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Newsletter 5, July 2001
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Newsletter #5 ∙ July 2001 In this issue:1. KINETICA 3 to Premiere in LA, AUG 17th2. KINETICA 3 Tour Dates Set 3. The iotaCenter Receives New Grants 4. KINETICA 2 to Begin European Tour 5. New Videotapes Available |
KINETICA 3 to Premiere in Los Angeles, AUG 17thWhen: Friday, August 17, 2001, 7:00pmWhere: The Norris Cinema Theater on the campus of the University of Southern California, LA Admission: $8. There are two programs in this third edition in the KINETICA series: Hy Hirsh and the Fifties: Jazz and Abstraction in Beat Era Film Newly-preserved prints of the rarely seen films of Hy Hirsh are featured in this look at abstraction in the '50s. The program also includes films by Hirsh's contemporaries including Jordan Belson, Harry Smith, Patricia Marx and also John and James Whitney and Mary Ellen Bute. Abstract Expressionism, Jazz, Zen and Beat culture --- all come together in these abstract films of the '50s. Jordan Belson's "Bardo" and the Contemporary Program In the contemporary program of KINETICA 3, more recent 'visual music' animation will be screened --- both computer-animated and otherwise, on film and on video, from the 70s up to the present. This program features the world premiere of "Bardo," a new work by Jordan Belson, and also includes work by Sky David, Joost Rekveld, Richard Reeves, Ying Tan, Paul Glabicki, Bob Snyder, and Chris Casady as well as other contemporary artists. For the benefit of those who will be in LA for the SIGGRAPH conference, we are showing both programs in one evening (beginning with the contemporary program). Also, USC's Norris Theater is located just 2 blocks from the Shrine Auditorium, the site of Siggraph's Electronic Theater. After the screening, cocktails will be served courtesy of ABSOLUT Vodka. For more information on K3 including a complete list of the works shown, visit http://www.iotacenter.org/program/exhibition/kinetica3 The Norris theater is much smaller than LACMA's Bing Theater where K2 was shown last year. It is *strongly* suggested that you get your tickets *early* (i.e., right now). Don't be disappointed! Order K3 tickets online here: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=15581&Referrer_id=6356 To arrange for off-line ticket purchase, call The iotaCenter office: (310) 842 8704 See you there. The films of Hy Hirsh were preserved by The iotaCenter with a grant from The National Film Preservation Foundation, with additional support from The Academy Film Archive and The Whitney Museum of American Art. The Los Angeles premiere of K3 is co-sponsored by Department of Digital Arts-Animation, School of Cinema-Television, University of Southern California | |
KINETICA 3 Tour Dates SetAfter the premiere in LA, K3 will travel to the following venues:The Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA October 2, 9, 2001 The Museum of Modern Art October 29, 30, 2001 Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto, Canada November 21, 28, 2001 Then the tour will continue to the following venues. Exact dates to be announced. Continue to check the website for details. http://www.iotacenter.org/program/exhibition/kinetica3 Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge, MA High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Anthology Film Archives, NY, NY Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC | |
The iotaCenter Receives New GrantsJust this month The iotaCenter received a grant for $5000. from the National Endowment for The Humanities for "Development of a long-term plan for preserving paper-based collections, photographs, moving image collections, and material culture objects documenting 20th-century art."This will allow us to assess the preservation needs for our entire collection which will hopefully lead to more funding for this project in the future. More information here: http://www.neh.gov/news/archive/20010723.html Mention of The iotaCenter's project can be found on page 7 of this document: http://www.neh.gov/pdf/GrantsJuly2001.pdf In April, the National Endowment of the Arts awarded The iotaCenter a $10,000. grant to conduct a complete inventory of its collection of films and videotapes. That announcement is online here: http://www.nea.gov/endownews/news01/announce4-26.html (no longer active) http://www.nea.gov/learn/01grants/HP.html#media (no longer active) And in March, The National Film Preservation Foundation awarded The iotaCenter a grant to support the preservation of films by Jordan Belson and Jules Engel. This is our second grant from the NFPF. Our NFPF-funded projects are listed on their site: http://www.filmpreservation.org/ | |
KINETICA 2 to Begin European TourSince July, 2000, K2 has had a successful run of eleven venues in the US and the Animac festival in Spain. Now K2 is scheduled to begin its tour of Europe in the Fall of 2001.The following venues have been confirmed to date: The INDAC Festival: Cologne, Bonn, Dusseldorf, and Duisburg, Germany The Royal Film Archive, Brussels, Belgium The Swedish Film Institute's Cinematheque, Stockholm Barcelona Centre of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona, Spain Centre Pompidou, Paris, France Since the exact dates are still to be announced, continue to check the website for the most current information: http://www.iotacenter.org/program/exhibition/kinetica3 | |
New Videotapes AvailableA new edition of "The Films of Oskar Fischinger, Volume 1" is being released next month, now as part of iota's KINETICA VIDEO LIBRARY. This edition includes new versions of "Allegretto" and "Motion Painting" (no longer available)Also appearing in the store soon will be collections of films by Len Lye and Jordan Belson. Stay tuned to iota's online store for further developments: iotaCenter Online Store Back to News |