We've shown quite a bit of meditative films at Boathouse Microcinema, so I did a quick look through our archives. Here's a list of some work by Portland and NW filmmakers. No idea how much of this is available online.
Nicole Baker - Memory of a Green World Hannah Piper Burns - Pinctada Fucata Lindsay Costello - Flowers are the Best Dog I've Seen Melina Coumas - Day off Vibes Katrina Edelen - Ritual Eric Fox - Scape Ariel Kirk-Gushowaty - Flood Laura Heit - The Deep Dark Kurtis Hough - Cryosphere Sydney Southam - Ice Cream Roger Stack - Readying Micah Weber - No Stories Can Be Told Ryder White - 1:64,000,000,000 On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 10:31 AM Jason Halprin <jihalp...@gmail.com> wrote: > I seem to recall Amy Halpern telling me that although she hasn't released > DVD/digital versions of her work, there are transfers made in most cases. > You might try contacting her directly through her website to find out at > amyhalpern.com. > > I would suggest COLLEEN FITZGIBBON's 1975 film RESTORING THE APPEARANCE TO > ORDER IN 12 MIN as one that documents a ritual of self-care, in this case > the methodical scrubbing of a filthy sink in her art studio. You can view > an excerpt here: https://vimeo.com/21020445 > > Strangely...I might also suggest Hollis Frampton's NOSTALGIA as an > accessible experimental film dealing with transformation, memory, and > ritual...if not exactly self-care. > > Depending on where how expansive you are with your definition of self-care > (to include mourning, for instance) and ritual (the replacement of a > community ritual with a personal one), I might suggest my 2007 Super 8 film > APOSTATE UNVEILING (3 min), viewable here: https://vimeo.com/37219050 > > > Jason Halprin > jihalp...@gmail.com > jasonhalprin.com <jihalp...@gmail.com> > > > On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:38 AM Christian LEBRAT < > leb...@christian-lebrat.net> wrote: > >> Most of Brakhage films... >> >> Le 12/12/2019 à 17:26, Francisco Torres a écrit : >> > most of Ken Jacobs films... >> > >> > 2019-12-12 12:15 GMT-04:00, Scott Dorsey <klu...@panix.com>: >> >> First of all, this is a metafilm, some hollywood propaganda, and it is >> >> not meditative at all, but it is a thing that students should see in >> any >> >> introduction to film class: >> >> >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhhnFP1GWHI >> >> >> >> The youtube version looks terrible, if anyone knows of a better one I >> would >> >> love to see it. >> >> >> >> I guess I think of Jordan Belson's _Cycles_ as the kind of thing you >> are >> >> looking for. Pennebaker's _Daybreak Express_ is a cool and beautiful >> film >> >> that starts slow, then becomes very upbeat and exciting, but then >> becomes >> >> slow and quiet again at the end. >> >> >> >> McLaren's _A Chairy Tale_ is kind of weird and might be a bit long for >> >> keeping students attention, but I think it makes a point about being >> >> loved and appreciated. >> >> >> >> Keaton's _The Railrodder_ is on youtube and it is in many ways a kind >> of >> >> slow and contemplative film. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYmcN12M97o >> >> May require some explanation about swimming the atlantic and so forth. >> >> >> >> So many of the abstract films I can think of are anything but slow and >> >> contemplative... >> >> --scott >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >
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