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Newsletter 1, July 2000
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Newsletter #1 ∙ July 2000 In this issue:1. KINETICA 2: A Centennial Tribute to Oskar Fischinger Begins JULY 6th2. The iotaCenter in the New York Times 3. Film/Video Art on VHS Now Available Online 4. About The iotaCenter 5. Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information |
KINETICA 2: A Centennial Tribute to Oskar FischingerMoMA, NYC July 6 - 9, 2000This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967), one of the most prolific and influential artists of the avant-garde film movement. To commemorate Fischinger's centennial year, The iotaCenter has produced a three-part screening series for New York's Museum of Modern Art. Coincidentally, this is also the year that the Disney Studios released Fantasia 2000, thus affording an opportunity to re-examine the seminal and uncredited role Fischinger played in the original 1940 production. This saga and other commercial work will be presented in conjunction with the highly personal work of this master of the visual/musical animation art form. The Film Archive of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has spent the last year restoring Fischinger's major films from the original 35mm nitrates. This retrospective series will be the debut for many of these beautiful brand new 35mm versions. The series also features a presentation by art historian and Fischinger biographer, William Moritz, and a program of film and video by a few of the many artists Fischinger influenced and inspired with his work. This series is the second installment of The iotaCenter's annual touring program, KINETICA. After New York, KINETICA 2 will travel to Los Angeles, Berkeley, Cambridge, and Washington, DC. Other cities are still being added to the tour. For a complete schedule and more information on Fischinger and this series, please check our website: www.iotaCenter.org/Fischinger | |
The iotaCenter in The New York TimesThe iotaCenter is featured prominently in an article on Oskar Fischinger and the Centennial Tribute screenings at MoMA. The article by John Canemaker titled, "The Original Laureate of an Abstract Poetry", appeared in the Arts and Leisure section of the Sunday Times, July 2, 2000It's also available online: www.nytimes.com/library/film/070200fischinger-film.html There are quotes by Bill Moritz and Larry Cuba. | |
Film/Video Art on VHS Now Available OnlineThe iotaCenter store is now online and open for business. Videotapes of the work of Oskar Fischinger, Jordan Belson and Stan Brakhage are currently on our virtual shelves. More to come soon so check back often.www.iotacenter.org/store/ | |
About The iotaCenter"Color Music," "Visual Music," "MusiColor," "Mobilcolor," "Lumia," "Absolute Film," "Video Synthesis," "Image Processing," "Abstract Animation,"...The iotaCenter is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and celebrating the art of sound and light and movement in all its many forms and under all its various names. The iotaCenter's Research Library in Los Angeles houses the world's largest collection of materials devoted to abstraction in film, video, performance, installation and computer-animated art. Its website is the neighborhood center for a growing worldwide community of artists, writers, scholars and supporters involved in this art form. More information on The iotaCenter and abstraction in media art can be found at | |
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