- State: visible
Newsletter 8, May 2005
 |
Newsletter #8 ∙ May 2005 In this issue:1. Visual Music Exhibition in LA and DC |
|
There's been a bit of
turmoil in our organization since our last newsletter, but we've survived
the rough times and we're moving ahead. Many of you have asked about our online store. We can now report that we’re back up and running. Our online discussion list has continued to grow, so welcome to all the newcomers who've joined the iota community (subscribe and unsubscribe information can be found at the end of this newsletter). |
|
 |
1. Visual Music ExhibitionFor anyone who has yet to get to the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles to view the Visual Music show, be sure not to miss it. Organized by MOCA in LA and the Hirshhorn Museum, in Washington, D.C., the exhibit is an extraordinary collection of art works, films, videos, and installations depicting the history and energy of the visual music movement. The show closes on May 23, 2005, so there’s still time left to see it.For those of you on the east coast, the exhibit will be installed at the Hirshhorn from June 23-September 11, 2005. The exhibition catalog is a large, beautiful book that is overflowing with Visual Music images. The book is currently available from iota’s online store. More information on the exhibit can be found at www.moca.org |
 |
2. Digital Animations by Robert DarrollThe latest edition in iota’s KINETICA Video Library collection has been released!“Digital Animations 1990-2001” by Robert Darroll are collected in a new DVD. After five VHS issues, this is the first of the KVL series to be released on disc format and we’re looking forward to many more. Robert Darroll is an internationally known artist who has produced commissions for ZDF (German TV) and the Center for Art and Media Technology, Karlsruhe (ZKM). This DVD is available at iota’s online store You’ll also find there a VHS collection of his beautiful earlier animation work, “The Korean Trilogy” (1984-1990). For more information on Robert Darroll visit www.darroll.com. |
3. Online Store ReopensAs you may realize by now, our online store has reopened ( http://www.iotacenter.org/store). In addition to the Visual Music catalog and the Robert Darroll DVD mentioned above, you’ll find a number of new items in the store, including two books by Michael Betancourt . One is a fascinating collection of the patent applications for visual music performance instruments (a.k.a., color organs) and the other is a reprint of a treatise on “Colour Music” written in 1912 by an inventor of one of these instruments, A. Wallace Remington.You will also find “Optical Poetry,” Dr William Mortiz’ definitive biography of the seminal master of abstract animation, Oskar Fischinger (1900-1967). This book is a must for anyone interested in Fischinger’s work. Also check out the documentary on Fischinger made in 1977, with Dr. Moritz and Fischinger’s wife Elfriede. It’s in the documentary section |
|
4. New Staff Join the iota TeamRebecca Newman and Mary Kopp have joined the staff at iota.Rebecca has extensive experience in both the art and business worlds and therefore brings to iota an excellent combination of skills that organizations such as ours require. Mary’s background is in project management especially in media production and publishing. She will be managing the operation and expansion of our online store. Soon we will post more information about Rebecca and Mary and other freelancers, interns and volunteers in the “About Us” section of our website. |
|
5. Dispute ResolvedAs many of you know, the turmoil at iota has been due to a legal dispute with the Center for Visual Music. We are happy to announce that we have reached an out-of-court settlement of this dispute. Once completely implemented, the settlement should allow both organizations to continue with their missions unimpeded. |
|
| About The iotaCenter | "Color Music," "Visual Music," "MusiColor," "Mobilcolor," "Lumia," "Absolute Film," "Video Synthesis," "Image Processing," "Abstract Animation,"... ...many different names for what is really a single genre of art. The iotaCenter is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and celebrating the art of abstraction in the moving image in all its many forms and under all its various names. The iotaCenter's program includes film and video preservation, publication and exhibition. It's Study Center in Los Angeles houses a large media collection devoted to abstraction in film, video, performance, installation and computer animation. iotaCenter and abstraction in media art can be found at www.iotacenter.org. |
| Subscribe/Unsubscribe |
If you are not
interested in receiving further issues of The iotaCenter's Newsletter,
please reply to this email with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject
line. If this email was forwarded to you, you can receive future mailings directly by putting your address on our list. Send a blank email to: iota-announcements-subscribe@yahoogroups.com And you can join our online discussion group by sending a blank email to: iotacenter-subscribe@yahoogroups.com |
|
Contact |
If you have any
questions about this email or any of the activities of The iotaCenter,
please write to me at
info@iotacenter.org. I welcome your comments. Thank you. Larry Cuba The iotaCenter 10401-106 Venice Blvd #330 Los Angeles, CA 90034 Back to News |