school)
>> and James Whitney’s “Lapis”.  But I hope to find more works that, like
>> "Invocation," work with representational imagery—and works that, in
>> particular, use documentation/documentary-style moving images since the
>> students will recording visuals and audio at the school site where we’re
>> working (though we may do some basic animation as well).
>>
>> I’m particularly interested in works by artists of color and queer
>> artists, but I’m open to other suggestions as well.  Thank you in advance
>> for any recommendations!
>>
>> Best,
>> Kate Lain
>>
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>> kate lain
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>>
>>
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