[Frameworks] Ruins and Resilience: the Longevity of Experimental Film

[Esperanza Collado]

Congratulations and a very welcomed book. Is it also available in Europe
yet?

Best wishes,

Esperanza Collado
www.esperanzacollado.net


On Thu, 1 Aug 2024 at 20:22, <mail at kareldoing.net> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Some of you already know that I have been working on a book for quite some
> time. I have found a way to connect all my scattered notes and now there is
> a fully fledged 200 page volume. My own involvement in experimental film
> started in 1986 after finding an abandoned super 8 camera and animation
> stand in the AV department of an arts school. 3 years later I started an
> artist run lab with two fellow students who were equally enthusiastic. A
> lot has happened since then and I am tracing these developments in my book
> by weaving autobiographical elements and critical reviews together.
>
> Here is the blurb from the publisher's website: Karel Doing is an
> experimental filmmaker and researcher who has worked across the globe with
> fellow artists and filmmakers, creating a body of work that is difficult to
> pinpoint with a simple catchphrase. In Ruins and Resilience he weaves
> autobiographical elements and critical reviews together with his wide
> ranging interdisciplinary approach, reflecting on his own practice by
> positioning key works within the context of a vibrant experimental film
> scene in Europe, North and South America, and Asia. Doing demonstrates how
> experimental filmmakers have continued to renew their practice despite the
> almost total demise of analog motion picture film and the constant neglect
> of this art form by institutions and critics. Written in a fluent and
> accessible style, the book looks into the connections between the work of
> groundbreaking artists within the field and subjects such as transgression,
> improvisation, collectivity, materiality, phenomenology, and perception.
> Specifically, intersections with music and sound are investigated,
> appealing to the idea of the cross-modal brain, the ability to perceive
> sounds and images in an integrated way. Instead of looking again at the
> "golden era" of experimental film, the book starts in the 1980s, showing
> how this art form has never ceased to surprise and inspire. The author's
> hands-on engagement with the medium is formational for his more theoretical
> approach and writing, making the book a highly original contribution in the
> field that is informative and inspiring for academic and practitioners
> alike.
>
> You can order in the US and Canada via MIT press:
> https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781915983022/ruins-and-resilience/
>
> I will be touring around screening films, talking about my book and giving
> workshops. Any enquiries please contact me off list!
>
> enjoy reading
> Karel
>
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