Thanks a lot, Albert! Thomas Bartels www.thomasbartels.eu http://www.thomasbartels.eu
> Albert Alcoz <[email protected]> hat am 28.08.2026 10:14 CEST geschrieben: > > > Hello Thomas, > > Maybe the film you are talking about was filmed by Takashi Ito or Toshio > Matsumoto. I'm not sure about it though. > In any case, try to check the titles of the films of these links of different > screenings concerning japanese films from the late 70s and early 80s: > https://www.bozar.be/en/calendar/between-frames-japanese-experimental-film-prolific-years-1975-1980 > https://visionaryfilm.net/2013/05/japanese-experimental-films-cinema.html > https://www.cccb.org/es/w/actividades/a-man-playing-movie-una-antologia-del-cine-de-vanguardia-japones > > The article by Daryl Chin, Daryl "The Future of an Illusion(ism): Notes on > the New Japanese Avant-Garde Film," pp. 86-94, released by the Millennium > Film Journal in 1978 would help to find the title as well. > http://mfj-online.org/journalPages/MFJ2/MFJ2TOC.HTML > > Best, > Albert Alcoz > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2026 at 9:16 AM Thomas Bartels <[email protected] > mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello everybody, > > as this topic about Japanese Experimental Films came up I thought someone > > here might be of help to find out title and filmmaker of one short > > experimental I saw during my studies at the arts academy in the 80s. > > The 16mm film is shot on b/w high contrast or sound negative with a very > > narrow exposure range. It show static images; mostly urban if I remember > > right. The apreture slowly opens or closes so the images start with a well > > exposed sky and detailed cloud structure behind some abstract black shapes. > > In the process of opening apreture these forms apear as detailed facades of > > high rise buildings in front of an overexposed, burned out sky. > > This process runs back and forth with different locations. > > Does anybody know this film and can help with any information? > > Many thanks, > > Thomas. > > > > Thomas Bartels > > www.thomasbartels.eu > > > > > Adam Hyman <[email protected]> hat am 27.08.2026 08:37 CEST > > > geschrieben: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Esperanza, > > > > > > Happy to share, and we do need to get in touch with Image Forum, the TOP > > > Museum, and others. > > > > > > These particular notes were for an American tour arranged by the American > > > Federation of Arts, so I don’t know if they would have them, but I > > > imagine that Donald Richie’s papers, wherever they might be, could be a > > > source. I need to investigate that tomorrow. > > > > > > We are also looking for researchers who are working on topics around > > > experimental and expanded cinema, video art, media art in Japan in the > > > 1960s-80s. We are already in touch with the folks at CCJ and a few > > > others. Richie also made a few experimental films in the 1960s according > > > to this, but I haven’t seen them yet. > > > > > > https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10371397.2013.827306 > > > > > > > > > > > > I can write more to you off list. Open to leads from anyone else as well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards,’ > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Frameworks <[email protected]> on behalf of > > > Esperanza Collado <[email protected]> > > > Reply-To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM > > > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> > > > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Looking for program notes fro Japanese > > > Experimental Film tour of early 1980s > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Adam, > > > > > > > > > > > > I just saw your mail in the Frameworks list, and it caught my attention > > > because this summer I have been dealing with some documents from the > > > 1980s regarding the work of some specific Japanese experimental > > > filmmakers, but I just checked them and none of them relates to the > > > American programme you’re looking for, unfortunately. I have been doing > > > research this summer in Image Forum, and I think maybe they can help you. > > > Do you have their contact? Also the TOP Museum in Tokyo may be of help. > > > > > > > > > > > > I would love to know more about your research if you can share more. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > > > > > El jue, 27 ago 2026 a las 4:05, Adam Hyman (<[email protected]>) > > > escribió: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > For research, we’re looking for a scan or PDF of the program > > > > notes/brochure that accompanied a tour of Japanese Experimental Film > > > > organized by the American Federation of Arts, curated by Donald > > > > Ritchie, around 1981-82 (maybe 1980). Anyone have a copy? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have contacted the American Federation of Arts. They directed me to > > > > their deposit of archival materials at the Smithsonian Archives of > > > > American Art at > > > > > > > > https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/american-federation-arts-records-5411 > > > > > > > > but there are no materials from the 1970s or 80s in that deposit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adam > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > > > > > > > Adam Hyman > > > > > > > > Executive Director > > > > > > > > Los Angeles Filmforum > > > > > > > > www.lafilmforum.org > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > 323-377-7238 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Frameworks mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Esperanza Collado > > > > > > www.esperanzacollado.net > > > > > > -- Frameworks mailing list [email protected] > > > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > > > > > > -- > > > Frameworks mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > > > > > -- > > Frameworks mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org > > > > > -- > http://albertalcoz.com/ http://www.albertalcoz.com/ > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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