Newsletter 7, November 2002

Newsletter #7 ∙ November 2002

In this issue:

1. KINETICA 4 Premieres December 3rd
The Sixties: Spirituality and Psychedelia
2. Jordan Belson Video Released

KINETICA 4 Premieres December 3rd

Our last KINETICA, "K3", featured works from the 1950s, the era of Jazz and The Beats. It was only logical that KINETICA 4 examine the 60s, a time of intense experimentation with psychedelic drugs, psychedelic imagery, a flowering of interest in Eastern religions and mysticism, and a widespread adoption of film and video as a means of personal expression.

Curated by film scholar and visual music authority Dr. Bill Moritz, K4 surveys this period with works by Jordan Belson, Stephen Beck, John and James Whitney, Scott Bartlett, Pat O'Neill and others, plus a rare film documentation of a light show performance by The Single Wing Turquoise Bird.

Many of these films have been newly preserved especially for KINETICA. As usual, this focused historical program will be accompanied by a broad overview of abstraction in contemporary film, video and computer animation, featuring works by David Lebrun, Robert Darroll, Ying Tan, Stephanie Maxwell and many others.

For a complete list of titles, and the most up to date schedule of screenings, visit the K4 website:
KINETICA 4

KINETICA 4
The Sixties: Spirituality and Psychedelia
will be screened at the following venues:

Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
Program 1: December 3, 2002, 7:30 pm
Program 2: December 5, 2002, 7:30 pm
Information: (510) 642-0808

Anthology Film Archive, New York
A Special KINETICA Weekend:
KINETICA 4 and KINETICA 3
K4 Program 1: December 20, 2002, 8:00 pm
K4 Program 2: December 21, 2002, 8:00 pm
K3 Program 1: December 21, 2002, 5:30 pm
K3 Program 2: December 22, 2002, 6:00 pm
Information: (212) 505-5181
KINETICA 3 and 4 will repeat in early January 2003

Information on KINETICA 3 can be found here:
KINETICA 3

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Program 1: January 17, 2003
Program 2: January 18, 2003
Information: 3238576010

Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge MA
February 1, 2003
Program 1: 7pm
Program 2: 9pm
February 2, 2003
Program 1: 7pm
Program 2: 9pm
Information: 617-495-4700

Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Program 1: February 12, 2003
Program 2: February 19, 2003
Tickets: Bell Infoline (416) 968-FILM

Northwest Film Forum, Seattle WA
Visual Music Festival
Spring, 2003 Date to be Announced

KINETICA 4 was produced by iotaCenter director Cindy Keefer and is supported in part by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts.

Additional support was received from The California Arts Council and The Getty Grant Program. Thanks to the National Film Preservation Foundation for their ongoing support of our preservation activities which made the presentation of many of these films possible.

For booking information please contact info@iotacenter.org

Jordan Belson Video Released

Jordan Belson's latest film, "Bardo" (currently traveling in KINETICA 3), is now available on videotape in iota's KINETICA Video Library. This first volume of Belson's collected films also includes "Cycles" (1975) and "Northern Lights" (1985).

A second volume, "Jordan Belson, Four Early Films," will be released soon and will include:
Allures (1961)
World (1970)
Chakra (1972)
Music of the Spheres (1977)

"Jordan Belson, Collected Films" and other tapes in the KINETICA Video Library series are available from The iotaCenter Store

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