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Newsletter 4, March 2001
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Newsletter #4 ∙ March 2001 In this issue:1. Visual Music Film Series in Seattle2. KINETICA 2: Upcoming Schedule 3. Saving Jordan Belson 4. KINETICA 3 to Premier in LA at USC 5. "Please and Thank-you" from iota 6. News from The iotaCenter Discussion List |
Visual Music film series in Seattle, March 14-21The Northwest Film Forum in association with The Experience Music Project will present a series of film screenings entitled, "VISUAL MUSIC".The screenings on the Wednesdays of the 14th and 21st will be Programs One and Three of iota's travelling salute to Oskar Fischinger, KINETICA 2 and will be held at The Experience Music Project. (see next story below). The screenings on March 15-18 will be held at THE LITTLE THEATRE 608 19th Avenue East (near Mercer in north Capitol Hill) Seattle, WA Info. (206) 675-2055 www.nwfilmforum.org Thursday, March 15, 7pm and 9pm THE NORTHWEST EXPERIMENT An evening of local experimental films curated by Jon Behrens, filmmaker and co-founder of the Seattle Underground Film Festival. Friday, March 16, 7pm and 9pm EXPANDED CINEMA OF THE SIXTIES Avant-garde meets psychedelia in this selection of experimental music films from the Sixties. Saturday, March 17, 7pm only. MULTIPLEX GRAND This Vancouver-based audio/visual collective will perform live. Sunday, March 18, 7pm and 9pm GEMS FROM THE IOTA CENTER COLLECTION: EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION IN THE VISUAL MUSIC TRADITION A program of experimental animation films from the collection of The iotaCenter featuring the work of Robert Darroll, Paul Glabicki, Al Jarnow, Sara Petty, Frank & Caroline Mouris, and others. | |
The KINETICA 2 Tour is Coming SoonSEATTLE, WAMarch 14, Program 1, William Moritz, presenting March 21, Program 3 Northwest Film Forum Experience Music Project 325 Fifth Avenue at Seattle Center Seattle, WA phone: (206)EMPLIVE MADISON, WI April 14, 2001, Programs 1 and 2 Madison Cinematheque, University of Wisconsin 4070 Vilas Hall 821 University Avenue Madison WI 53706 for information call: Communication Arts Dept at 608-262-2277, CHICAGO, IL April 21 Film Studies Center and Doc Films University of Chicago Max Palevsky Cinema, Programs 1 and 2 Ida Noyes Hall 1212 E. 59th St. Film Studies Center, Program 3, 7 p.m. 5811 S. Ellis Ave. Cobb Hall Rm. 307 information : 773-702-8596 There are still some copies left of the exhibition catalog that we published for KINETICA 2. They can be purchased from our Online Store (catalog no longer available) See the previous newsletter for a description of KINETICA 2 | |
Saving Jordan BelsonOur ongoing project to preserve and restore the work of legendary film artist Jordan Belson continues. In February, I picked up 38 cans of material from his North Beach apartment for deposit into The iotaCenter archive.Most of the cans contained the original film and sound elements of his films produced between 1960 and 1990. A third of them, however, were preliminary versions. Apparently, Belson would remake a film 7 or 8 times before releasing a final version. Perhaps in the future, there will be the means for us to make these versions available for study to scholars at our study center. In the meantime, we will be focusing on restoring the original printing materials and making new release prints. Currently in the works are the titles, Allures(1961), World(1970), Momentum(1968), and Light(1973). The Anthology Film Archive will be screening the new prints of World and Light in their upcoming travelling film series, Galaxy. We plan to feature our Jordan Belson restorations in KINETICA 4 next year in 2002. | |
K3 in LA at USCThis year's KINETICA program is in the works and will premier in Los Angeles on August 17, 2001.The screening is being sponsored by The Division of Animation and Digital Arts of the School of Cinema-Television at the University of Southern California. The screening will take place on campus in the Norris Theater beginning at 7pm. It's SIGGRAPH week in LA. August 17th is the Friday of the week the Siggraph Computer Graphics Conference will be held in Los Angeles. So if you will be going to Siggraph this year, be sure to plan to join us Friday night for the opening of KINETICA 3. KINETICA 3 will feature the rarely seen films of Hy Hirsh and the Beat Generation filmmakers of the 50's in addition to more contemporary works. As our plans become finalized, more information will be posted on The iotaCenter website: www.iotacenter.org | |
"Please and Thank you" from iotaWe've added a new page to our website to say "Thank you" for all the donations we've received: equipment, cash, films and videotapes for the collection, books for the library, time and effort by volunteers, event hosting, etc.We really appreciate the help. As a community organization we depend on the support of the community. We're also saying "Please" to everyone else. We need your help to continue the work we are doing. Either as a volunteer or a donor of needed equipment, you can help support The iotaCenter. Check out our list of needed items that we posted on the new page and see if you have anything that you're not using or that you're replacing with a newer model. The iota community will thank you. http://www.iotacenter.org/gifts.html | |
NEWS FROM THE IOTACENTER DISCUSSION LISTThe iotaCenter maintains an ongoing discussion via email and the web.In order to get to know each other better, a member of the group suggested we show each other our work in the form of a compilation videotape (especially since we're discussing a *visual* artform). Fifteen artists contributed eighteen pieces and Aaron Ross graciously volunteered to put the whole thing together. The result is two volumes (called "one iota" and "two iota") which have been made available at cost to the members of the discussion group. The list of titles and the artist's comments about their own works were collected by Fred Collopy and posted on his site here: http://rhythmiclight.com/OneIotaTwoIota/index.html An archive of all the messages posted to the iotaCenter's discussion group is available here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iotacenter/messages To join the group, please send a blank email to: iotacenter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Back to News |