thank you Cindy, for your important work! owen plotkin
> On Jun 22, 2017, at 10:15 PM, C Keefer <keef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > With a lot of media coverage today for the Oskar Fischinger Google Doodle on > Fischinger's birthday, CVM salutes the very few persons in the press who took > the time to find and write about Oskar Fischinger's own films! Very few > places provided sources to find the work; many printed factual errors, most > barely mentioned or ignored his films. The TIME magazine piece cited is one > of the rather lame ones. > > We salute a very short list - Washington Post, Telegraph UK, Independent UK > and Huffington Post (Germany edition). > > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/06/22/oskar-fischinger-google-doodle-lets-you-salute-the-animation-pioneer-the-nazis-couldnt-stop/?utm_term=.17af43630c25 > > http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/oskar-fischinger-google-doodle-today-best-animations-who-is-he-a7802926.html > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/0/oskar-fischinger-watch-amazing-musical-animations-created-decades/ > > (though the latter two did embed the faded An Optical Poem from youtube which > is missing all of its golds and yellows, that's not what this film looks > like). > > SOURCES for Fischinger's work: > > Authorized Fischinger videos online - CVM's vimeo channel has both free > excerpts and VOD full films: > https://vimeo.com/album/3111432/sort:plays/format:thumbnail > > The Fischinger films (and rights), papers, many animation drawings and some > paintings are owned by Center for Visual Music, Los Angeles. Online > resources include bibliography, film notes, list of exhibitions and much more: > www.centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger > > Paintings for sale are handled by Peyton Wright Fine Arts, Santa Fe. > The Fischinger Trust is now pretty much only involved with paintings. > > Thanks to Barbara Fischinger, The Fischinger Trust gifted the films, rights, > Fischinger's papers, and many animation drawings to Center for Visual Music. > Our archive also includes the papers of Elfriede Fischinger and William > Moritz, Fischinger's biographer. > A collection of early German business-related papers is at the Deutsches > Filmmuseum, Frankfurt, plus a small collection of animation drawings and a > few paintings. > > ************* > > Info on forthcoming Fischinger DVD: > http://centerforvisualmusic.org/Fischinger/newdvd.htm > > A few sponsors have stepped up today, including a major name, thus names of > supporters and sponsors will be updated on that page shortly. > The first Fischinger DVD, Ten Films, is still also available from CVM. > www.centerforvisualmusic.org > > Please direct Fischinger inquiries to: cvmaccess (at) gmail dot com > > The irony of all of the Google Doodle "make your own piece" attention - > Fischinger's daughter Barbara often remarked that her father HATED homages > and believed people should be doing their own work! > > best regards, > Cindy Keefer > Curator/Archivist > Center for Visual Music > www.centerforvisualmusic.org > > CVM email = cvmaccess (at) gmail.com > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > >From: Adam Hyman <a...@lafilmforum.org> > >Sent: Jun 22, 2017 3:17 PM > >To: "Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com>" > >Subject: [Frameworks] Google on June 22 > > > >In today¹s unbelievable note, the Google logo today > >https://www.google.com/ > >(aka the Google Doodle) > >Leads to a quote from Oskar Fischinger and a small thing to make one¹s own > >visual music piece > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
