[Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
Raymond Beluga Studio
aktivfilm at gmail.com
Tue Apr 30 08:41:32 CDT 2024
Not quite jungle-jungle, but I think you might dig this:
*Le Dauphin*
Stephan Sachs
1986 | 16mm | 22 min
Enjoy!
r.
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> - Margaret Tait / Luke Fowler
> <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=061a3d0f28&e=857b71a9cb> [April
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> 26-28, Oklahoma City, OK]
> - RE-MIX SATIRIX
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> - Jordan Belson / Erik Davis
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> *STARTING BEFORE SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024* *April 14 - 27*
> Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Anthology Film Archives
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> 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY
> *MARGARET TAIT / LUKE FOWLER*
>
> *BEING IN A PLACE – A PORTRAIT OF MARGARET TAIT* finds one of Scotland’s
> preeminent contemporary experimental filmmakers, Luke Fowler (whose
> extensive body of work includes the film cycle *A GRAMMAR FOR LISTENING*, *ALL
> DIVIDED SELVES*, and *ELECTRO-PYTHAGORAS*, among many others) paying
> tribute to one of the most illustrious of his Scottish forebears, the great
> Margaret Tait, whose work is still not sufficiently celebrated here in the
> U.S.
>
> Tait’s path to the cinema was an unusual one: her initial training was in
> medicine, and she practiced both abroad with the Royal Army Medical Corps
> during WWII and back in the UK in the late 1940s. But she had also, in the
> immediate postwar period, studied at the Centro Sperimentale film school in
> Rome. And eventually, in the early 1950s, she began making her own films,
> which span or combine short-form documentary, family portraiture,
> impressionistic experimental filmmaking, and animation. Her unconventional
> path – as well as her parallel identity as a writer of poetry and short
> stories – is reflected in her cinema, which is distinctly noncommercial,
> personal, and lyrical. Her body of work is also proudly local: making more
> than thirty films during her lifetime, Tait focused intently on the
> landscapes, people, and stories of Scotland, and in particular of the
> Orkney islands, where she was born.
>
> On the occasion of a visit to NYC from Luke Fowler in April, we’ll be
> screening his invaluable portrait film, *BEING IN A PLACE*, as well as a
> program of his own recent short films. Later in the month, we’ll host the
> filmmaker Ute Aurand, who introduced Tait’s work to audiences in Germany in
> the mid-1990s, and visited the artist herself in Orkney before her death.
> Following on from her presentations at the Harvard Film Archive in
> mid-April, Aurand will present two programs of Tait’s work here at
> Anthology.
>
> Very special thanks to Ute Aurand and Luke Fowler; and to Haden Guest &
> Alexandra Vasile (Harvard Film Archive); Hanan Coumal (LUX); Angelika
> Ramlow (Arsenal – Institut für Film und Videokunst); and Calum Sutherland
> (The Modern Institute).
> Upcoming Screenings RECENT SHORT FILMS BY LUKE FOWLER
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> April 14 at 7:30 PM
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> Luke Fowler
> BEING IN A PLACE – A PORTRAIT OF MARGARET TAIT
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> April 15 at 7:00 PM
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> MARGARET TAIT PGM 1
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> MARGARET TAIT PGM 2
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> April 27 at 7:30 PM
>
> *___________________________________________________________________*
>
> *April 24 - 28*
> Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Seoul Art Cinema
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> times vary, see website, all times UTC+9,
> 22 Jeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea
> *BILL MORRISON SPECIAL EXHIBITION*
> As part of the monthly experimental film series FrameWorks, Bill Morrison
> will be in South Korea to introduce *Dawson City Frozen Time *(April
> 24) along with a retrospective of his films at the Seoul Art Cinema April
> 24-28, 2024. Frameworks was started in 2022 as an initiative of Pip
> Chodorov and film programmers Seonguk Kim and Sukyun Kim.
>
> Bill Morrison, who utilizes the found footage technique of excavating,
> restoring, cutting and pasting old and worn-out film and (re)editing it
> cinematically, is one of the most important auteurs of our time. Bill
> Morrison, who began his career in visual art and animation, was fascinated
> by the corrosion and decomposition of old nitrate film and the incredible
> visual effects created by the layering of chemical compounds in old
> archival images. Since 1990, he has been creating an experimental film
> focusing on the physical properties of the film medium. I've been working
> on it. Bill Morrison's film, which uses archival footage, reveals the
> formative and poetic characteristics of images contained in deteriorated
> film. He shows that celluloid film, like our bodies, is a fragile and
> ephemeral medium and can deteriorate in countless ways.
>
> Bill Morrison's 'Archive Film' places us in front of the slow and fleeting
> traces of time inherent in film. His archaeological work explores the
> history and memory contained in analog film and the impact that corroded
> film images have on our senses. Bill Morrison's films are also known for
> combining rare archival footage with contemporary music. *Decasia* (2002)
> with Michael Gordon, *Miner's Hymn* (2011) with Johann Johansson, *The
> Flood* (2013) with guitarist and composer Bill Frisell, and Philip Glass
> and Steve Reich. Collaborations with top musicians such as , Kronos Quartet
> and Alex Somers are another key element of his work. In this special
> exhibition, a total of 15 films will be screened, including long and short
> films such as his representative works *Dawson City: Frozen Time* (2016)
> and *Decasia* (2002). In addition, on April 24th (Wednesday), director
> Bill Morrison will visit Seoul Art Cinema to have a conversation with the
> audience, and on the 27th (Saturday), critic Youngbin Kwak will conduct a
> cinetalk.
>
> *___________________________________________________________________*
>
> *April 25 - 30*
> Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Busan International Short Film Festival BISFF
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> 11am - 10pm KST (UTC+9),
> Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea
> *Prism, Beyond Cinema, Busan short film festival*
> Combining the theme of cinema and reality with the guest country of Italy,
> this year’s Prism program focuses on found footage, the practice of
> recycling old images to make new meanings. Experimental cinema in Italy has
> often used found footage and reanimated photographs as a starting point to
> make personal, poetic or political statements.
>
> *Prism 1, The Cinema of Reality,* demonstrates how the medium of film can
> represent the world around us. These four films create striking visual
> impressions of the real world, manipulating reality through techniques of
> the camera or in post-production, creating altogether new realities.
> Bill Morrison, *Vigneti*, 1996
> Roberto Nanni, *Lontano Ancora*, 1983-2008
> Giovanni Puggioni, *Quattro Staggioni*, 1999
> Gianni Castagnoli, *La nott'e'l giorno*, 1976
>
> *Prism 2, The Reality of Cinema*, shows the medium for what it really is,
> not a window into the world but as a strip of celluloid projected onto a
> flat screen. These five films use found footage as a starting point,
> allowing these images to tell different stories, or even to completely
> break down the cinematic illusion.
> Bill Morrison, *The Film of Her*, 1996
> Alberto Grifi & Gianfranco Baruchello, *La Verifica Incerta*, 1964
> Paolo Gioli, *L'Operatore Perforato*, 1979
> Siegfried Fruhauf, *Exposed*, 2001
> Hangjun Lee & Sandy Ding, *Window of the World Part 1: Hairstyle
> Colidascope*, 2019 (world premiere)
>
> *___________________________________________________________________*
>
> *April 26 - 28*
> Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Wide Open Experimental Film Festival
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> times vary, see below,
> Oklahoma City Museum of Art, 415 Couch Drive, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
> *Wide Open Experimental Film Festival*
> WOEFF 2024 will screen five programs of short experimental films from
> around the world, including films by Tomonari Nishikawa, Lori Felker, Mark
> Street, Crystal Z Campbell, Gregg Biermann, Sasha Waters, and many more.
> Admission to all programs is free.
>
> April 26
> 6pm, Program 1: Something Else
> 8pm, Program 2: New Light
>
> April 27
> 6pm, Program 3: Losing Sight
> 8pm, Program 4: Altered Consciousness
>
> April 28
> 1pm, Program 5: What Next
>
> *SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2024* Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Other Cinema
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> 8pm PT,
> ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia (@ 21st), San Francisco, CA
> *RE-MIX SATIRIX*
>
> SODA JERK: *HELLO DANKNESS* + CULT JAMS
> The two Australian siblings--and long-time OC comrades--who make up Soda
> Jerk are arguably thee finest remix makers on the planet, and now they have
> scored a huge international cinema hit with this
> jaw-dropping found-footage fable taking the form of a suburban
> stoner musical! Through genius editing strokes, mischievous rotoscoping,
> and masterful VFX wizardry, they have managed to concoct a
> multi-award-winning (Berlinale!) ”compilation narrative” that is in fact
> stitched together from almost a thousand Hollywood movie samples, mostly
> from the miserable milieu leading up to and during the Trump presidency.
> Their seamless, insanely clever montage conjures up a critical--and
> comic!--psychotropic spectacle that follows an American neighborhood as
> consensus reality disintegrates into conspiracy, culture wars, and zombie
> revolution. Opening the evening is a set of provocative shorts by Vicki
> Bennett, Animal Charm, and The Simpsons that similarly satirize US values
> and mythologies.
>
> *SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024* Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Anthology Film Archives
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> 7:30pm ET,
> 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY
> *EC: O’NEILL / RICHTER / SHARITS*
>
> Pat O’Neill *SAUGUS SERIES* 1974, 19 min, 16mm
> This series is actually seven short films, united by a common soundtrack.
> Each is an evolving “still life” made up of meticulously assembled but
> spatially contradictory elements.
> “*SAUGUS SERIES* exhibits the possibilities of the optical printer with
> considerable self-confidence and élan. The colors are deeply saturated;
> radically incompatible spaces are meticulously pieced together; moving
> images are layered in front of each other or masked within ‘negative’
> spaces outlined by the absence of an object; a multiplicity of textures and
> densities and the dynamics of particles in turmoil enliven the imagery.”
> –P. Adams Sitney, MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL
>
> Hans Richter *RHYTHMUS 21* 1921, 3 min, 35mm, silent
> “Its content is essentially rhythm, the formal vocabulary is elemental
> geometry, and the structural principle is counterpoint of contrasting
> opposites.” –Standish Lawder
>
> Hans Richter *TWO PENNY MAGIC / ZWEIGROSCHENZAUBER* 1929, 2 min, 16mm
> Produced as a commercial for a German illustrated magazine, this film is
> an experiment with visual rhymes.
>
> Hans Richter *EVERYTHING REVOLVES, EVERYTHING TURNS / ALLES DREHT SICH,
> ALLES BEWEGT SICH* 1929, 9 min, 16mm
> “Richter’s unique and fascinating view of magic and cruelty in a carnival
> side-show.” –Cecile Starr
>
> Paul Sharits *N:O:T:H:I:N:G* 1968, 36 min, 16mm. Preserved by Anthology
> Film Archives with support from the National Film Preservation
> Foundation.“Based in part on the Tibetan Mandala of the Five Dhyani
> Buddhas/a journey toward the center of pure consciousness (Dharma-Dhatu
> Wisdom)/space and motion generated rather than illustrated/time-color
> energy create virtual shape/in negative time, growth is inverse decay.”
> –Paul Sharits
>
> Paul Sharits *T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G* 1969, 12 min, 16mm. Preserved by Anthology
> Film Archives. “Starring poet David Franks whose voice appears on the
> soundtrack/an uncutting and unscratching mandala.” –Paul Sharits
>
> Total running time: ca. 85 min
>
> *FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024* *May 3 - 7*
> Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Film at Lincoln Center
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> times vary, visit website,
> Film at Lincoln Center - Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, Lincoln Center
> for the Performing Arts, 144 W 65th St, New York, NY
> *Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York*
> Film at Lincoln Center and The Film-Makers’ Cooperative present “Seeing
> the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative
> Collection and Beyond,” to be presented at FLC from May 3–7. The series
> will feature a selection of films from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative catalog
> and elsewhere that paint a unique portrait of the city, with many presented
> on 16mm.
>
> An iconic, oftentimes cliched, cinematic setting for hundreds of films,
> New York has regularly played a starring role in the history of cinema.
> Narrative films set in New York City are almost a subgenre unto themselves
> and have received copious attention. Less well explored are visions of the
> city anchored in exploration, experimentation, and subversive political
> commitment. This set of programs offers a diverse and engaging introduction
> to some of the scores of films in The Film-Makers’ Cooperative’s collection
> (and beyond) that explore the city. From the lyrical evocations of the
> anonymity of the crowd and mass transit, and a clutch of visionary works
> examining the built environment, to sets of films exploring housing, the
> lurking shadow of ever-encroaching gentrification, and works on specific
> areas of the city, this selection gives an alternative vision of one of the
> most filmed and photographed metropolises on earth.
>
> Organized by Tom Day and Dan Sullivan. Tom Day would like to thank the
> entire Film-Makers’ Cooperative team, especially interns Haley Aaskow,
> Chris Stoddard, and Lucy Talbot Allen
>
> *SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024* Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Millennium Film Workshop
> <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=40b7adcb54&e=857b71a9cb>
> 8pm EDT,
> 167 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
> *Video Rituals*
> A program of new work by Erica Schreiner and David Finkelstein, including
> Schreiner’s short Blue Transcendence (2022) and the world premiere of
> Finkelstein’s feature Dirt. A series of video rituals, designed to connect
> us to ancient networks and gateways to hidden knowledge, these films
> celebrate video technology for its magickal potential. The program is 90
> minutes and will be followed by a discussion with the artists.
>
> *Blue Transcendence *(2022, 9 minutes, Erica Schreiner).
> A montage of blue butterflies, a performance in blue, and time lapse of a
> candle burning during a magical spell. The narration guides the audience
> through a psychedelic experience, reflecting on real friendships and the
> importance of being silly. Filmed by Erica Schreiner on her VHS camera in
> her apartment.
>
> *Dirt* (2024, 79 minutes, David Finkelstein, world premiere).
> An extended poetic meditation on the American relation to the soil, and
> the energies buried within it. Notions of “dirtiness” and “cleanliness” are
> re-examined. Centuries of history, of conquering and re-conquering, lie
> beneath our feet, and the return of the vanquished is inevitable. There has
> also always been an alternative possibility, within the American landscape,
> inspired by indigenous culture, of a more peaceful relationship with the
> soil, the resting place of our ancestors.
>
> A collage of poetic imagery, music, and invocatory language, the film
> follows two men in a series of esoteric experiments. Their words take us to
> unexpected landscapes, populated by revengeful toasters, flying fiddles, an
> unusual game of tennis, and a mountaintop crowned with an electric guitar.
> A postmodern video opera, *Dirt* bathes the viewer in music, language,
> and visual spectacle.
>
>
> ERICA SCHREINER is an experimental video and performance artist. Based in
> New York City, she shoots on VHS, while performing before the camera. Erica
> creates allegorical, ethereal video art that combines feminine and
> anarchistic themes, ritual and sensuality. Manipulating existing objects,
> or building sets to perform in and film, Erica creates surreal, intimate
> worlds on VHS video, employing her clearly defined style. Schreiner has
> completed more than 100 performative video art pieces, including two
> feature films and several music videos. In 2021, Erica received a New York
> City Artist Corps Grant for her second feature film, *The Special People*.
>
> DAVID FINKELSTEIN is a Guggenheim Fellow in film/video. His video work has
> been featured in numerous film festivals around the world and has won
> awards at 28 of them. In 2013, he was an invited artist at the Traverse
> Vidéo Festival in Toulouse, France. His two feature films premiered at New
> Filmmakers in New York. He has had solo screenings of his films in Bilbao,
> London, Porto, New York, Chicago, Portland, Austin, North Carolina,
> Minnesota, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. His
> work has been funded by The Fund for Creative Communities, The Field,
> Movement Research, Meet the Composer, The Brooklyn Arts Exchange, BACA, and
> other sources.
>
> *___________________________________________________________________*
>
> Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Other Cinema
> <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=71567ac466&e=857b71a9cb>
> 8pm PT,
> ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia (@ 21st), San Francisco, CA
> *FREE PALESTINE*
> MALAS' THE DREAM + SALLOUM + SABA +
> In collaboration with black hole cinematheque and from the river to the
> sea collective, we present an evening of films in solidarity with
> the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation. Curated and
> introduced by our righteous East Bay ally Tooth, tonight's program is built
> around Mohammad Malas' 1987 film, *The Dream (Al-Manam)*, which centers
> around interviews with Palestinians living in forced exile among the
> refugee camps of Lebanon in the early years of the civil war and just prior
> to the massacres of Sabra and Shatila. The film uniquely focuses on the
> role that dreams play in the daily existence and struggles of the
> inhabitants of the camps. The first half of the night's program--
> featuring Jayce Salloum's 2003 film *untitled part 3b: (as if) beauty
> never ends*, and Mary Jirmanus Saba's brand new film *Mahdi Amel: The
> Colonial Mode of Production--*hopes to resonate further on *Al-Manam*'s
> dialectical relationship between the multivalent concept of dreams (both as
> oneiric visions and ideological ambitions) and the lived realities of those
> subjected to the generational and ongoing trauma of displacement, war,
> genocide, and cultural erasure, and their steadfast resistance in the face
> of it all. Benefit for Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
>
> *SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2024* Venue type: *Live, physical event*
> Anthology Film Archives
> <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=e9d96babd5&e=857b71a9cb>
> 7:30pm ET,
> 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY
> *JORDAN BELSON / ERIK DAVIS*
> In conjunction with the third solo exhibition of the pioneering
> experimental filmmaker and artist Jordan Belson, at Matthew Marks Gallery
> in New York, Erik Davis will present and discuss Belson’s films. Noted
> author of “Techgnosis: Myth, Magic and Mysticism in the Age of
> Information”, Erik Davis is one of our foremost scholars of esoteric
> mysticism. He lives in San Francisco and writes extensively about West
> Coast Post-War culture. He will be presenting a program of rare 16mm prints
> from public and private collections, and will discuss the filmmaker and his
> work.
>
> For more info about the exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery, visit:
> https://matthewmarks.com/
>
> Titles will include:
> *WORLD* (1970, 7 min, 16mm)
> *MEDITATION* (1971, 6 min, 16mm)
> *CHAKRA* (1972, 8 min, 16mm)
> *LIGHT* (1973, 8 min, 16mm)
> *CYCLES* (1974, 10 min, 16mm. Made in collaboration with Stephen Beck.)
> *MUSIC OF THE SPHERES* (1977, 10 min, 16mm)
>
> Total running time: ca. 60 min
>
> *ONGOING*
>
> Venue type: *Virtual, online event*
> Riverwest Radio
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> *THE LONG CONVERSATION*
> THE LONG CONVERSATION with Xav Leplae and Stephanie Barber is on
> indefinite hold. But... all episodes from the last year and a half are
> streaming!!!
>
> *___________________________________________________________________*
>
> Venue type: *Virtual, online event*
> 6x6 Project
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> 6x6 project is an online artists' community that serves as a platform for
> disseminating artists' moving image works, and to create
> an ever-growing network among peers.
>
> There are now more than four hundred artists’ film and moving image works
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:57:01 +0200
> Subject: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or video
> creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
> does not give as many results as I expected.
>
> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other pieces?
>
> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix Blume,
> 2019)
> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>
> Any reference will be appreciated.
>
> All the best,
> Albert Alcoz
> --
> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Arindam Sen <sen.arindam.1986 at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:04:00 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Hi Albert,
>
> Two names that immediately come to mind, and both are very dear films,
> are:
> 1. Ursprung der Nacht" (Amazonas Kosmos) / "Origin of the Night" (Amazon
> Cosmos), 1978 by Lothar Baumgarten
> 2. Selva. A Portrait of Parvaneh Navaï (1982) by Maria Klonaris.
>
> I will think of others.
>
> Best,
> Arindam.
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 12:59, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or video
>> creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
>> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
>> does not give as many results as I expected.
>>
>> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other pieces?
>>
>> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
>> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
>> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
>> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix Blume,
>> 2019)
>> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>>
>> Any reference will be appreciated.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Albert Alcoz
>> --
>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>> --
>> Frameworks mailing list
>> Frameworks at film-gallery.org
>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
>>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Ronald E. Gregg" <rg3121 at columbia.edu>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:10:58 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Would *Rose Hobart* (Cornell, 1936) count?
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:05 AM Arindam Sen <sen.arindam.1986 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Albert,
>>
>> Two names that immediately come to mind, and both are very dear films,
>> are:
>> 1. Ursprung der Nacht" (Amazonas Kosmos) / "Origin of the Night" (Amazon
>> Cosmos), 1978 by Lothar Baumgarten
>> 2. Selva. A Portrait of Parvaneh Navaï (1982) by Maria Klonaris.
>>
>> I will think of others.
>>
>> Best,
>> Arindam.
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 12:59, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or
>>> video creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
>>> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
>>> does not give as many results as I expected.
>>>
>>> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other
>>> pieces?
>>>
>>> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
>>> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
>>> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
>>> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix
>>> Blume, 2019)
>>> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>>>
>>> Any reference will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Albert Alcoz
>>> --
>>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>>> --
>>> Frameworks mailing list
>>> Frameworks at film-gallery.org
>>>
>>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
>>>
>> --
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>
>
> --
> Ron Gregg
> Director, MA Program in Film and Media Studies
> Film and Media Studies
> School of the Arts
> Columbia University
> 513 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway
> New York, NY 10027
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Arindam Sen <sen.arindam.1986 at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:16:05 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Also perhaps Agnes Martin's *Gabriel *could be added to the list.
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 13:13, Ronald E. Gregg <rg3121 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>
>> Would *Rose Hobart* (Cornell, 1936) count?
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:05 AM Arindam Sen <sen.arindam.1986 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Albert,
>>>
>>> Two names that immediately come to mind, and both are very dear films,
>>> are:
>>> 1. Ursprung der Nacht" (Amazonas Kosmos) / "Origin of the Night" (Amazon
>>> Cosmos), 1978 by Lothar Baumgarten
>>> 2. Selva. A Portrait of Parvaneh Navaï (1982) by Maria Klonaris.
>>>
>>> I will think of others.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Arindam.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 12:59, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or
>>>> video creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
>>>> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
>>>> does not give as many results as I expected.
>>>>
>>>> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other
>>>> pieces?
>>>>
>>>> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
>>>> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
>>>> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
>>>> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix
>>>> Blume, 2019)
>>>> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>>>>
>>>> Any reference will be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Albert Alcoz
>>>> --
>>>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>>>> --
>>>> Frameworks mailing list
>>>> Frameworks at film-gallery.org
>>>>
>>>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Frameworks mailing list
>>> Frameworks at film-gallery.org
>>>
>>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ron Gregg
>> Director, MA Program in Film and Media Studies
>> Film and Media Studies
>> School of the Arts
>> Columbia University
>> 513 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway
>> New York, NY 10027
>> --
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>>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Ж" <kkotik at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:04:00 -0300
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Hola Albert y todxs, com están?!
>
> Esta bueno el asunto de la floresta y la lista con que empezaste ya se ve
> buena.
> Me acuerde del film hecho con el grupo de chamanes yanomamis, en la selva
> amazónica.
>
> Se llama Xapiri: https://aagua.net/Xapiri
>
> Valdria mucho la pena ver los trabajos de los cineastas indigenas, tanto
> los del *Video nas Aldeias y de los pueblos *maxacalies, guaranies, etc.
> Hay muchas produciones interesantes.
>
> Un abrazo,
> Ж
> _________
>
> kkinema.com.br | textodecinema.com
>
>
>
> Em seg., 29 de abr. de 2024 às 07:59, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com>
> escreveu:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or video
>> creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
>> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
>> does not give as many results as I expected.
>>
>> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other pieces?
>>
>> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
>> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
>> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
>> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix Blume,
>> 2019)
>> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>>
>> Any reference will be appreciated.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Albert Alcoz
>> --
>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>> --
>> Frameworks mailing list
>> Frameworks at film-gallery.org
>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
>>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Karel Doing <mail at kareldoing.net>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:36:39 +0200
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Hi Albert,
>
> I made a number of films in the rain forest in Suriname. Both experimental
> and documentary. I can send you preview links off list if you like.
>
> Best,
> Karel
>
> On Apr 29, 2024 12:57, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or video
> creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
> does not give as many results as I expected.
>
> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other pieces?
>
> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix Blume,
> 2019)
> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>
> Any reference will be appreciated.
>
> All the best,
> Albert Alcoz
> --
> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com>
> To: frameworks at film-gallery.org
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:58:29 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Probably not what you're looking for... but watch 84 Charlie Mopic which
> is a narrative film in the form of a documentary but has some experimental
> references here and there.
> --scott
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Education Pragda <education at pragda.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:11:24 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Dear Albert,
>
> The main title that comes to mind is MONOS, by Alejandro Landes:
> https://pragda.com/film/monos/
>
> I can suggest a number of other narrative and/or documentary films, but
> not necessarily experimental.
>
> Let me know if that would work. It would help to know what you need the
> film for.
>
> Daniela\
>
> —
> Daniela Bajar
> Managing Director
> Pragda
>
> Pragda STREAM: stream.pragda.com
> Pragda Latin Distribution: www.pragda.com
> Spanish Film Club: www.spanishfilmclub.com
>
> Find, follow, and tag us! LinkedIn: LinkedIn: @pragda | Twitter: @pragda
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>
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>
> On Apr 29, 2024, at 9:36 AM, Karel Doing <mail at kareldoing.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Albert,
>
> I made a number of films in the rain forest in Suriname. Both experimental
> and documentary. I can send you preview links off list if you like.
>
> Best,
> Karel
>
> On Apr 29, 2024 12:57, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or video
> creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
> does not give as many results as I expected.
>
> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other pieces?
>
> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix Blume,
> 2019)
> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>
> Any reference will be appreciated.
>
> All the best,
> Albert Alcoz
> --
> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>
>
> --
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>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 08:01:02 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Hi Albert, all,
>
> First, I've seen Agnes Martin's Gabriel only once, but fairly recently
> (2020), and I remember it being set in high desert & seaside. (Hi Arindam.)
>
> Canyon distributes Richard Myers' Jungle Girl and it was probably the
> first film that popped up in your search there. Their blurb (
> https://canyoncinema.com/catalog/film/?i=1729) isn't so helpful so I've
> OCRed and appended John Schofill's notes from a 1988 Experimental Film
> Coalition screening at Chicago's Randolph St Gallery. It's pretty
> tangential to your interest, it's a long film (100 minutes), and it's been
> 36 years since I've seen it, but I believe one continual thread has Myers'
> actors re-enacting scenes from the Jungle Girl serial, but obviously far
> removed from any jungle, in Ohio. I remember it as being sweet, not campy
> or B-movie-esque, with a tinge of what Schofill below calls "Midwest
> surrealism".
>
> I'd like to see it (and others of Myers' films) again.
>
> Eric
>
> "
> Richard Myers began filmmaking with the 20-minute short, THE PATH
> (1960), followed by two more works of that length, the highly-acclaimed
> classics FIRST TIME HERE (1964) and CORONATION (1965). Though he
> has continued to make shorts and personal documentaries from time
> to time, his course was set in the late Sixties with the production
> of his first black-and-white feature, AKRAN, an extremely personal,
> two-hour dream-scape shot in and about the city of Akron, completed
> in 1969. Since then, he has shot four more features, ranging from
> 60-100 minutes in length, each taking two to four years to complete:
> DEATHSTYLES (1971); 37-73 (1974); FLOORSHOW (1978); and JUNGLE GIRL
> (1984). But for DEATHSTYLES, his sole extended venture into color,
> all are filmed in Myers's characteristic black and white, as is his
> newest work-in-progress, MOVING PICTURES (1985- ), which he describes
> as a "dream scroll film."
>
> JUNGLE GIRL (1978-84) was last seen in Chicago in its premiere at
> the 1984 Chicago Film Festival. Like all of Myers's longer works,
> JUNGLE GIRL is based on dreams, memories, and "active imagination"
> (to borrow a term from C.G. Jung, one of Myers's influences) rendered
> on film in a style that might be identified as "Midwest surrealism".
> The specific inspiration for JUNGLE GIRL arose from memories awakened
> when Myers, during the filming of his previous feature, FLOORSHOW,
> witnessed the demolition of the favorite movie theater of his
> childhood in Akron. Later, a chance viewing of a sequence from the
> 1940's Republic serial, JUNGLE GIRL, that he had seen at the theater
> as a boy set him on the course of creative fantasy, toward the
> rediscovery and re-creation of a lost love of his youth. The beautiful
> and athletic Frances Gifford, star of the JUNGLE GIRL serial, was
> that lost love.
>
> The career of Frances Gifford, a rising starlet after the success
> of the popular serial in 1941, came to an abrupt and tragic end
> when her face was scarred in an automobile accident in 1948. Taking
> a rare journey outside the Midwest, Myers sought out Gifford, whom
> he found living in seclusion in a small apartment in southern
> California. She agreed to meet with the filmmaker for a taped
> interview, which is heard on the soundtrack, but would not consent
> to [be] filmed. Myers turned to Mary Leed, friend and long-time
> collaborator
> who has appeared in all of Myers's longer films, to take the part
> of his childhood heroine. Her husband, Jake Leed, was cast as the
> serial's male lead. (Arriving in town for this screening, Myers
> noted that Frances Gifford's birthday is December 7, three days
> from now.)
>
> Myers writes on JUNGLE GIRL: "If it is true about losing part of
> your soul...every time you have your photo taken... then I must own
> the souls of Jake and Mary Leed. They have worked in films with me
> for almost 20 years. The Leeds are my friends and I thank them for
> their time, energy and encouragement. I also thank my family for
> their help...my wife Pat, my children Mike, Kelly, and Kerry (Mike
> helped with the sets for JUNGLE GIRL and Kelly helped organize a
> lot of the 'actors' for the film. I want to thank my mother and
> father for being in the film and to the many Kent State students
> and faculty for being in the film.
>
> "BLOOD OF A POET by Jean Cocteau was once described as a celebration
> of the Mysteries... the mysteries of New York, the mysteries of
> Paris...and even the mysteries of China... It was the perils of
> Pauline, the adventures of Zorro: masks and revolvers, bloody
> battles, bandits and lawmen, kidnappings, disappearances, mistaken
> identities, "Whodunits", child rearing, executions and suicides,
> keyholes, non-reflecting mirrors...marvels of all sorts.
>
> "The serial JUNGLE GIRL was like this to me as a child. I was
> fascinated with it...especially with the leading lady, Frances
> Gifford. In her I found a sense of great beauty and strength... and
> in the serial there was an unbearable exhilaration for nature and
> 'objects'...animals and masks, witch-doctors, trap-doors, torture
> chambers, and secret rooms.. marvels of all sorts.
>
> "The young actress Frances Gifford appeared in JUNGLE GIRL, a
> Republic serial, in 1941. Later...a tragic accident halted her
> rising career. My film is a blend of Gifford's story, along with
> my own dreams and memories of Gifford and the serial that I saw and
> loved as a child. The film is a PERSONAL-EXPERIMENTAL-PORTRAIT of
> Gifford... along with my own AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL related images..."
>
> - notes written and edited by John Luther Schofill
> "
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 4:01 AM Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or video
>> creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
>> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
>> does not give as many results as I expected.
>>
>> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other pieces?
>>
>> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
>> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
>> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
>> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix Blume,
>> 2019)
>> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>>
>> Any reference will be appreciated.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Albert Alcoz
>> --
>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>> --
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>>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Betancourt <hinterland.movies at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:14:35 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Joseph Cornell's collage film Rose Hobart uses East of Borneo as source
> material
>
> Michael
>
>
>
> Michael Betancourt, Ph.D
> https://linktr.ee/cinegraphic | cell 305.562.9192| zoom 875 581 4648
> <https://scad.zoom.us/j/8755814648?pwd=QW1UaXhpSmRjZCttN3JOdGVvME5PZz09>
>
> sent from my phone
>
> On Apr 29, 2024, at 7:13 AM, Ronald E. Gregg <rg3121 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Would *Rose Hobart* (Cornell, 1936) count?
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:05 AM Arindam Sen <sen.arindam.1986 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Albert,
>>
>> Two names that immediately come to mind, and both are very dear films,
>> are:
>> 1. Ursprung der Nacht" (Amazonas Kosmos) / "Origin of the Night" (Amazon
>> Cosmos), 1978 by Lothar Baumgarten
>> 2. Selva. A Portrait of Parvaneh Navaï (1982) by Maria Klonaris.
>>
>> I will think of others.
>>
>> Best,
>> Arindam.
>>
>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 12:59, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or
>>> video creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
>>> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
>>> does not give as many results as I expected.
>>>
>>> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other
>>> pieces?
>>>
>>> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
>>> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
>>> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
>>> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix
>>> Blume, 2019)
>>> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>>>
>>> Any reference will be appreciated.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Albert Alcoz
>>> --
>>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>>> --
>>> Frameworks mailing list
>>> Frameworks at film-gallery.org
>>>
>>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
>>>
>> --
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>>
>
>
> --
> Ron Gregg
> Director, MA Program in Film and Media Studies
> Film and Media Studies
> School of the Arts
> Columbia University
> 513 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway
> New York, NY 10027
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>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Kate Dollenmayer <dollenmayer at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:23:32 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> *Orinoko, New World* by Diego Rísquez
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:02 AM Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Probably not what you're looking for... but watch 84 Charlie Mopic which
>> is a narrative film in the form of a documentary but has some experimental
>> references here and there.
>> --scott
>>
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>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Seth Mitter <seth.mitter at gmail.com>
> To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at film-gallery.org>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:29:28 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Jungle scenarios
> Maybe I'm misunderstanding Albert's phrase "pieces in which the jungle is
> the main setting" but it seems like any number of experimental
> ethnographic/documentary films made in places that could be described as
> "jungle" would be included in such a list. At Canyon Cinema there's Diane
> Kitchen's *Before We Knew Nothing
> <https://canyoncinema.com/catalog/film/?i=4986> *made in eastern Peru and
> Chick Strand's *Mosori Monika
> <https://canyoncinema.com/catalog/film/?i=2272> *made in Venezuela
>
> Ernst Karel and Veronika Kusumaryati's *Expedition Content
> <https://harvardfilmarchive.org/programs/expedition-content> *(2020)*,*
> created from audio & film material gathered in New Guinea.
>
> Also the Timothy Asch & Napoleon Chagnon *Yanomamö Series*
> <https://store.der.org/yanomam-series-p970.aspx> (1968-76)
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 8:19 AM Michael Betancourt <
> hinterland.movies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Joseph Cornell's collage film Rose Hobart uses East of Borneo as source
>> material
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>
>>
>> Michael Betancourt, Ph.D
>> https://linktr.ee/cinegraphic | cell 305.562.9192| zoom 875 581 4648
>> <https://scad.zoom.us/j/8755814648?pwd=QW1UaXhpSmRjZCttN3JOdGVvME5PZz09>
>>
>> sent from my phone
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2024, at 7:13 AM, Ronald E. Gregg <rg3121 at columbia.edu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Would *Rose Hobart* (Cornell, 1936) count?
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 7:05 AM Arindam Sen <sen.arindam.1986 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Albert,
>>>
>>> Two names that immediately come to mind, and both are very dear films,
>>> are:
>>> 1. Ursprung der Nacht" (Amazonas Kosmos) / "Origin of the Night" (Amazon
>>> Cosmos), 1978 by Lothar Baumgarten
>>> 2. Selva. A Portrait of Parvaneh Navaï (1982) by Maria Klonaris.
>>>
>>> I will think of others.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Arindam.
>>>
>>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2024 at 12:59, Albert Alcoz <albertalcoz at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I am writing this email to ask if you know of experimental films or
>>>> video creation pieces in which the jungle is the main setting. I have been
>>>> searching on the websites of the main distributors but the term "jungle"
>>>> does not give as many results as I expected.
>>>>
>>>> Apart from these five titles, do you have leftover titles of other
>>>> pieces?
>>>>
>>>> *Timber *(Coldcut & Hextatic, 2000)
>>>> *Travelling Amazonia* (Marine Hugonnier, 2006)
>>>> *16 mm* (Daniel Steegman Mangrané, 2008-2011)
>>>> *Curupira, bicho do mato* (Curupira, Creature of the Woods, Félix
>>>> Blume, 2019)
>>>> *Murmurs of the Jungle *(Sohil Vaidya, 2021)
>>>>
>>>> Any reference will be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Albert Alcoz
>>>> --
>>>> http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/>
>>>> --
>>>> Frameworks mailing list
>>>> Frameworks at film-gallery.org
>>>>
>>>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org
>>>>
>>> --
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>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Ron Gregg
>> Director, MA Program in Film and Media Studies
>> Film and Media Studies
>> School of the Arts
>> Columbia University
>> 513 Dodge Hall, 2960 Broadway
>> New York, NY 10027
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