[Frameworks] RIP Gene Youngblood

Fri Apr 9 23:44:34 CDT 2021

Hi,
Sorry to hear again that Gene has gone.
This is Takahiko iimura, Tokyo, 2nd mail of the news.

We should recover the space what he had left for us.
Thanks for him.

Takahiko iimura, filmmaker, Tokyo

Takahiko Iimura has been a pioneer artist of Japanese experimental film and video, working in film since l960 and with video since 1970. He is also a widely established international artist, having numerous exhibitions including installation and performance in Japan, the USA, and Europe. One of his early films, Onan, was awarded Special Prize at the legendary Brussels International Experimental Festival, l964. Recently he has been involved in using computer, publishing multimedia CD-ROM and DVDs. He has also published several books writing on film,video, and multimedia.

As an internationally recognized artist, Iimura has been invited to many lectures and exhibitions at universities, museums and festivals. Major individual film and video exhibitions have been held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York,1975, &1981; Cinematheque Francaise, Paris, 1974; Centre George Pompidou, Paris, 1977; the Whitney Museum, New York, l979; Palais des Beaux-Arts,Brussels,1980; Anthology Film Archives, New York, 1990; the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, l995; the Japan Cultural Center, Rome, 1997; the Lux Centre, London 1998, the Filmmuseum, Munich, 1998, and the National Gallery Jeu de Paume, Paris, 1999._Reina Sofia National Museum, Madrid, 2000. Barcelona Contemporary Museum, Barcelona, 2000. National Laboratorio Artealamedia, Mexico City, 2001. Also artist residency at Bellagio Rockefeller Foundation Study Center, Italy, 2001.

Iimura has received a number of awards for his work including the Brussels International Experimental Film Festival, Special Prize, 1964; Thomas Edison Black Maria Film/Video Festival, Grand Prize, 1986; San Francisco International Film Festival, Golden Gate Prize, 1987; UNESCO Festival International Du Film D'Art, Architecture Prize, 1991; Sound Based Visual Art Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, Rusting Ear Prize, 1993; New York Festivals, Finalists Awards, 1994, and Rugh and Ruined Film/Video Festival, Grand Prize, 1997. He was commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum, New York in 1989 to produce a film: Ma: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji.in Kyoto.

Jonas Mekas, film critic in New York, has said that “to review all of Iimura's work is an important occasion for all who are concerned with the development and pleasure of cinema as an art.”

Iimura lives in Tokyo and in New York.
Année de naissance : 1937

2021/04/09 0:15、Festival <experimentsincinema at gmail.com> のメール：

> Hi all. I was with Gene just a short time before he passed. He was comfortable but not responsive. I spent the afternoon with his wife, Jane. Let’s all reach out to her as she needs our support. She can provide more medical details but the year was was tough for Gene in terms of his health... the heart attack was followed by a stroke and a rather quick and steady decline. FYI, this was not COVID related. Again, much love and support to Jane.
> Bryan konefsky
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> Sent from my smarty pants fone
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>> On Apr 8, 2021, at 9:09 AM, Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> One bit of info left out of that Artnews article is that the heart attack Gene suffered came in May of 2020. Looking back over my emails I see that his last post to the list was on Jun 7th, 2020. I knew that the 50th anniversary republication of Expanded Cinema sidetracked him from his George Kuchar project and assumed his inactivity on Frameworks was due to his doubling down to bring that project to completion.
>> 
>> He'll be missed but not soon forgotten. RIP.
>> 
>> Eric
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>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 6:28 AM D. Stanek <damonccny at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I too was shocked and saddened to learn this news.  The obituary in Artnews offers a few more details.  I send my sympathy and best wishes to Gene's family and friends.
>> https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/gene-youngblood-expanded-cinema-media-theorist-dead-1234589034/
>> 
>> Damon Stanek
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>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 7:41 AM FrameWorks Admin <frameworks at re-voir.com> wrote:
>> I just read that longtime FrameWorks member and media scholar Gene Youngblood passed away two days ago.
>> https://www.artforum.com/news/gene-youngblood-1942-2021-85439
>> I’m surprised to learn this somewhat by accident but I thought I should share it with this list as Gene often posted here.
>> He was quite active recently. I have no idea what happened. If anyone has any information, please share.
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