[Frameworks] This time the tracks are up

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

 I recently got my DAT recorder repaired and have been listening to some of my 
80+ recordings. Most of these recordings were made between 1992 and 2004. I 
also have some DAT copies of much older cassette recordings to catch up on.

I haven't done any music lately other than very informal percussion 
improvisation intended as public reps only so so much, experiential rather than 
something to be presented. I don't plan to start doing electronic music again, 
but the process of listening to these old recordings is fascinating.

I just put up a CD that I made in the early 2000's on band camp 
athttps://doctort1.bandcamp.com/album/data-from-recent-experiments 
https://doctort1.bandcamp.com/album/data-from-recent-experiments>. After I 
have backed up all of the dats and have found time to listen to more of them - 
I'll add more tracks to my band camp site.

-- Emile

Art is a way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

My photography and sketches can be viewed at 
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 or 
on facebook at 
https://www.facebook.com/emile.tobenfeld/media_set?set=a.10155375668402720.1073741961.816422719&type=1
 


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[Frameworks] Old electronic posted to band camp

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

 I recently got my DAT recorder repaired and have been listening to some of my 
80+ recordings. Most of these recordings were made between 1992 and 2004. I 
also have some DAT copies of much older cassette recordings to catch up on.

I haven't done any music lately other than very informal percussion 
improvisation intended as public reps only so so much, experiential rather than 
something to be presented. I don't plan to start doing electronic music again, 
but the process of listening to these old recordings is fascinating.

I just put up a CD that I made in the early 2000's on band camp 
athttps://doctort1.bandcamp.com/album/data-from-recent-experiments. After I 
have backed up all of the dats and have found time to listen to more of them - 
I'll add more tracks to my band camp site.

-- Emile

Art is a way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

My photography and sketches can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/ or on 
facebook at 
https://www.facebook.com/emile.tobenfeld/media_set?set=a.10155375668402720.1073741961.816422719&type=1

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[Frameworks] Drawings based on Brian Solomon's work posted

[Emile Tobenfeld]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157671265002984

I have known photographer and author Brian Solomon since he was about four, and 
we have been looking at each other's photographs for almost the entire time. In 
the 70s, 80s, and early 90s I did a lot of work with multiple image photography 
using film only - this was in the days before Photoshop. You can see some of 
this work at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/albums/72157635417625824. Brian was 
kind enough to let me make copies of some of his photographs to use in my own 
photography,

I was recently looking at some of my old work on film which I had scanned, and 
I came across Brian pictures and realized that they would be very good material 
for my Drawing On Photography project. These are some drawings that I made 
using Brian's photos. 

Brian is the author of over 60 books, most of which are about railroads and 
most of which include some of his photography. You can see more of his work at 
http://briansolomon.com/Brian_Solomon_Photography/Blogs_%26_eBooks.html

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Coloring Book Pages posted to flickr and pictures on Facebook

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I posted some Coloring Book Pages (described below) to Flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157672575055972 and tony 
Facebook page. I've posted a lot of to other pictures to Facebook lately -- you 
can check them out at my Facebook page.

> I make my drawing on photography pictures by taking one of my photographs, 
> processing it with software that I wrote as part of my last day job,  
> printing it on fairly sturdy matte paper  (I use Epson premium matte paper.) 
> and drawing on the print.  
> 
> in thinking about my process, I realize that I am treating the prints as 
> though they were pages of an adult coloring book. I decided to share  these 
> images, hoping that you will be inspired to download some and draw on them. 
> If you come up with something you like, I encourage you to share it!
> 
> I do all of the drawing with physical media - pastels, magic markers, and 
> color pencils. This is partly an aesthetic choice,and partly because I find 
> it emotionally and physically healthy to do a lot of art by physical means 
> unmediated by electronics. You need not feel constrained by my choice -- 
> whether you use physical media, a computer or a tablet, I'd enjoy seeing what 
> you come up with. Most of all, HAVE FUN.
> 
> I'm posting these on both Facebook and Flickr. Note that Facebook further 
> compresses the jpegs that I post  while Flickr does not, so I  suggest that 
> you download from Flickr for best results.


-- Emile

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[Frameworks] More Drawing On Photography sketches posted

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I posted more sketches from my "Drawing On Photography"  at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157670874151501 I hope you 
enjoy them,

"Drawing On Photography" is a project that combines drawing, photography and 
computer graphics. There are three stages in the creation of each image (four 
if you count software that I wrote during 18 years with Boris FX.)

I choose one of my photographs and make some treated versions using one or more 
of the filters I wrote when I was with Boris. I print the resulting images on 
heavy paper and draw over the result. I have found it very satisfying to 
combine my drawing and photography while using software that I wrote and 
designed.

My drawings tends to follow and extend the lines and color palette of the 
printed images.I sometimes  can't tell which lines are from the print and which 
lines I drew, I take this as a sure sign that I have successfully integrated 
the drawing and the print!

Here are some selections from a pile that just keeps growing :-)

-- Emile

Art is man's way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

My photography and sketches can be viewed at 
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[Frameworks] Drawing On Photography sketches posted

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I posted some sketches from my latest drawing project at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157667147299053  I hope you 
enjoy them,

"Drawing On Photography" is a project that combines drawing, photography and 
computer graphics. There are three stages in the creation of each image (four 
if you count software that I wrote during 18 years with Boris FX.)

I choose one of my photographs and make some treated versions using one or more 
of the filters I wrote when I was with Boris. I print the resulting images on 
heavy paper and draw over the result. I have found it very satisfying to 
combine my drawing and photography while using software that I wrote and 
designed.

My drawings tends to follow and extend the lines and color palette of the 
printed images.I sometimes  can't tell which lines are from the print and which 
lines I drew, I take this as a sure sign that I have successfully integrated 
the drawing and the print!

Here are some selections from a pile that just keeps growing :-)

-- Emile

Art is man's way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

My photography and sketches can be viewed at 
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[Frameworks] "Dance to the Future" Video posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi

I posted a new video to you tube at https://youtu.be/KERWIXYjXJc

"Dance to the Future" is a companion piece to my video "Dance from the Past" 
which can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEt3IZ_TkaY . This video 
is made from footage taken in February at one of Catherine Musinsky's Tabular 
Rasa events. These events are mixed-media improvised extravaganzas – February's 
version included improvised dance, music, poetry, painting, video, and drawing.

I was originally planning to draw but decided at the last minute to shoot video 
instead, as I wanted some more footage of dancers work with my video 
improvisations. I sat just in front of the stage with my camera on a tripod 
during the first half of the performance. The audience was invited to dance 
during the second half, so I danced for half an hour with my camera in one 
hand. I went through as much of the footage as I could and chose several 
segments to use in this video piece.

As in "Dance from the Past", I improvisationally applied many of the video 
effects that I wrote during my 8 years as a software engineer for Boris FX. I 
then sequenced the clips to make this video.
-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Primary Day photo essay posted to Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi.

 I just posted a photo essay called " Primary Day" to Flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157665007168290

Primary Day in Boston was the sort of brilliantly sunny day that makes anything 
that isn't made of plastic into a good photo subject. After I voted, I took 
photos of some vintage election signs and went for a nice long walk through 
parts of Arlington that I had not walked through before. Here are some of the 
pictures.

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] "Dance from the Past" Video posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I just posted a new video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ZEt3IZ_TkaY

In December of last year, my cousin Steven Golos sent me a DVD containing 
family home movies from the late 1930s. I immediately started integrating this 
material into my live performances and eventually decided to work more deeply 
with two long clips of a young woman dancing in ballet costume.

This piece was created from those clips by selecting different parts of them 
and improvisationally applying various filters. I think of it as a kind of 
visual jazz played in non-real-time, with the video footage filling the role 
that the melody and harmony would take in a jazz improvisation. I coded most of 
the filters that I used during my 18 years as a software engineer for Boris FX.

I hope you enjoy it. Thanks.

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Sketches posted to flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I posted a new album of selected recent sketches  to Flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157663289753080

This album contains sketches that I completed in late December and early 
January. It includes a lot of my recent work with pastels. My style continues 
to evolve as I experiment with new media and new organizational concepts. Enjoy 
and let me know what you think.

-- Emile

Art is man's way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

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[Frameworks] Importing vintage Footage from DVD to AE

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

 Here is a curveball for you!

 a cousin of mine sent me a DVD of old family home movies from the 30s..  It's 
obvious from looking at the DVD that the original conversion was done from film 
to VHS and my cousin then converted it to DVD. I'd like to bring it into ae  so 
that I can zoom in a bit and get rid of the garbage around the edges and 
perhaps do some looping tricks.

 I have an old Mac running 10.6 that I keep around so that I can run vintage 
applications like MPEG stream. Clip. I can use MPEG stream Clip to convert the 
DVD files to QuickTime, move them to my modern machine, and import them into 
ae.  what I am trying to figure out is


1.   what is the best export setting to use in MPEG stream clip.
2.   what is the best interpret footage setting  to use when I import 
QuickTime files into ae.

 anybody got any ideas before I just bash around.  thanks.

-- Emile

Art is man's way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

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[Frameworks] More sketches on flicker

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi

I posted a new album of selected recent sketches  to Flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157662732560322

This album contains sketches that I completed in October and November. I've got 
to catch up on my scanning so I can add my most recent work.

My style continues to evolve, as I have been working more and more with 
pastels. I have not yet scanned a lot of my recent work, but you can see some 
of my pastel work in this batch. I like to quickly build layers of texture by 
rapidly rubbing the side of an unwrapped pastel against the paper -- a messy 
but very fun technique.

You may have to zoom in on your computer monitor to see all of the textual 
details in these sketches.

-- Emile

Art is man's way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

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[Frameworks] Performances at Dr. Ts salon December 10 and 13th

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi

 I'm doing video performances at Dr T's salon ( a.k.a. my apartment)  on 
Thursday, December 10 and Sunday, December 13 with some excellent collaborators.

 Thursday, December 10  at 8 PM 

 Dr. T video  improvisations, Forbes Graham trumpet, John Voigt bass and spoken 
word.

 I did my first mixed-media performances with John in 1973 – he  continues to 
be a ( moving) fixture on the Boston Jazz and improv scene.
 I have known and collaborated with Forbes for many years now – he was an 
amazing trumpet player when I met him and he keeps getting better.


 Sunday, December 13 at 7 PM

 Dr. T video  improvisations
Tsuyoshi Honjo  -  saxophone  and doduck ( no,I don't know what a doduck is 
either) 
Dave Bryant -  synthesizer
Karen Klein – spoken word
Neil Leonard -  saxophone

Dave is a long time collaborator best known for performing in  Ornette 
Coleman's Prime Time band. 
 Neil is an even longer time collaborator – back when I did electronic music, 
Neil and I recorded and jammed frequently at my apartment in Newton and my 
rented house in Lexington.
Tsuyoshi  is a more recent collaborator.  He has a DMA ( Doctor in Musical Art) 
 in saxophone from Boston University. His improvisations are anything but 
academic.
Karen is also a recent collaborator. She improvises spoken word using excerpts 
from prewritten poetry and poetry that she makes up on the spot. She also has a 
doctorate  - a PhD from Columbia in Literature.

 with Neil and Tsuyoshi  on the bill, saxophone sparks are sure to fly,

The salon is at
382 mass ave 
apt 803  
Arlington MA 02474
781 439 5314 

77 bus to Franklin Street

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Visual Music Live at Dr. T's salon, October 18

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

The first event in what I hope to be a series of visual music live concerts at 
Dr. T salon (a.k.a. my apartment) is going to happen on Sunday, October 18 at 
7:30 PM. These performances will combine my video improvisations shown on two 
widescreen TVs, with improvised music by one or two players. Some of the shows, 
including this one, who also include improvised spoken word.

The first show of the series will have Tom Plsek, trombone, John Voigt, bass 
and spoken word and Karen Klein spoken word. I'm delighted to have Tom and John 
join me, as I did my first mixed-media improvisations with a group of John's 
that included Tom back in 1973.

Karen is much more recent collaborator, who performed spoken word at a lot of 
my Light Into Motion events at Outpost 186. Once I get the logistic kinks 
worked out, I'm going to try to schedule about two of these a month. 

These events will be free, although 5 or $10 donation would be appreciated, so 
I can give the musician something for change. I'll have chips and salsa to 
snack on- there is no need to bring anything unless you want to, as I want the 
focus to be on the performance. 

My apartment is at 382 mass ave, apt 803  In Arlington MA, a few blocks east of 
Arlington Center. There is generally ample parking available on mass Ave in 
front of or not too far from the building. My phone is 781 439 5314. I hope 
some of you can make it.  RSVP if you can or just show up.


For those of you haven't  don't know about Dr. T's salon, it is a series of  
art – related events that I hold at my apartment  to encourage conviviality and 
artistic sharing.  These include  a textured percussion jam, an art book 
sharing group, a sketching group and the visual music live concert series. Send 
me an email if you would like to get notices about all of the salon events 
described below.

A  textured percussion jam is sort of like a drum circle but much much quieter 
and with a focus on intense listening and meditative playing. I have lots of 
fun percussion instruments so there is no need to bring any. All skill levels 
welcome, and you are welcome to just listen if you're feeling shy. We order 
Thai food delivered before the jam. Those of us want to help choose the menu 
arrive at 630. We get the food sometime between 730 and 8, eat and chat until 
around 845 and then play.  

The art book sharing group gives me an opportunity to share my large collection 
of art books, and to look at them and discuss them. They may or may not be a 
theme for the evening. Either way, I'll pick out a bunch of books to start the 
discussion. Attendees are of course welcome to bring art books they wish to 
share.  We have had three of these and they've all been successful.  So far, 
these been on Sunday nights at 730. I don't have food at these because art book 
viewing and food don't go together very well. 

The nascent sketching group is a chance for us to share the process of 
sketching, and perhaps make some improvised sketches as a group.  It has not 
yet met – my original thought was to have it on Saturday afternoons so that we 
can move the event to Spy Pond Park if the weather is nice, but the warm 
weather is fading fast, so I will probably have it in the evening.

-- Emile

Art is man's way of saying "I love you" to the universe.

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[Frameworks] Sketches URL update

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi Again

The FlickrURL I sent last night is too long for some software . 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/  
Should get you to my main Flickr page, or you can go to the Flickr site, click 
people, and search for Tobenfeld.  from my main Flickr page you should be able 
to click sketches and then click either of the two sets of sketches that I 
posted. 

 Thanks.

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] More abstract sketches posted

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I posted a new album of selected recent sketches  to Flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157659114697660/

This album contains sketches that I completed since August 25 . My style has 
evolved considerably since then, as I have added oil pastels, several kinds of 
pencils and a couple of other kinds of media to the mix, experimented with 
different kinds of paper, and played around with blending and wash techniques.

The sketches have thus become much more complex and textured. I am not sure if 
this is good, bad, or just different.  for me it seems like a natural 
evolution. I What started out as therapeutic (for myself) has become a serious 
artistic investigation. I can't say that I fully understand what I'm doing – it 
sometimes feels that I am channeling every abstract painter I've ever enjoyed. 
The complexity does make the work less relaxing, but once you start on a path 
you need to continue it as long as it seems fruitful.

I'm curious to hear which album viewers prefer.

You may have to zoom in on your computer monitor to see all of the textual 
details in these sketches.
-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Abstract sketches posted to Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I have done a lot of sketching this summer, and  have put some of my favorite 
sketches into a set on Flickr which can be found at 
https://flic.kr/s/aHskiEZS6i.

I hope you enjoy them. if you wish to indulge me further, you can read the 
essay below on how and why I made these.  I'd love to hear your opinions on the 
sketches and the essay. Thanks.


> I've been making abstract sketches (the only kind i was ever able to make) 
> off and on (mostly off) since at least 1970. At the beginning of June I took 
> an informal dance workshop which ended with some sketching. I was intrigued 
> and bought a few magic markers and a couple of sketchbooks. I quickly 
> discovered that sketching was the most centering thing I could do by myself 
> and have been sketching more and more since, using magic marker pens and, 
> more recently, oil pastels. It had the advantage of not requiring the use of 
> a computer and the further advantage (at first!) that I was not as invested 
> in the quality of the results as I would be when doing photography or video. 
> 
> Sketching has helped me deal with some stressful and emotionally troubling 
> issues. There is a park with a lovely lake two blocks from my house, and I 
> try to bring down some pens and a sketchbook to a picnic table in the park 
> for at least an hour of sketching on every nice day. I also sketch at home, 
> usually for at least an hour a day.
> 
> I have always worked improvisationally in every art form that I have pursued, 
> but I quickly realized that I needed to develop some new strategies for 
> sketching, because a medical condition makes it impossible for me to draw a 
> precise line or shape. I've been trying to judo my weakness into a strength 
> by thinking of all the things I can do that somebody who could draw a precise 
> line might not think of. Sometimes I pick out a pen and a region of the 
> picture work on and just go on whim, and draw whatever line my hand wants to 
> draw. On occasion, I pick out a pen and draw some lines very quickly without 
> even thinking about it. I often draw percussively, wielding the pan as if it 
> were a drum stick. Sometimes I listen to the ambient sounds (if outdoors) or 
> music (if indoors) and let the sound guide my hand. 
> 
> I often start drawing a line without knowing where it will go or how long it 
> will be – I just keep moving the pen until I seem to be done. I've also 
> developed techniques for very quickly making textures with a rapidly drawn 
> sequence of short thin lines. When I make a 'mistake' I try to follow Brian 
> Eno's oblique strategy "honour thy error as a hidden intention" and find a 
> way to incorporate the error into the piece. 
> 
> Unsurprisingly, there are a lot of analogies to dance in my sketching. I 
> think of it as something like contact improvisation for pens and paper. Dance 
> teachers and facilitators often tell us to think more about how it feels than 
> about how it looks. This seems like a peculiar metaphor to use in a visual 
> art, but in practice I often look at the sketch in progress, choose a pen, 
> and do whatever my body wants to do in reaction to the stretch.  

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] "Water Dance" and "And Always"Videos posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi

I posted two new videos to You Tube, Water Dance Water Dance 05 09 15 003 and 
And Always And Always 05 09 15 004 .

My "Light into Motion" series combines improvised video, music, movement and 
spoken word. I usually do video mixing, but occasionally get up and dance, 
leaving one or two of my 'Mix DVDs' running. In the past, I would choose the 
video from whatever disks I happened to be mixing.

For my April 26 show, I decided to make a DVD specifically to create a 
structure for my dance. I chose water for my structure, and the video for 
"Water Dance" is a simple sequence of unprocessed water clips. I did two dance 
duets with Rachel Zwiebel (one of my favorite partners at Dance Freedom") and 
they were great fun, but I did not get good recordings. I decided to include 
"Water Dance" or a similar structure in future shows.

For my May 9 show, I performed "Water Dance" as a duet with Reme Gold, another 
frequent dance partner. Tim Mungenast -- guitar, Honjo Tsuyoshi -- saxophone, 
and Karen Klein -- spoken word rounded out the ensemble for this piece.

"And Always" is an epic improvisation that closed out the May 9 "Light into 
Motion" show. The title comes from Karen and Anne's spoke word improv. The 
performers were 

Doctor T -- video 
Tim Mungenast -- guitar 
Honjo Tsuyoshi -- saxophone
Karen Klein -- spoken word and movement
Anne Tolbert -- spoken word and movement
Reme Gold -- movement

The pieces were performed at Outpost 186, Cambridge MA.

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Snowmation Meditation Video posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

Snowmation Meditation is a silent video created by animating some of my many 
snow photos from this past winter. The video can be seen at 
http://youtu.be/0SRXmw8t7Qs . Many of the original still images can be seen in 
my photo essay called "After the Snow 2015" on flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157650608337002/

I recommend watching it with your favorite meditative and/or gently flowing 
music. 

-- Emile


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[Frameworks] And it Stoned Me -- Spy Pond 05.04.15 album on Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I uploaded the Flickr album

And it Stoned Me -- Spy Pond 05.04.15  which can be seen at

https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157651957900430/

"Oh, the water
Oh, the water
Oh, the water
…
And it stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like Jelly Roll
And it stoned me
And it stoned me to my soul
Stoned me just like goin' home
And it stoned me"

 Van Morrison

If you go out the back door of my building and walk two blocks, you get to Spy 
Pond, a lovely oasis in the middle of Arlington. I have resolved to spend more 
time there than I did last year, so after shopping and some other business I 
walked down to the pond at around 6:30.

It was a bright sunny day and the sun was beginning to set over the pond, which 
was being stirred up by a brisk but pleasant wind. The trees were just 
beginning to bud and there was a sculpture exhibit in the park. Unlike the 
singer in the song quoted above, I was high and dry, but I was reveling in the 
beauty in front of me, and my feelings matched the feelings i get when 
listening or dancing to the song.

I wouldn't categorize the pictures I took as among my very best, but I hope 
they evoke some of the feeling of a special hour by the pond.

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] New photo essay posted to flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I just posted a new photo album, "Glass Bricks at Harvard" to flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157651248971089

Glass brick walls make excellent photo subjects. The symmetrical pattern of the 
bricks plays off of the distorted images of the other side of the wall, which 
vary from brick to brick and change as you move your head or camera.

On March 15, I went with my friend Eva Arnott (seen about halfway through  the 
set) to the Harvard Art Museums. We stopped at the Carpenter Center along the 
way, and took these pictures. I could have taken a lot more, but we wanted to 
have enough time at the museum. 

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] March 14 Videos posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi

I posted videos from the March 14 Light into Motion performance to YouTube at ► 
Play all or  http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

These videos are from the March 14 performance of "Light into Motion" at 
Outpost 186, which felt to me to be the most cohesive of the series. My video 
included a lot of sequences made from stills taken after our recent storms. See 
"After the Snow" on my Flickr site to see some of the stills.

Personnel were:
 
Doctor T -- video
Eric Crawley -- Harpejji and Cajon
Honjo Tsuyoshi -- saxophone
Eric Zinman -- synthesizer
Karen Klein -- Poetry and movement
Reme Gold -- Movement
Leslie Lawrence -- Movement

The video recordings have some imperfections -- its hard to perform and be 
cameraman in the same show! The first two, and to some extent the third, focus 
too much on my video and not enough on the dancers. The fifth one has a black 
section where one of the dancers was picking up a DVD player that had fallen 
off my table, and blocking the projection. All of these videos are unedited and 
have extraneous chit-chat at the start.

Thanks to all who performed with me. I hope that you will enjoy the videos 
despite the imperfections.

The next Light into Motion is on April 26 and will feature John Voigt's 
fast-paced beat poetics along with Karen's more laid back poetics. You can be 
part of it -- come dance with us.

-- Emile

When the going gets tough, the tough go dancing.

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[Frameworks] Video performance TOMORROW Feb 28 @Mobius Benefit

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I'll be performing video improvisations tomorrow night at a benefit for Mobius. 
I'll be doing a half hour set with trombonists Randy Pingrey and Tom Plsek and 
bassist Jon Voigt. I first worked with Tom and Jon in (gulp!) 1973.

The event is at Out of the Blue Gallery, 541Mass Ave in Central  Square 
Cambridge. The full lineup is below. Admission is $20 --- go to mobius.org for 
more info.

<3RAGES 2015 Lineup

8:00   Logallucio, Tom Plsek, and John Voigt (text and sound; need MIC + STAND) 
15 minutes

8:15   Jon Voigt - bebop poem (text and sound; need MIC + STAND) 10 minutes

8:25   Zayde (MC) (Need MIC + STAND) – 2 minutes

8:27   Emily Beatty (improv movement with 2 dancers) 2-5 minutes

8:35   Tom Plsek and Randy Pingrey -- (sound; trombone sandwich) 5 minutes

8:40   Dr T with Randy Pingrey, Jon Voigt, and Tom Plsek (PA and TABLE)

9:10   Emily Beatty (improv movement with 2 dancers) 2-5 minutes

9:20   Liz Roncka, Yuka Takahashi, and Jason Sanford (movement + sound; LIGHTS) 
20 minutes

9:40Islands (VIDEO PROJECTOR + objects + actions) 30 minutes

10:10  LSDV – (VIDEO PROJECTOR and PA and TABLE) 40 minutes

10:50  Emily Beatty (improv movement with 2 dancers) 2-5 minutes duration

11:00  Mondo Fiasco (VIDEO PROJECTOR) 30 minutes duration

11:30  SHROUD – (VIDEO PROJECTOR and PA) 40 minutes

12:10 ---Animal Hospital Setup of equipment---

12:25  Animal Hospital – (AMP hook-ups) 30 minutes

 

DURATIONAL WORKS

Margaret Bellafiore is roaming with her Extinction piece

Anna Wexler and Marie Lalavee - 2 hour installation/performance – site TBD

Leah Ceriello – 2 hour installation/performance in window

Andrea Zampitello – Evening-long video installation at back of space (will 
provide own projectors)

Tom Plsek and Randy Pingrey are roaming with trombone sandwiches.



   
-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Updated After the Snow 2015 photo essay posted to flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

There was another big storm brewing as I posted the original "After the Snow" 
pix. By Tuesday, the snow had stopped, the sun had come out and it  was 
bitterly cold. I took a bunch of pix of and over the balcony, shooting from the 
comfort of my apartment.

On Friday, I returned from an appointment and was pleasantly surprised to find 
the sun out, the sidewalk clear, and the temperature reasonably comfortable, so 
I took yet more pix.

I have added selections from these shoots to the original essay. The essay can 
be seen at https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157650608337002

Enjoy, and stay warm-:)

-- Emile

When the going gets tough, the tough go dancing.

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[Frameworks] After the Snow 2015 photo essay posted to flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I posted a new photo essay called "After the Snow 2015" on flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157650608337002/

As all of my Boston friends know, we had quite a storm last week. After the 
storm was over and the sun came out, I took some pictures. On Thursday, I 
brought my camera with me to my physical therapist on Mill Street in Arlington, 
and then to Whole Foods on Mass Ave. On Saturday, I was doing routine household 
tasks when I glanced at my  balcony  and saw irresistible patterns of light and 
shadow on the snow. On Sunday afternoon, I went to a dance called Nectar in 
Central Square, Cambridge, and took some pictures of much dirtier snow before 
and after, and a couple of pix out the window of the dance studio.

This photo essay consists of selections from these photo shoots. It looks to be 
a snowy winter (we had another storm today) and I expect to be adding to to it 
during the weeks ahead. 

Enjoy, and stay warm-:)

-- Emile

When the going gets tough, the tough go dancing.

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[Frameworks] "Reaching and Rising - The Music of our Breath" Video posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

"Reaching and Rising - The Music of our Breath" was performed on Jan 10, 2015 
at Outpost 186 in Cambridge MA as part of the "Light into Motion" series. The 
video can be seen at http://youtu.be/yL0PlFedyDg

The performers were:

Doctor T  -- video  and movement
Karen Klein -- spoken word and movement
Eric Crawley -- harpejji and electronics
Forbes Graham -- trumpet 
Tsuyoshi Honjo -- tenor saxophone
Reme Gold -- movement
Cullan Powers -- movement
Christy Choi -- movement

The  improvisation appears to end around 15:30, then continues. I call the 
first part "Reaching and Rising" and the second part "The Music of our Breath".

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Flowers for the New Year -- photo album on flicker,

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I just posted a photo album "Arlington Flowers 2014" to flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157649696781448/  Enjoy and 
Happy New Year.

I moved to Mass Ave in Arlington Center in March of 2014 so that I could lead a 
car-free life style. Arlington is a suburb just northwest of Boston and my 
location has excellent bus service.

They grow a lot of flowers along Mass Ave, in front of private homes, 
developments, stores and on public plots maintained by garden clubs. The 
flowers are all close to the sidewalk, allowing easy access for photography. I 
always carry a camera with me, and a lot of these shots were taken while on 
other errands. There are also nice flower gardens on Pond Lane, which goes from 
the side of my building to Spy Pond, a lovely little lake 2 blocks from my 
house.

The great majority (possibly all) of these pictures were taken in Arlington. 
The first 3 also include my nephew Josh, his wife Eve, and their daughter 
Phoenix.

-- Emile

When the going gets tough, the tough go dancing.

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[Frameworks] Flowers for the Holidays -- photo album on flicker,

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I just posted a photo album "Flowers 2007 - 2013" to flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157647613448043/ . Enjoy-:)

I can't imagine being an art photographer and not taking photos of flowers. 
This set contains a selection of flower photos taken between 2007 and 2013. 
During this time I lived at 164 Old Connecticut Path in Framingham MA with my 
wife Marya until she died in 2012.

Photos with the text 'Yard' in their name were taken in the yard of this house. 
Photos with 'OCP' were taken during walks on Old Connecticut Path. Photos with 
'Maureen' were taken in the flower garden of my dear friend Maureen Solomon.

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Videos posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Has This Ever Happened to You? Video posted to You Tube

"Has This Ever Happened to You?" was performed on Dec 13 at Outpost 186 in 
Cambridge MA as part of the "Light into Motion" series. The video can be seen 
at http://youtu.be/puM_N7Xgoeg

The performers were:

Doctor T  -- video  and movement
Karen Klein -- spoken word and movement
Dave Bryant -- synths
Tsuyoshi Honjo - soprano saxophone
Jeremy Van Buskirk - laptop 
 

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Of Magic and Metaphor Video posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

"Of Magic and Metaphor" was performed on Nov 8 at Outpost 186 in Cambridge MA 
as part of the "Light into Motion" series. Karen Klein improvises a discourse 
on the relationship of magic to current events while the rest of us do our 
thing. The video can be seen at http://youtu.be/QB2O9V6Oqxs

The performers were:

Doctor  T  -  video and movement
Tim Mungenast  --- guitar and electronics
Eric Dahlman  -- trumpet and voice
Karen Klein -- spoken word and movement  
Eric Crawley -- harpejji and electronics
Tracy Simonelli -- movement-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Video posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi

A half hour video from my recent Light into Motion event is posted at 
http://youtu.be/jIPMmZ6NQ-w 

The Oct 25 "Light into Motion" was performed in two long continuous sets. This 
is the first and more cohesive of the two. The performers were:

Doctor  T  -  video and movement
Tim Mungenast  --- guitar and electronics
Karen Klein -- poetry and movement  
Glynis Lomon -- movement, Voice, Aquasonic 
Tracy Simonelli -- movement
Eric Zinman -- piano and movement

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Doctor T at Longy Friday

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi folks.

I'll be doing a 10 minute improv  at Longy School of Music on Friday as part of 
their September Fest  http://longy.edu/about/events

I'll be working with Dave Bryant, keys and Jeremy Von Buskirk, laptop. The 
venue is at 27 Garden Street, Cambridge. Admission is free.

On Sep 23, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Cassandra McBride  
wrote:

> The concert is featured on the home page of our website, and is also listed 
> on our online events calendar at: longy.edu/about/events. Your set will most 
> likely be around 9pm, give or take a little. Other performances on the 
> concert include Bach’s Fugue in F-sharp Minor – with animation, a short film 
> with soundtrack by one of our faculty members, Bartok’s String Quartet No. 4 
> with inspired choreography by our Dalcroze students, and short musical 
> improvisations in response to Imagist poems read aloud.


-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Video posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

I just posted this video to YouTube. It is also my entry in the 119 Gallery 
members show.

Soho Crossings (Silent)


-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Videos posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

I posted two new videos to You Tube -- they can be seen at 
http://youtu.be/rhmY9OEEONc and http://youtu.be/QTaDGiYTfPQ

"Don't Look at Me That Way" and "By Ones and Twos" were recorded on May 10th at 
the fifth of my "Light into Motion" events, which are held at Outpost 186, near 
Inman Square in Cambridge Mass.These events combine improvised video, music, 
movement, and sometimes  spoken word. The collective personnel for this 
performance  were:

Doctor T - Video and Movement
Eric Crawley  -- Harpejji and Electronics
Cullan Powers -- Movement
Tracy Simonelli -- movement
Christy Choi  --- Movement
Reme Gold  --- Movement
Leslie Lawrence  --- Movement

Combining this many creative elements in the intimate space of Outpost 186 has 
been really exciting and fine for all of the artists. The next event in the 
series is on June 15 and will feature my video, the amazing improvised poetry 
of Karen Klein, music by Eric Crawley and Tim Mungenast, spoken word and 
movement by Anne Tolbert, and other dancers t.b.a.

"Don't Look at Me That Way" is an unstructured improvisation and gets its title 
from the intense facial expressions of the dancers. Dancers in order of 
appearance -- Leslie, Reme, Cullan.  

 "By Ones and Twos" is a structured improvisation alternating between solos and 
duets. Dancers in order of appearance -- Tracy, Reme, Christy, Cullan, Leslie.


-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Architectural Rhythms, Philly and DC photo essay on flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I posted a new photo essay on flickr at 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157644508896352

Architectural Rhythms, Philly and DC 
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157644508896352 is an 
extension of my Architectural Rhythms photo essay from last year  
https://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157633360951357/
Notes from that photo essay are repeated below.

These photos were all taken during a trip to Philly and the DC area in May 2013 
and are ordered chronologically. The 16:9 pictures were taken with my Panasonic 
Lumix LX7 - an amazing pocket sized camera. The 4:3 pictures were taken with my 
Nikon D-90 SLR with an 18-200 zoom.

Special thanks to Sean Isabelle, Lois and Arthur for putting me up and showing 
me around.


Repetition has been a part of architecture throughout the ages. The advent of 
skyscrapers increased the possibilities for repetition, because of the larger 
scale of the buildings. The modern style, for better or worse (I would say some 
of each), accentuates the repetition because of its use of simple forms and 
symmetry. 

The use of reflective material such as glass and stainless steel further 
accentuates the sense of repetition. I find this fascinating–the way behemoth 
buildings seem to interact with each other through reflection presents me with 
some of my favorite photo subjects.

Almost all the images in this photo essay are of architecture that uses 
repetition, and all have some kind of rhythmic element to them.

I love natural forms.but I also love man-made forms. I do not consider one to 
be essentially more beautiful than the other, for at the bottom of things man 
is a part of nature, and so everything man-made can be thought of as being 
natural!

I hope this photo essay makes you more sensitive to the beauty to be found in 
the urban environment.


-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Videos posted to You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld]

I posted two new videos to You Tube -- they can be se  at 
http://youtu.be/XRmLLMt_Icc and
http://youtu.be/5EFiCbmlO9Q

"A Bird in the Hand" and "Dancing Across TIme" are excerpts from the fourth of 
my "Light into Motion" events, which are held at Outpost 186, near Inman Square 
in Cambridge Mass.These events combine improvised video, music, movement, and 
sometimes  spoken word. The collective personnel for this performance  were:

Doctor T - Video and Movement
Tim Mungenast -- guitar
Michael Knoblach -- percussion
Tracy Simonelli -- movement
Nicole BIndler --  prerecorded movement

Combining this many creative elements in the intimate space of Outpost 186 has 
been really exciting and fine for all of the artists. The next event in the 
series is on May 10   and we need more dancers.

The format is part performance and part workshop, and dancers with any amount 
of improvisation experience are welcome to join us. Email me at 
em...@foryourhead.com if you would like to dance at this event.

-- Emile

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[Frameworks] Gemini slide projector controller

[Emile Tobenfeld]

Hi,

I have a Gemini 4300 slide projector controller for two projector slide shows. 
ANyone still  do these any more?

-- Emile

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Re: [Frameworks] Non-narrative WTC documentary on Super8

[Emile Tobenfeld]

On Aug 1, 2013, at 1:32 AM, i...@mawhitman.com wrote:
You might find the "Before the Fall" images at http://www.foryourhead.com -- 
scroll down to be of interest.


> Hello everyone - I wanted to share with you a project that I have been 
> working on for the past several months in which I am documenting the 
> construction of the new World Trade Center buildings using a stockpile of 
> Ektachrome 100D in Super8 format.
>  
> I have finished 'Part One' of the project (viewable here: 
> http://goo.gl/EW5F4) and for 'Part Two' I am trying to gain access to One 
> World Trade Center itself in order to film with my Super8 camera from the top 
> of the building and from the inside.
>  
> Right now, there is a photo contest taking place which I have entered in the 
> hopes of being able to accomplish this. If you would be willing, I would 
> greatly appreciate it if you could take the time to vote for my image (which 
> is a still taken from my Ektachrome footage).
>  
> You can do this by following this link: http://bit.ly/16v6nwv and then 'like' 
> the World Trade Center's page and then vote for my image. 
>  
> My film project is part of my larger master's degree thesis project. If you 
> can help me with this, I would be so thankful.
>  
> All the best,
>  
> - Matt Whitman
> 
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[Frameworks] "Dances with Birds" video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted the video "Dances with Birds" on You Tube at 
http://youtu.be/OFNT6pdzdo8


" Dances with Birds" is an excerpt from one of my moving with the 
light dance jams that I produce at 119 Gallery in Lowell Mass. These 
events combines my video improvisations, improvised music, and an 
open environment for improvised dancing. It brings together my worlds 
of video improvisation, music improvisation, and participatory dance.


When these events work best, the dancers become performers 
interacting with the projected imagery as well as each other and the 
music.


The recording was made with a static camera shot taken with a Lumix 
LX 7 sitting on my mixing table.



BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

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[Frameworks] Doctor T and The OUTPOST Band - June 8

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

June 8 is my  next Visual Music Live event at Outpost 186 in 
Cambridge, featuring The OUTPOST Band


Doctor T -- Video mixing
Eric Zinman --Drums
Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice
Michael Bloom  -- Table Guitar and bouzouki
Rick Scott -- Keyboard

Improvisation to the outer limits. Expect the unexpected-:)

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
<http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org>http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org


Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.

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My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/


My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

"My destination is always the same, but I work out a different route 
to get there"  -- Henri Matisse

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[Frameworks] Thanks and digitize 8mm film

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi Lois and Art

Art I can't find your email -- Lois please pass this to Art.

Thanks for a lovely stay. Art asked about digitizing 8mm film  == 
google it and you'll find many options


frameworks folks  -- do you recommend any in particular? Thanks.
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If you can walk, you can surely DANCE

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[Frameworks] Video Performance Saturday, and upcoming

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations at 119 Gallery (my favorite 
performance space)  this Saturday as part of analog heaven northeast. 
AHNE  is primarily an event  For people to show off their analog 
synthesizers.  in the evening, those brave enough to perform in 
public have a jam session and I mix video live to  accompany  music.


An  excerpt from last years performance can be seen at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmkMkaUWGLI&list=UU92kh9KkVsvsaRBG-tjdPeQ&index=10


 the music starts around 730 or 8, admission is free. Donations to 
the gallery are always  appreciated.


119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851-2621
8:00 PM
 http://www.119gallery.org/

 the next edition of " moving with the light"  will happen at 119 on 
May 18,  with video by me, music by Eric Crowley and others to be 
announced, and dancing by you!


My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld


Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.

--
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

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[Frameworks] Architectural Rhythms Photo Essay on Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi

I put a new photo essay on Flickr entitled Architectural Rhythms 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157633360951357/


Architectural Rhythms

Repetition has been a part of architecture throughout the ages. The 
advent of skyscrapers increased the possibilities for repetition, 
because of the larger scale of the buildings. The modern style, for 
better or worse (I would say some of each), accentuates the 
repetition because of its use of simple forms and symmetry.


The use of reflective material such as glass and stainless steel 
further accentuates the sense of repetition. I find this 
fascinating-the way behemoth buildings seem to interact with each 
other through reflection presents me with some of my favorite photo 
subjects.


Almost all the images in this photo essay are of architecture that 
uses repetition, and all have some kind of rhythmic element to them.


I love natural forms.but I also love man-made forms. I do not 
consider one to be essentially more beautiful than the other, for at 
the bottom of things man is a part of nature, and so everything 
man-made can be thought of as being natural!


I hope this photo essay makes you more sensitive to the beauty to be 
found in the urban environment.


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[Frameworks] OVER THE TOP @Outpost 186 Saturday April 13

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with


TimWorld and special guests:

Dr T - live video mixing with:

Tim Mungenast - strings
Michael Bloom - strings
Jon Proudman - drums
with special guests
Ornette Coleman alumnus -  Dave Bryant  keyboards
and fiery sax player Tsuyoshi Honjo

I've  worked frequently with Tim, Michael, Jon and Dave, and once 
with  Tsuyoshi's intense sax playing. This will be high energy and 
lots of fun.



Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org


Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.

--
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/


My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] Light and motion, at 119 Gallery Lowell MA, reception March 24 with concert to follow,

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Light and motion, photography and video by Dr. T is on display at 119 
gallery through April 13. There will be a reception on March 24 from 
3 PM to 6 PM with a concert in jam session to follow at 7:30 PM.


I will perform video improvisations and Tim will play guitar and 
electronics. This is a jam session as well as a concert-please feel 
free to bring your axe and your dancing shoes.


The photographs include sumptuous 12 X 22 prints of the images that 
can be seen at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157633045688377/


There will also be several video pieces on display including my video 
tribute to my late wife Marya,


I hope to see some of you there.

119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851-2621
8:00 PM
 http://www.119gallery.org/

My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld


Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.

--
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/





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[Frameworks] Photo Essay on Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I have a new photo sequence on Flickr.

A selection of images on display (sumptuous 12 x 22 prints) at my 
show "Light and Motion -- Photography and VIdeo" on view at 119 
Gallery in Lowell, MA through April 13. The reception is March 24, 
from 3 to 6 PM,< to be followed by a concert and jam session with Tim 
Mungenast at 7:30.


Time exposures that turn moving lights into streaks are a staple of 
night photography. Time exposures in which the camera is moving 
instead of (or in addition to) the lights are less common. I have 
experimented with this technique since I started doing serious 
photography in 1970. It was not very practical in the days of film 
because I got no immediate feedback and had to pay for every shot.


When I use this technique with a digital camera, I get immediate 
feedback on the results of my last shot, and the only cost is the 
time it takes to evaluate the images. The prints on exhibit here were 
taken with Lumix LX3 and LX7 cameras, which are very compact and have 
high-quality Leica lenses. The compactness of the cameras makes it 
easy to whip them around at high speeds, enhancing the motion 
effects. The LX 7 is more advanced, but the LX 3 gives me immediate 
feedback when I use the camera in unlimited burst mode.


Most of the prints on display are one second time exposures, taken 
with the LX 3 in unlimited burst mode, which gives me approximately 
one picture a second. I get to look at each picture for a fraction of 
a second, which allows me to improvise further camera moves in 
reaction to what I have just taken. This adds to the improvisational 
feeling of the work. I think of the process  as a  combination of 
photography, dancing, and action painting photographic version of 
Action Painting.


I call the photos I take using this technique "Swirlies".

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157633045688377/

BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld
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Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
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Re: [Frameworks] Anyone else like me out there?

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Aesthetically, both hands wave wildly in the air. (Castro Street was 
a major inspiration, especially when I did super  8 with Fuji cameras 
that allowed rewinding for in-camera compositing)


Ahh -- those were the days -- shooting montage shots over previously 
undeveloped film -- carrying a notebook around listing what was  on 
each cassette in my camera bag, not being able to afford to make 
safety copies so the originals would deteriorate every time I viewed 
them.


I would describe the process to my musician friends  as "Imagine if 
you had to keep feeding money into your sax every few minutes to get 
it to keep playing."


However, my current medium of choice is video, and my montage tools 
of choice are After FX (in studio), and 4 DVD plays and a V4 mixer 
when improvising live.


Judge for your self at  http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

If you telecine your movie and put it on You Tube I promise to watch it.


At 12:32 PM -0700 3/16/13, Doug Chaffin\(\"Douglas Graves\"\) wrote:
 As an isolated 16mm abstract moviemaker I'm very interested to know 
if there's anyone else like me around today?


 Specifically, is there anyone who works on photo-chemical celluloid 
motion picture film and makes any kind of formal aesthetic work that 
is either purely cinematic, abstract, or just generally lyrical and 
poetic, visually speaking?


I'm 30 and I spent 3 years and 10,000 dollars making a really 
ambitious and stylized abstract 16mm movie called "PALMS", it's a 
serious piece of work that I think is worthy of following in the 
tradition of what I feel are the truly great non-narrative cinematic 
artists such as Will Hindle, Ed Emshwiller, James Whitney, Pat 
O'Neill, Jordan Belson, Scott Bartlett, Bruce Baillie, Maya Deren, 
Slavko Vorkapich, and Dziga Vertov, among others.


Are other people out there, particularly people younger than 50 and 
currently active, who are also passionate and excited by the work of 
all these great cinematic artists and are committed to working on 
celluloid? The last 3 years have been a struggle for me to make 
another movie and to get my 1st one even seen by anyone. and i also 
just haven't been able to find people who share my love of cinematic 
technique and will share it in any way, such as emailing or 
talking to each other about great shots and montages and optical 
techniques or sound design techniques in the brilliant movies by 
these artists.


That kind of community and sharing is i feel necessary, even if only 
between a few people, and it's sad when we're so alone in our 
struggling and hard work. The only current 16mm moviemakers I know 
that are similar to me in any way are Timoleon Wilkins and Mark 
Toscano and they are unfortunately inaccessible for various reasons. 
I can't see their work or stay in touch with them as friends or even 
associates.


Especially nowadays with all these faster, easier, and cheaper ways 
of communicating around the whole world such as the internet and 
cell phones, it's amazing how it seems like most people are if 
anything more reluctant and difficult about staying in touch and 
enjoying community and fellowship.


I know that maybe there are some really great cinematic-celluloid 
artists working today out there who just make their work for 
themselves and don't really show it and don't desire to  know other 
cinema enthusiasts. In a way I can understand wanting to be like 
that and maybe nowadays it's the only way to be. I might get like 
that too but right now I would welcome the interest and association 
of serious people whom love what I love and, as my mentor the great 
Bruce Baillie would say, want to be human to each other about it.



Doug Graves

4636 Talbot Drive
Boulder, CO 80303 


702-580-4293
PURE CINEMA CELLULOID
http://www.purecinemacelluloid.webstarts.com/

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[Frameworks] moving with the light video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube -- at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OV_wE_pY-c


This piece is an except from my February "Moving with the Light" 
dance jam. The next event in this series is on March 16 at 119 
Gallery in Lowell.



BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

--
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
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[Frameworks] Doctor T in February and March

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've got a very busy March.

March 9 at 8:30 PM  brings Visual Music Live to Outpost 186, with old 
friend and very special guest David Rothenberg


Doctor T video mixing

featuring guest artist

David Rothenberg -- Nature Samples, Laptop, and Clarinet

and regular collaborators

Eric Crawley -- harpejji and Electronics
Tom Mungenast -- Electric Guitar, Electric Sitar, and Electronics

ECM recording artist David Rothenberg has performed and recorded on 
clarinet with Jan Bang, Scanner, Glen Velez, Karl Berger, Peter 
Gabriel, Ray Phiri, and the Karnataka College of Percussion.  He has 
twelve CDs out under his own name, including "On the Cliffs of the 
Heart," named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine 
and "One Dark Night I Left My Silent House,"  a duet album with 
pianist Marilyn Crispell, called "une petite miracle" by Le Monde and 
named by The Village Voice one of the ten best CDs of 2010. 
Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, book and CD, published 
in seven languages and the subject of a BBC television documentary. 
He is also the author of numerous other books on music, art, and 
nature, including Thousand Mile Song, about making music with whales, 
and Survival of the Beautiful, about aesthetics in evolution.  Last 
spring he released a book and CD called Bug Music, featuring the 
sounds of the entomological world.  You'll hear some of them tonight.


 http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

March 10 8 PM   is a rescheduled Visual Music Live event at Outpost 
186 in Cambridge, featuring The OUTPOST Band

Doctor T -- Video mixing
Eric Zinman --Drums
Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice
Michael Bloom  -- Table Guitar and bouzouki
Rick Scott -- Keyboard

Improvisation to the outer limits. Expect the unexpected-:)

March 16 is my next "Moving with the Light" Concert and Dance Jam at 
119 Gallery in Lowell, with music by Eric Crawley, Harpejji, and Rick 
Scott, keyboards and YOU -- movement --  All styles and skill levels 
welcome. Moving with the Light is a monthly event at which improvised 
movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to 
and respectful of the others. A video excerpt from the February event 
can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OV_wE_pY-c -- you may 
need to click the link a few times.


The musicians will play improvised music suitable for contact 
improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise 
imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each 
other.


http://www.119gallery.org/

Light and Motion,  - Photography and video art by Doctor T will be on 
display at 119 gallery in Lowell, Mar 19 - Apr 13. The show will 
feature sumptuous 22 x 12 prints from my Swirlies sequence. Some 
images from this sequence can be seen at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157626713121989/


The reception will be on Sunday, March 24 , from 3 - 6 PM, with a 
concert to follow at 7:30.


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"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
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[Frameworks] Tonights show CANCELLED for high winds and possible snow

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations
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My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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[Frameworks] Video Performances this weekend

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,


February 16 is my next "Moving with the Light" Concert and Dance Jam 
at 119 Gallery in Lowell, with music by Eric Crawley, Harpejji, and 
Dave Bryant, keyboards and YOU -- movement --  All styles and skill 
levels welcome.


Moving with the Light is a monthly event at which improvised 
movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to 
and respectful of the others.


The musicians will play improvised music suitable for contact 
improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise 
imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each 
other.


February 17 is my next Visual Music Live event at Outpost 186 in 
Cambridge, featuring The OUTPOST Band

Doctor T -- Video mixing
Eric Zinman --Drums
Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice
Michael Bloom  -- Table Guitar and bouzouki
Rick Scott -- Keyboard

Improvisation to the outer limits. Expect the unexpected-:)

--
My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/


My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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[Frameworks] New video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube -- "Rumblings from an Outpost", 
from a December performance by Doctor T and the OUTPOST band. We will 
be playing at Outpost 186 this coming Sunday.


 There are also two brief abstract clips of falling snow taken 
during the recent blizzard 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP7VfrNeULY and 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXyC2pKwUFM


Enjoy!

BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

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Re: [Frameworks] drugged

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

I think there is an important distinction between trippy and drugged. 
"Drugstore Cowboy and Sid and Nancy I'd call drugged but not trippy.



At 12:40 PM -0800 2/10/13, J Vent wrote:
Don't forget to look at things like Cheech and Chong flicks, and 
other comedies in this vein, Dazed and Confused, (loosely) Donny 
Darko, etc.


ok I'm done.

JV


On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 12:32 PM, J Vent 
<jvent.subscripti...@gmail.com> 
wrote:


Certainly there are the bits with the high on speed/acid/booze Hells 
Angels and others (hanging about on stage, before the murder,) from 
the Maysles film "Gimme Shelter" and though not a psychedelic drug 
film, there are few films that are druggier than "Requiem for a 
Dream" and I guess "Drugstore Cowboy" might be considered in that 
way too. Oh, and then of course there is the more recent "A Scanner 
Darkly".


Puff N Stuff has been mentioned so I'll include my reference to the 
"Mr. Show" episode that puts the Sid and Marty Croft man in a suit 
Saturday morning kids shows into a proper context, i.e., Lidsville, 
Sigmond and the Sea Monster, etcsupper druggy and funny.


If your looking for more transgressive depictions of 
drug/underground culture then look into the films of Richard Kern 
and the other Transgressive filmmakers, "Right Side of My Brain" and 
others from his canon might help.


others:

"Rivers Edge" - weed/booze/speed/narcotics
"Quadrophenia - speed/booze/weed
"Dogstar Man" certainly looks druggy
"What We Do is Secret" - Germs/Darby Crash biopic heroin/speed/weed/booze
"Sid and Nancy" - you name it
"Martin" - vampirism as drug addiction - George Romero
"Addiction" (also vampirism as drug addiction) , "Bad Lieutenant" - 
Abel Ferrara
Loads of goofy getting it ridiculously wrong drug stuff in the old 
cop show "Adam-12."


Thats a pretty disparate group I've listed but hope it helps in some way.

Joe V.





On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Watter, Seth 
<seth_wat...@brown.edu> wrote:


Ken Russell's Altered States: William Hurt tripping in the desert 
with natives.


Seth


On Sunday, February 10, 2013, Francisco Torres wrote:




Back in the late 60s/ early 70s most TV cop shows included a "trip" 
sequence. The trend culminated with The French Connection 2 infamous 
heroin room. Most of those trips were more funny than scary
Some TV series were a trip like Land of the Giants and Puff N Stuff 
(Which we 5th graders used to call "Puffing stuff" back in 72). 
Nixon TV press conferences were also quite trippy.



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Re: [Frameworks] drugged

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At 3:07 PM -0500 2/9/13, Dennis Doros wrote:
Chappaqua (Conrad Rooks) and Head (Rafelson).

Steppenwolf




Dennis

On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Matt Helme 
<dcinema2...@yahoo.com> wrote:


We can't go back Home Again by Nick Ray.
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From: Eric Theise <ericthe...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 2:40 PM
Subject: [Frameworks] drugged


Hello Frameworkers,

I'm hoping to get suggestions for studying the tropes of the trip,
that is to say, the way hallucinatory and other drug experiences have
been portrayed on-screen.  Flashy, over-the-top visual signifiers are
what I seek, but Frameworks excels at identifying examples that aren't
what the original poster had in mind, so please go to it!

Examples will be put to experimental purposes, but can come from any
genre, thanks in advance.

Hope all of you affected by the Nemo storm are okay and able to find
beauty in it.

--Eric
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Re: [Frameworks] drugged

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Fantasia was more overtly druggy -- what got me about Red Shoes was 
how trippy it was without any overt references. Easy Rider  is 
certainly a good example.


Self-promotion All the videos at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld 
except for the tribute to my wife are definitely   intended as trippy.



At 1:42 PM -0800 2/9/13, elizabeth mcmahon wrote:
Well, if you're going to reference "Red Shoes" you have to proffer 
the requisite "Fantasia." Ultimate druggie film. But Tom wants 
industrials. But this is fun anyways. I'd love to see this thread 
just suggest any druggie film. "Head" was a most excellent 
suggestion.


Elizabeth

From: Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T) 
To: Experimental Film Discussion List 
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Frameworks] drugged


Zabriskie Point  I'm sure Antonioni was partaking at the time.

The Red Shoes is from the 40's and has no overtly drug related
content, but it is one of the most psychedelic films I've ever seen.



At 11:40 AM -0800 2/9/13, Eric Theise wrote:

Hello Frameworkers,

I'm hoping to get suggestions for studying the tropes of the trip,
that is to say, the way hallucinatory and other drug experiences have
been portrayed on-screen.  Flashy, over-the-top visual signifiers are
what I seek, but Frameworks excels at identifying examples that aren't
what the original poster had in mind, so please go to it!

Examples will be put to experimental purposes, but can come from any
genre, thanks in advance.

Hope all of you affected by the Nemo storm are okay and able to find
beauty in it.

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Re: [Frameworks] drugged

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Zabriskie Point  I'm sure Antonioni was partaking at the time.

The Red Shoes is from the 40's and has no overtly drug related 
content, but it is one of the most psychedelic films I've ever seen.




At 11:40 AM -0800 2/9/13, Eric Theise wrote:

Hello Frameworkers,

I'm hoping to get suggestions for studying the tropes of the trip,
that is to say, the way hallucinatory and other drug experiences have
been portrayed on-screen.  Flashy, over-the-top visual signifiers are
what I seek, but Frameworks excels at identifying examples that aren't
what the original poster had in mind, so please go to it!

Examples will be put to experimental purposes, but can come from any
genre, thanks in advance.

Hope all of you affected by the Nemo storm are okay and able to find
beauty in it.

--Eric
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[Frameworks] Doctor T in February and March

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've got a very busy February and two very special events in March.

February 16 is my next "Moving with the Light" Concert and Dance Jam 
at 119 Gallery in Lowell, with music by Eric Crawley, Harpejji, and 
Dave Bryant, keyboards and YOU -- movement --  All styles and skill 
levels welcome. Moving with the Light is a monthly event at which 
improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each 
responding to and respectful of the others.


The musicians will play improvised music suitable for contact 
improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise 
imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each 
other.


February 17 is my next Visual Music Live event at Outpost 186 in 
Cambridge, featuring The OUTPOST Band

Doctor T -- Video mixing
Eric Zinman --Drums (that's right drums, not piano)
Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice
Michael Bloom  -- Table Guitar and bouzouki
Rick Scott -- Keyboard

Improvisation to the outer limits. Expect the unexpected-:)

Feb 22 - 24 is Walter Wright's renowned XFest at 119 gallery -- an 
event not to be missed by fans of improvised music and media. I'll be 
performing during 3 or 4 of the Friday evening sets, and there will 
be movement by Andrew Duncan. and other dancers. Andrew blew my mind 
with his dancing to  my video at the last "Moving with the Light" 
event.


http://www.119gallery.org/?p=9518

March 9 brings Visual Music Live to Outpost 186, with old friend and 
very special guest David Rothenberg


Doctor T video mixing

featuring guest artist

David Rothenberg -- Nature Samples, Laptop, and Clarinet

and regular collaborators

Eric Crawley -- harpejji and Electronics
Tom Mungenast -- Electric Guitar, Electric Sitar, and Electronics

ECM recording artist David Rothenberg has performed and recorded on 
clarinet with Jan Bang, Scanner, Glen Velez, Karl Berger, Peter 
Gabriel, Ray Phiri, and the Karnataka College of Percussion.  He has 
twelve CDs out under his own name, including "On the Cliffs of the 
Heart," named one of the top ten releases of 1995 by Jazziz magazine 
and "One Dark Night I Left My Silent House,"  a duet album with 
pianist Marilyn Crispell, called "une petite miracle" by Le Monde and 
named by The Village Voice one of the ten best CDs of 2010. 
Rothenberg is the author of Why Birds Sing, book and CD, published 
in seven languages and the subject of a BBC television documentary. 
He is also the author of numerous other books on music, art, and 
nature, including Thousand Mile Song, about making music with whales, 
and Survival of the Beautiful, about aesthetics in evolution.  Last 
spring he released a book and CD called Bug Music, featuring the 
sounds of the entomological world.  You'll hear some of them tonight.


I will also have a solo show of my photography and video art at 119 
gallery, Mar 19 - Apr 13. The show will feature sumptuous 22 x 12 
prints from my Swirlies sequence. Some images from this sequence can 
be seen at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157626713121989/


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[Frameworks] Moving with the Light Saturday -- A Concert and Movement Jam

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Moving with the Light is a monthly event at which improvised 
movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to 
and respectful of the others. The event happens on the third Saturday 
of every month at 119 Gallery in Lowell. 119 Gallery is the nicest 
space I've ever performed at and has a movement--friendly hardwood 
floor.

The next event will happen Saturday Jan 19 at 8 PM, and will include

Doctor T. - Video (See samples at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld)

with two long-time collaborators

Glynis Lomon, cello, aquasonic and voice
Rick Scott, keyboard

and YOU -- movement. All styles and skill levels welcome.

The musicians will play improvised music suitable for contact 
improvisation and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise 
imagery and all three of us react to the dancers as well as to each 
other.

Jan 19 at 8:00 PM
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
978-452-8138
http://www.119gallery.org/

Five minutes from the Lowell Connector, with ample on-street parking 
and an amazing Cambodian restaurant next door.
10 minute walk from the T, but you will need a ride back.

If you need a ride or can offer one, please email me and I will try 
to hook you up.

Sliding scale -- suggested donation $10.00

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If you can walk, you can surely DANCE

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[Frameworks] New Photo Essay on Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I haven't posted  on Flickr anything since July, so I'll make up for 
it by posting my best photos of 2012 in approximately chronological 
order.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157632485591206
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
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[Frameworks] New Language Collaborative 01.12 Moving with the Light 01.19

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with three old friends who have 
played together for years.

Doctor T Video improvisations with

New Language Collaborative

Eric Zinman, piano
Glynis Lomon cello, aquasonic, and voice
Syd Smart drums.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.

and upcoming in Lowell on Jan 19

Moving with the Light is an event at which contact improvisation and 
other improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- 
each responding to and respectful of the others. The event will 
happen on the third Saturday of every month, at 119 Gallery in 
Lowell. 119 Gallery is the nicest space I've ever performed at and 
has a movement--friendly hardwood floor.

with
Doctor T. - Video (See samples at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld)
Eric Crawley-- Harpejji (Sounds as beautiful as it looks at 
http://www.marcodi.com/sights-sounds/pictures/)
Glynis Lomon -- cello, aquasonic, and voice
YOU -- movement.

Eric and Glynis will play music suitable for contact improvisation 
and other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all 
three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other.

Saturday Jan 19 at 8 PM
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
Five minutes from the Lowell Connector, with ample on-street parking 
and an amazing Cambodian restaurant next door.
10 minute walk from the T, but you will need a ride back.
If you need a ride or can offer one, email me and I'll try to hook you up.
http://www.119gallery.org/
Sliding scale -- suggested donation $10.00

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
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[Frameworks] "Remembering Marya" video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/563TK6ks7tA 
-- please excuse cross postings --- many of you are on more than one 
of my lists.

"Remembering Marya" is a tribute to my late wife (and companion of 23 
1/2 years) Marya Wolfman. I think of it as a visual celebration of a 
life well-lived, but all too finite.

The piece is an  animated  collage of still images of Marya. I took 
most of the images taken since I met Marya. Marya's brother Steve 
provided most of the archival images, and there are some additional 
contribution from friends and other relatives. The soundtrack is 
taken from performances at a remembrance ceremony held for Marya on 
September 23, 2012. Deepest thanks to the friends and relatives who 
organized and participated in the event.

This piece is obviously quite different from any of the other work on 
my You Tube site. It presented unique challenges, both emotionally 
and aesthetically. I hope this piece brings back good memories for 
those who knew Marya, and provides a sense of her spirit for those 
who did not.

BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
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    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
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[Frameworks] Doctor T and the Eclectics, Sat. Dec 8, Outpost 186, Cambridge

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.

Doctor T and the Eclectics

Doctor T -- Video mixing
Eric Zinman --Drums (that's right drums, not piano)
Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice
Michael Bloom  -- Table Guitar and bouzouki
Rick Scott -- Keyboard

Expect the unexpected-:)


Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

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[Frameworks] Saturday -- Moving with the Light -- A Concert and Movement Jam

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Moving with the Light is an event at which contact improvisation and 
other improvised movement, music, and video interact as equals -- 
each responding to and respectful of the others. The event will 
happen on Saturday, December 1, at 119 Gallery in Lowell. 119 Gallery 
is the nicest space I've ever performed at and has a 
movement--friendly hardwood floor.

with
Doctor T. - Video (See samples at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld)
Eric Crawley-- Harpejji (Sounds as beautiful as it looks at 
http://www.marcodi.com/sights-sounds/pictures/)
Kit Demos -- Bass and Electronics.
YOU -- movement.

Eric and Kit will play music suitable for contact improvisation and 
other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all 
three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other.

Saturday Dec 1 at 8:00 PM
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
Five minutes from the Lowell Connector, with ample on-street parking 
and an amazing Cambodian restaurant next door.
http://www.119gallery.org/
Sliding scale -- suggested donation $10.00

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
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[Frameworks] Moving with the Light -- A Concert and Movement Jam

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I Moving with the Light will be an event at which improvised 
movement, music, and video interact as equals -- each responding to 
and respectful of the others.

with
Doctor T. - Video (See samples at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld)
Eric Crawley-- Harpejji (Sounds as beautiful as it looks at 
http://www.marcodi.com/sights-sounds/pictures/)
Kit Demos -- Bass and Electronics.
YOU -- movement.

Eric and Kit will play music suitable for contact improvisation and 
other forms of gentle movement, while I improvise imagery and all 
three of us react to the dancers as well as to each other.

The event will happen on Saturday, December 1, at 119 Gallery in 
Lowell. 119 Gallery is the nicest space I've ever performed at and 
has a movement--friendly hardwood floor.

Saturday Dec 1 at 8:00 PM
119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
Five minutes from the Lowell Connector, with ample on-street parking 
and an amazing Cambodian restaurant next door.
http://www.119gallery.org/
Sliding scale -- suggested donation $10.00

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
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[Frameworks] Video performance, Doctor T with Dave Bryant, Michael Bloom, Tsuyoshi Honjo

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with

Dave Bryant (Ornette Coleman alumnus) -- keyboards
Tsuyoshi Honjo - saxophones
Michael Bloom strings

and maybe more. Should be a wild mix of folks.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

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[Frameworks] Doctor T with Women of Power, Oct 20, Outpost 186, Cambridge, MA

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with

Junko Fujiwara - Cello
Glynis Lomon - Cello, Aquasonic, Voice
Mimi Rabson - Violin
Andrea Pensado, electronics and voice.

Sparks will fly!

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] Doctor T's 70th birthday concert 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA Oct 6.

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'm having another one in a larger space with more people. The event 
is at 119 Gallery (my favorite performance space)

Doctor T -- Video with

Joe Burgio - movement
Lou Cohen - laptop
Mike Funiole - synthesizer
Karen Langlie - cello, electronics
Setheyny Loueb-Pen - drums, percussion
Andrea Pensado - voice, laptop
Walter Wright - electronics, drums
Eric Crawley -- Harpejji, Electronics
Michael Bloom - table guitar
Dave Bryant - keyboard
Kit Demos - bass, electronics
Junko Fujiwara - cello
Eric Rosenthal - drums
Walter Wright - electronics, drums
Greg Kowalski - video

in multiple permutations and combinations for three sets,

119 Gallery
119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
8:00 PM
  http://www.119gallery.org/

My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

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[Frameworks] Doctor T Birthday Concerts -- Outpost 186, Saturday at 7:30

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Help me celebrate my 70th birthday by attending one of my birthday concerts!

I'm having the first one at Outpost 186 in Cambridge on Saturday,
with musicians:

Michael Bierylo
Ken Field
Rick Scott
John Voigt
Kit Demos
Neil Leonard
Tom Plsek
Glynis Lomon
Forbes Graham
Michael Bloom
Jon Proudman
Tim Mungenast

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
<http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org>http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

CHOCOLATE CAKE WILL BE SERVED.
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My videos can be viewed at
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    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
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[Frameworks] Doctor T Birthday Concerts

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Help me celebrate my 70th birthday by attending one of my birthday concerts!

  I'm having one at Outpost 186 in Cambridge on Saturday, September 8, 
from 7:30 until about 10:30, and one at 119 Gallery in Lowell on 
October 6 from about 8:15 - 11:30

I'll be doing video improvisations with lots of great musicians in 
combinations new and old. The October show will also feature a video 
collaboration with Greg Kowalski, where we will improvise projections 
on the same screen in our distinct styles.

Musicians for the September show include (I'm sure I left some out )
Michael Bierylo
Ken Field
Rick Scott
John Voigt
Kit Demos
Neil Leonard
Tom Plsek
Glynis Lomon
Forbes Graham
Michael Bloom
Jon Proudman
Tim Mungenast

Musicians for the October show include
Dave Bryant
Eric Rosenthal
Glynis Lomon
Kit Demos
Andrea Pensado
Walter Wright
Junko Fujiwara
Eric Crawley
Karen Langlie
and others TBA

If you are a musician who has performed with me and would like to 
participate, I can add you to the October bill.
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My photography can be viewed at 
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My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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[Frameworks] Meditation on Blue Time Lapse Variation on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

"Meditation on Blue  Time Lapse Variation" 
http://youtu.be/85zwwY7Nr0M is a slowed down version of the piece 
requested by a viewer. Ideally, I'd slow down the water but not the 
animation, but that would have been a lot more work. Let me know 
which "Meditation on Blue" you prefer.

BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
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[Frameworks] Meditation in Blue -- new piece on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

"Meditation on Blue" (http://youtu.be/bmGZ5vWu8HE) is the simplest 
piece I have ever posted. One sequence, one filter, no music, and (to 
me, at least) a certain magic. It is one of those happy accidents 
that can bless the artist who is attentive enough to notice them. I 
was working on some material to use in my live mixing performances, 
and had made a six minute sequence of symmetrized video from two 
shots of trees over and reflected in water.

I often take these sequences make make variants of them for mixing by 
applying different filters to the entire sequence, and putting the 
versions that I like on the same DVD as the original for use in 
performance. When I do this, I am not attempting to make finished 
pieces.

In this case, one of the sequences particularly caught my eye. I 
looked closely at it, and decided that it was a complete piece in its 
own right and didn't even need a soundtrack.

You can watch it in silence or with any music that is expansive and 
not aggressive -- such as Indian Classical Music, Bach, or any kind 
of (relatively quiet) improvised music. Enjoy, and please let me know 
what you think of the pieces.


BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com
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[Frameworks] Photos at Amazing Things Arts Center

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

3 22 x 12 prints from my 'Swirlies' sequence are part of a 
photography show at Amazing Things Arts Center 
http://amazingthings.org/ in Framingham near the train station.

The reception is Thursday, August 16, 7 - 9 PM. It remains on view 
until September 16. Hours 12 -6,, closed Sundays.

The images can be seen on my Facebook page
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My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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[Frameworks] Doctor T, Glynis Lomon, Dave Bryant, Joan Green 08.11, Outpost 186

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with two long time collaborators 
and old friends, and one new collaborator -- two wonderful musicians 
and a equally wonderful dancer.

Dr T -  video mixing with:

Set 1 :  Glynis Lomon --- cello, aquasonic and  voice / Joan Green Movement
Set 2 : Dave Bryant -- keyboard(s)
Set 3 : Everybody

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] "Visions from a Festival" Photo Essay on Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I had the good fortune to attend three days of the Vision Festival in 
New York this past June, and took a lot of photos, mostly abstracts 
inspired by the wonderful improvised music. I use a camera motion 
technique to create these abstracts (which I call 'Swirlies'), and 
think of them as a photographic form of action painting.

I hope some of the feeling, energy, and expansiveness of the music 
can be seen in these images, which can be seen at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157630705869328/

A smaller set can be seen at 
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151057135872720&set=a.10151057135792720.453741.816422719&type=1&relevant_count=25&ref=nf



BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
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[Frameworks] Doctor T, Dave Bryant, Neil Leonard, John Voigt, Jeremy Van Buskirk Outpost 186

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday July 7  at 8 
PM.  -- I'll be doing video improvisations with four terrific 
musicians.

Dave Bryant -- Keyboard(s)
Neil Leonard  -- reeds
John Voigt -- bass
Jeremy Van Buskirk -- Electronics

The musicians will play six duets and a quartet, accompanied by my 
video improvisations. I'm looking forward to playing with John again, 
I did my first live visual improvs in events led by him in (gulp) 
1973. I've performed frequently with Dave and Neil -- this willl be 
my first time playing with Jeremy.

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring 
Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] New videos on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted two new videos on You Tube --

"Pulsation with Unheard Voice" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XiTU2pg7Lois an improvisation taken 
from AHNE 2012. AHNE (Analog Heaven Northeast) is an annual gathering 
of analog synthesizer enthusiasts put on by my friend and long time 
collaborator Eric Crawley. An afternoon demo session is followed by 
an evening jam, and I have had the pleasure of adding video 
improvisation to the jam session for the past few years,

"Pulsation with Unheard Voice" was performed by Doctor T, Video 
Mixing, Eric Crawley and Paul Lord, synthesizers, and Mike and Linda 
Bullock video synthesizer.  The title is an indirect reference to a 
video sequence of a woman talking into a headset that I obtained from 
a stock video tape and used heavily in this piece.

"Spaces" (http://youtu.be/EmkMkaUWGLI) is another improvisation taken 
from AHNE 2012.
"Spaces" was performed by Doctor T, Video Mixing, and Eric Crawley, 
Paul Lord, Mike and Linda Bullock, Bob Chidlaw, and Kyle Jarger 
synthesizers.



BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com
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[Frameworks] Doctor T with Dancers, Cellos, and More 06.23 Lowell MA

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations this Saturday at 119 Gallery (my 
favorite performance space). The full lineup is

Dr T & friends:
Glynis Loman - cello
Wisteriax - cello
Joan Green - movement
Betty Wang - movement
with
Dr T - live video mix
+
Grau Garten:
Marc Bisson - guitar
Steve Norton - reeds
deiX - voice, electronics
with
Greg Kowalski - live video performance
+
Lak Wang Wright Trio:
Stephanie Lak - voice, electronics
Walter Wright - electronics
Betty Wang - movement
with
Greg Kowalski and Dr T - live video projections

   7:30pm - doors
   8:30pm - Dr T & friends
   9:15pm - Grau Garten
10:00pm - Lak Wang Wright Trio

119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
  http://www.119gallery.org/

My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
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[Frameworks] Saturday in Cambridge MA, Doctor T, Junko Fujiwara, Glynis Lomon, Melanie Howell-Brooks, Laurence Cook

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with two of the best and wildest 
cellists in the Boston area,

Glynis Lomon will do an opening solo set on cello and voice, followed 
by a trio put together by Junko Fujiwara, consisting of

Melanie Howell-Brooks - saxes / Junko Fujiwara (Simons) - 
cello/Laurence Cook - drums

I'll be projecting during both sets.

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] Doctor T with Kevin Frenette Quartet, Outpost 186 Saturday May 12

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 in Cambridge on Saturday 
at 8 PM.  -- I'll be doing video improvisations with the Kevin 
Frenette Quartet -- four outstanding musicians led by a unique 
guitarist.

Doctor T -- Video with
The Kevin Frenette Quartet
Kevin Frenette - guitar
James Rohr - piano
Kit Demos - bass and electronics
John McLellan - drums

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] Video Performance 119 Gallery this Saturday Night May 5

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations at 119 Gallery (my favorite 
performance space) as part of the performance portion of Analog 
Heaven Northeast http://alt-mode.com/ahne/2012/

The performances start at around 7:30 PMn Suggested donation $5 -10. 
A video from last year's show can be seen at 
http://youtu.be/FMNg1smDoNQ

119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
8:00 PM
  http://www.119gallery.org/

My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/




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[Frameworks] Video work at Surrealist Show at Amazing Things Art Gallery in Framingham

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I have two video installations at the Amazing Things second annual 
surrealist show 
http://www.amazingthings.org/gallery_show.asp?exhibitID=278 . The 
reception is Thursday from 7 to 9 PM.

Hope to see some of you there.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
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My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] Borah Bergman, Glynis Lomon, Lou Cohen, Andrea Pensado, Doctor T, Saturday Outpost 186

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

(Dr T presents Visual Music Live) featuring free jazz legend Borah Bergman

Dr. T -- Video
Borah Bergman -- piano
Glynis Lomon -- Cello and Voice
Andrea Pensado -- Electronics and voice
Lou Cohen -- Laptop and Game Controller

Piano solo
Duets
Quartet

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring 
Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld



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[Frameworks] Saturday 4/7, Timworld + Doctor T brings the psych at the Exploding Plastic Incredible II

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

At 2:49 PM -0700 4/1/12,  wrote:
>Dig it space cats!
>
><http://artsatthearmory.org/Home/tabid/96/Default.aspx>EXPLODING 
>PLASTIC INCREDIBLE II: 
>Saturday, April 7, 2012.
>7:00 p.m.
>
>a multimedia psychedelic experience!
>featuring bellydancing by the sensuous Samarra
>  mind-bending projections by Dr T
>  spaced out tunes by Astro Al (Pink Floyd does the soundtrack to an 
>Ed Wood movie)  <http://www.astroal.com/>www.astroal.com
>  60's goat rock jam band Tim Mungenast & His Preexisting Conditions 
>(Space goat rocks the 
>house) 
><http://www.reverbnation.com/timmungenast>http://www.reverbnation.com/timmungenast
>  the shiny psych of Joe Turner and the Seven Levels 
> <http://www.facebook.com/joeturnersevenlevels>http://www.facebook.com/joeturnersevenlevels
>
>Set order: 
>astro al 
>samarra 
>tim mungenast & his preexisting conditions 
>samarra 
>joe turner
>
>The Center for Arts at the Armory 
>191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Mass. 617.718.2191, 
><http://artsatthearmory.org/>http://artsatthearmory.org
>Tickets are $10
><http://artsatthearmory.org/>http://artsatthearmory.org/

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My videos can be viewed at
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Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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[Frameworks] Seen and Not Seen New video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube -- at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyE77gRL87g

"Seen and Not Seen" is an improvisation performed at 119 Gallery in 
Lowell, MA on Jan. 20, 2012, with Joe Burgio, Betty Wang - movement, 
Glynis Lomon - cello, voice, Junko Simons - cello and Kit Demos - 
double bass

You can't see the dancing in the video, but it does contain a lot of 
prerecorded movement by Joe Burgio


BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
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[Frameworks] "Some Artful Noise: New video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/hJ4w6-7iaqg

"Some Artful Noise" is an improvisation performed at 119 Gallery in 
Lowell, MA on Jan. 20, 2012, with  Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar, 
electronics and Walter Wright - electronics, drums.

"Music is organized sound" -- Edgard Varese.

Most music is organized around rhythm, melody and harmony, but some 
music (often referred to as "Noise Music" by its creators) is 
organized around texture, timbre, pure sound, and 'Noise'. 
Improvising video to this music presents challenges in terms of 
choice of material and visual phrasing.

"Some Artful Noise" is such an improvisation -- one that I thought 
went particularly well.

BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
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[Frameworks] TONITE: Neil Leonard, Jim Hobbs, Tom Plsek, Forbes Graham, Doctor T

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 tonight  at 8 PM.  -- I'll 
be doing video improvisations with four of the best horn players in 
(or out) of the Boston area.

Doctor T -- Video Mixing
with Four Winds Blow
Neil Leonard -- reeds
Jim Hobbs -- alto sax
Forbes Graham - trumpet
Tom Plsek -- trombone

I feel privileged to share the stage with these wonderful musicians.

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring 
2010 Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,

-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan


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[Frameworks] Neil Leonard, Jim Hobbs, Tom Plsek, Forbes Graham, Doctor T, March 10

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with four of the best horn players 
in (or out) of the Boston area.

Doctor T -- Video Mixing
with Four Winds Blow
Neil Leonard -- reeds
Jim Hobbs -- alto sax
Forbes Graham - trumpet
Tom Plsek -- trombone

I feel privileged to share the stage with these wonderful musicians.

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring 
2010 Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,

-- 
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"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan




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[Frameworks] XFest video on You Tube "Unspoken Words"

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/cQlcNDVUraY

"Unspoken Words" is an improvisation taken from XFest 2012. XFest is 
an annual festival of improvisation curated by Walter Wright at 119 
Gallery in Lowell, MA. Walter invites musicians, video artists, 
dancers and  from  the Boston area and out-of-town, and groups  them 
in unique ensembles.

"Unspoken Words" was performed with Tom Hamilton - electronics, Andy 
Allen - reeds, Flandrew Fleisenberg - drums, percussion, Junko Simons 
- cello.  The title is an indirect reference to a video sequence of a 
woman talking into a headset that I obtained from a stock video tape. 
Her words are unheard, rather than unspoken. (poetic license and all 
that).

XFest ROCKS!


BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
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"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan



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[Frameworks] XFest 1012 and very special upcoming performance

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations Friday night at 119 Gallery in 
Lowell (my favorite performance space) as part of the 2012 edition of 
XFest. I'm on for the first five sets Friday evening  --The format of 
the festival is simple and challenging: 20 visiting artists and 40 
local artists perform. On Fri and Sat evenings there are 10 half-hour 
sets with 2 visiting artists and 2 local artists -- I've pasted the 
full schedule below.

Not much can be more special than XFest, but a visual music live 
performance with four of my favorite amazing wind players sure comes 
close-:)

March 10 at Outpost 186 in Cambridge.

Doctor T with "Four Winds Blow" -- four of the best wind players in 
(or out of) the Boston area

Doctor T -- Video mixing   (http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld)
Neil Leonard -- Reeds
Tom Plsek --Trombone
Jim Hobbs -- Alto Sax
Forbes Graham -- Trumpet

XFest schedule

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 24

The first day of XFest. It begins in the evening with 10 1/2hr sets. 
Visiting artists/performers are grouped with local 
artists/performers. The process is somewhat random. The general rule 
is that you play with people you have never played with before. A 
number of sets include movement and all the sets have live video. 

  8:00pm Sean Ali - double bass, Brad Henkel - trumpet, Noell Dorsey - 
voice, keyboard, Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar
  8:30pm Dustin Carlson - guitar, Bonnie Kane - reeds, Bill Bacon - 
drums, Kate Lee - bass
  9:00pm Shayna Dulberger - double bass, Valerie Keuhne - cello, Rick 
Breault - laptop, Curt Newton - drums
  9:30pm Ellwood Epps - trumpet, Al Margolis - laptop, Todd Brunel - 
bass clarinet, Andrea Pensado - laptop
10:00pm Dave Grollman - snare drum, Jeff Young - violin,  Michael F 
Dailey Jr - voice, guitar, drums, Ryan Scott - keyboard
10:30pm Tom Hamilton - electronics, Andy Allen - reeds, Flandrew 
Fleisenberg - drums, percussion, Junko Simons - cello
11:00pm Emilie Mouchous - electronics, Peter Negroponte - percussion, 
Arkm Foam - cassettes, Abram Taber - bass, electronics
11:30pm Chris Welcome - guitar, Mike Funaiole - analog synth, Frank 
Turek - reeds, Jules Vasylenko - reeds
12:00am Dave Miller - drums, Ras Moshe - reeds, [open slot], deiX - 
voice, electronics
12:30am [open slot]
Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio, Aisha Cruse, and Betty Wang - 
movement and Katherine Liberovskaya, David Linton and Dr T - live 
video


SATURDAY FEBRUARY 25

The second and the busiest day of the festival starts with brunch. In 
the afternoon Jazz & Poetry, a collaboration between musicians and 
poets with artists drawing and painting live to the words and music. 
Throughout the festival the gallery presents a special exhibit 
featuring collages by Joshua Jefferson. Again, the evening features 
10 1/2hr sets. In each visiting artist/performers are grouped with 
local artist/performers. A number of sets include movement and all 
the sets will have live video.

12:00noon Brunch

  2:00pm Rick Breault - laptop, Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar, Walter 
Wright - drums with Derek Fenner and Ryan Gallagher - reading
  2:45pm Shayna Dulberger - bass, Chris Welcome - guitar, Ras Moshe - 
reeds, Paul Marion and Dave Robinson - reading
  3:30pm LMNo: Lucio Megenon - guitar, Steve Norton - reeds 
  4:15pm Sunshine Soldier: Dustin Carlson - guitar, Brad Henkel - 
trumpet, Dave Miller - drums
  5:00pm a duo: Audrey Chen - voice, cello, Valerie Keuhne - voice, cello
Alyshia Lien - live art

  6:00pm Potluck Dinner

  8:00pm Bonnie Kane - reeds, Marc Bisson - guitar, Lou Cohen - 
laptop,  Joshua Jefferson - reeds
  8:30pm Audrey Chen - cello, Dave Miller - drums, Steve Norton - 
reeds, Dave Seidel - electronics
  9:00pm Dustin Carlson - guitar, Emilie Mouchous - electronics, 
Morgan Evans-Weiler - violin, Crank Sturgeon - himself
  9:30pm Sean Ali - double bass, Chris Welcome - guitar, Lou Bunk - 
???, Id m Theftable - himself
10:00pm Brad Henkel - trumpet, Al Margolis - laptop, Jed Speare - 
laptop, Mickey O'Hara - ???
10:30pm Valerie Keuhne - cello, Andrew Neumann - laptop, electronics, 
[open slot], [open slot]
11:00pm Tom Hamilton - electronics, [open slot], Erik Brown - 
electronics, Karen Langlie - cello
11:30pm Elwood Epps - trumpet, Ras Moshe - reeds, Kit Demos - double 
bass, electronics, Forbes Graham - trumpet, electronics
12:00am Shayna Dulberger - double bass, Lucio Menegon - guitar, 
Luther Gray - drums, Angela Sawyer - suitcase of acoustic delights
12:30am Dave Grollman - snare drum, [open slot], Kristen Elisabeth - 
bass, Kevin Frenette - guitar
Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio, Aisha Cruse,Teresa


119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
8:00 PM
  http://www.119gallery.org/

My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under

[Frameworks] "Dragonfly Machines" New video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/2Tti3xyCDds. 
"Dragonfly Machines" is a live recording by Dr T, Video Mixing, Jim 
Hobbs, Alto Sax, and  Eric Rosenthal  drums. The piece was performed 
and recorded at Outpost 186, Cambridge MA, on Dec. 16, 2011.

Boston is blessed with many fine jazz improvisers, and Jim and Eric 
are among the best. I had performed with Jim previously --- this was 
my first show with Eric. Enjoy our collective explorations.

  You are also invited to check out my still photography at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/


BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com
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[Frameworks] Doctor T, Dave Bryant, Tim Mungenast and his Merry Men 02.11.12 Outpost 186

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with

Dave Bryant -- Solo Keyboard
and
Tim Mungenast and his Merry Men
Tim Mungenast -- Guitar and FX
Michael Bloom (ex Cul de Sac) -- Bass and other strings,
Jon Proudman (also ex Cul de Sac) -- drums
  with Special guest -- Dave Bryant (ex Ornette Coleman), Keyboards

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources with a 
video mixer and effects processor. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.

Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring 
Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,


-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan




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[Frameworks] OT: Programmable digital picture frames for installation use

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

A couple of months ago, I got interested in using digital picture 
frames to show my still images in gallery settings. I bought a Nix 15 
inch screen - looks great but very hard to program, because it plays 
the images in date order instead of the more sensible alphabetic 
order. It also is limited in that it can change images every 3, 5, or 
15 seconds, but nothing in-between.

I've been trying to research this on-line. All of the frames that I 
can find documentation on either don't tell me or tell me the image 
change choices are 3, 5 ,15.

If any of you have worked with a digital frame of any size and found 
it possible to easily sequence a slide show with flexible change 
rate, please let me know.

Thanks
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

"My destination is always the same, but I work out a different route 
to get there"  -- Henri Matisse
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[Frameworks] Video Performance w musicians and dancers, Friday 01.20.12 Lowell MA

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations at 119 Gallery (my favorite 
performance space) with some of my favorite musicians and dancers. 
I'm particularly excited to work with Junko and Glynis (two of my 
favorite cello players) together

   7:30pm doors
   8:00pm a duo: [Lowell] Stephanie Lak - voice, guitar, electronics 
Walter Wright - electronics, drums
   8:30pm a quartet: Dustin Carlson - baritone guitar Joshua Jefferson 
- reeds Kit Demos - double bass, electronics Walter Wright - 
electronics
   9:15:pm a larger group: Joe Burgio, Betty Wang - movement Glynis 
Lomon - cello, voice Junko Simons - cello Kit Demos - double bass, 
electronics

with Dr T - video mix

119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
  http://www.119gallery.org/

My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.
-- 
"I rang a silent bell ..."  -- Robert Hunter
"... cast your dancing spell my way, I promise to go under it" -- Bob Dylan

My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/




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[Frameworks] Doctor T and the Eclectics, Jan 14, Outpost 186

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Saturday  at 8 PM.

Dr. T -- Video Projections
Dave Bryant  -- Keyboard
Lou Cohen -- Laptop and Game Controller
Andrea Pensado -- Electronics
Forbes Graham -- Trumpet

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources a video 
mixer and effects processors. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.


Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
<http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org>http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld. with a piece from the Spring 
Series at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxBtaJajCkU

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,




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My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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[Frameworks] "Gong Show with Clouds: video on You Tube

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted another video on You Tube at http://youtu.be/KQIDnSiZJaU

Gong Show with Clouds is the second piece in my 
Improvisation/Construction series. These pieces combine video imagery 
taken at a concert of improvised music. a live recording of the show, 
and video from my library. The process is analogous to one of my live 
performances, with the video edited and constructed in the studio 
instead of live. I do not attempt to synchronize the concert footage 
with the audio recordings -- preferring to let them coexist.

I knew that the Gong Orchestra would be very suitable for this 
treatment, and I was fortunate to get a front row seat in a packed 
house from which to shoot. I made a deliberate choice to limit my 
'image palette' to imagery of clouds and images of the band.

The video is (to my eyes) very textured, mediative, and somewhat dark 
and mysterious, which I think matches the feeling of the music. I'd 
like to hear your opinion on how well this works for you.

BTW Some of my photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com
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[Frameworks] Broadmoor Reservation 12.22.11 Photo Essay on Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I've posted a new photo essay (Broadmoor Reservation 12.22.11) on 
Flickr at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157628600137569/

These photographs were taken shortly after the photos in my Railroad 
Overpass, Medfield MA 12.22.11 essay, Broadmoor Reservation in South 
Natick is run by the Audubon Society and is one of the most magically 
beautiful places in the western suburbs of Boston. My route home that 
day took me within a mile of Broadmoor, so I stopped there on my 
return trip.

Broadmoor abounds with textures, reflections, shapes and shadows. 
There is a boardwalk over the wetlands near the entrance, and most of 
these photos were taken from that boardwalk.

BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com
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Re: [Frameworks] a more mainstream film question...

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

I imagine you've heard of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, but 
its worth a mention.


At 1:04 PM -0500 12/26/11, Shelly Silver wrote:
>dear all:
>i'm looking for films that have young girls/heroines, an example 
>would be miyazaki's spirited away, but could also be 
>darker/funnier/whatever.  doesn't have to but could be animation. 
>this could include anything from silent to up to date.
>
>and also, if you want to throw in any favorite stories or books, 
>that'd be great.
>
>oh, and happy holidays to this great unruly community!
>
>best,
>shelly
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[Frameworks] Photo Essay on Flickr

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I just posted a new photo essay Railroad Overpass, Medfield MA 
12.23.11  at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157628533754333/

When I visit my primary care physician, I pass under an interesting 
railroad overpass set in an other wise typical suburban neighborhood. 
I've often thought it would be interesting to photograph.

When I visited her yesterday for my annual exam, I had my Lumix LX 3 
in my pocket. It was as close to a perfect sky and light as one can 
hope for,, and here are the results of the shoot. (Next year I'll 
bring a DSLR with a long lens.)

BTW Some of my videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld
-- 
" Practice makes perfect, imperfect is better."  -- Paul Bley

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com
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[Frameworks] Doctor T, Jim Hobbs, Eric Rosenthal, Dave Bryant, Junko Simons Dec 16 Outpost 186

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

Visual Music LIVE continues at Outpost 186 on Friday  at 8 PM.  -- 
I'll be doing video improvisations with four superb musicians.

Solo: Dave Bryant, piano
Duet: Jim Hobbs, Alto, Eric Rosenthal, drums
Quartet: Dave, Jim, Eric plus Junko Simons, cello.

Dr. T -- Video Projections

My projections are produced by mixing multiple DVD sources a video 
mixer and effects processors. The sources consist of 
computer-manipulated original material derived from my still 
photography and videography. The original subject matter is usually 
recognizable, but sometimes processed to complete abstraction. 
Sometimes the projections and music respond directly to each other -- 
sometimes they simply co-exist.


Outpost 186, 186 Hampshire St (in the back), near Inman Square, Cambridge MA

Suggested donation,  $10

617.876.0860 ~ all ages ~ 
<http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org>http://www.zeitgeist-outpost.org

Many of my finished video pieces (both studio and live) can be seen 
at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld.

Those of you who attend or perform at events at Outpost 186 may find 
my photo essay "Improvisations from an Outpost" 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/sets/72157624670849749/ to 
be of interest,




-- 
My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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[Frameworks] Video Performance 12.02 Lowell MA

[Emile Tobenfeld (a.k.a Dr. T)]

Hi folks,

I'll be doing video improvisations at 119 Gallery (my favorite 
performance space) as part of the below event.

Kane Welcome Duo: [Brooklyn NY] Bonnie Kane - sax, flute, 
electronics, Chris Welcome - guitar
+
Equal Time: [MA NH] Thom Keith - saxophones, Forbes Graham - trumpet, 
Jonathan Paul - guitar, Tim Webb - bass, Mike Walsh - drums
+
Guerilla Toss: Andy Allen - saxophone, Simon Hanes - bass, Peter 
Negroponte - drums, Ian Kovac Jr - synth, Arian Shafiee - guitar
+
BopAnts: [MA NH] Marc Bisson - guitar, objects Joe Burgio - movement, 
Walter Wright - video

I'll be doing video for the first two sets, and am looking forward to 
working with Chris and Forbes and some new friends.


119 Chelmsford St
Lowell, MA 01851
8:00 PM
  http://www.119gallery.org/

My videos, including recordings of some of my performances, can be 
viewed at http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

Culinary note: There is an outstanding Cambodian restaurant next door 
to the gallery.
-- 
My photography can be viewed at 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22231918@N06/collections/72157603627170351/

My videos can be viewed at
http://www.youtube.com/Tobenfeld

    Emile Tobenfeld, Ph. D.
Video Producer  Image Processing Specialist
Video for your HEAD!Boris FX
http://www.foryourhead.com  http://www.borisfx.com

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