[Frameworks] Patrice Kirchhofer

Very sad to relate the death of French experimental filmmaker Patrice Kirchhofer. I guess his films are not well known outside France but his work is strong and beautiful and he was a very important presence in the scene here. Here is a link to a portrait of him on Arte from 2006: https://youtu

[Frameworks] Remembering Cecile Starr

ys be missed. - Pip Chodorov ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] Contact for Josef Dabernig?

This address is from ten years ago but you can try it: Dabernig Josef - Pip Chodorov Hello Frameworkers, Wondering if anyone might have a good contact for the Austrian artist-filmmaker Josef Dabernig. I've tried contacting him through his website, to no avail. Thanks! GD ---

[Frameworks] Annette Michelson obituary

Here is a good article on Anne Michelson who passed away. http://www.artnews.com/2018/09/17/annette-michelson-pioneering-film-critic-cofounder-october-dies-96/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.c

Re: [Frameworks] Help: 16mm looper to rent - East Coast Options!

We rent loopers at Re:Voir/The Film Gallery in Paris for 40 euros a week, can ship anywhere. They are sturdy and hold up to 10 minutes of film and fit on any Eiki projector and can be adapted for others. We also have some RFS loopers that hold 40 or 60 minutes. Pip At 10:36 -0400 19/07/18, M

Re: [Frameworks] Fwd: [Labos] Newly Available: Eastman 7363 Single Perf Super 16

As of last week they still had plenty. At 17:24 -0700 19/07/18, Nicole Baker wrote: Is there any of this left? ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] Maurice Lemaitre

Sorry to report here that the French Letterist filmmaker Maurice Lemaitre has died. The funeral will be held in Paris on Monday. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] Gaspar Noe on "2001"

Hi all, Some of you may be interested to read my short interview with Gaspar Noe talking about Kubrick's 2001. This was done as part of a book project celebrating 2001 to be released in 2019, edited by Jeremi Szaniawski. - Pip Chodorov http://sensesofcinema.com/2018/feature-article

Re: [Frameworks] please unsubscribe me

Subscription and unsubscription commands can be found in the headers of all frameworks posts. Unfotunately, some newer email software does not automatically show the headers. I am copying them below as a reminder. To unsubscribe, just follow the link! Thanks for reading, Pip Chodorov

Re: [Frameworks] Anger films

At Re:Voir we have Elliott¹s Suicide and Foreplay on DVD. For the others you can ask Brian Butler. Do you need his address? -Pip Chodorov At 14:30 + 12/04/18, Hawkins, Joan C. wrote: HI Frameworkers‹ I¹m trying to track down some Kenneth Anger films‹ does anyone know if they¹re being

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental filmmaking contacts in Tokyo/Kyoto

Hi Robert, There are many filmmakers and quite a few venues. I will connect you off list. Best wishes, Pip At 16:48 -0500 21/02/18, Robert Withers wrote: Hi folks, I¹ll be traveling to Tokyo and Kyoto in April and would love any suggestions for: 1. Interesting experimental film/video venues t

Re: [Frameworks] Jonas Mekas contacts

i...@jonasmekasfilms.com At 17:45 +0100 18/02/18, franco base wrote: Does anyone have contacts for Jonas Mekas? He will come to Italy at the begin of March and I'd write him. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-

Re: [Frameworks] Sources for digital "prints" of avant garde classics

rtant to educate your audience and show them films on film! Pip Chodorov At 12:28 +0100 15/02/18, Elena Duque wrote: I am trying to put together a couple of programs as a sort of introduction to experimental cinema for the audience of a small festival in a small town. They don'

Re: [Frameworks] Fiction feature length films about Avant-Garde cinema

No that was Lost Highway P At 22:36 +0100 14/02/18, David Kidman wrote: Isn¹t Mulholland Drive a remake of Meshes of the Afternoon? D ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] crystal sync super-8

Hi Jean-Louis, In December I saw offered on eBay a Nizo that had been modified for crystal sync a few years ago by TFG in Easthampton, CT, and I asked our resident technical expert in Paris, Christophe Goulard, if I should buy it. That modification requires a large box to be plugged into the

Re: [Frameworks] film scanner

speed accurate to three decimal points. Then the students can shoot super-8 and record digital sound and make super-8 sound films! Pip Chodorov At 20:16 -0600 10/02/18, Dan Anderson wrote: This is an old threat, but wanted to mention that in the past year or so I've actually use

Re: [Frameworks] EIKI projectors in Bogotà

You can ask Enrico Mandirola of Kinolab in Bogota. http://www.filmlabs.org/index.php/labs/kinolab/ Good luck! -Pip Chodorov At 9:43 +0100 29/01/18, Els van Riel wrote: Dear Frameworkers, Has anybody any lead to a place in Bogotà/Colombia that rents out EIKI 16mm-projectors? Only for

Re: [Frameworks] Customs duty for travelling with Bolex camera

Dear Alisa, I flew to Tokyo with my Bolex in hand luggage and nobody asked me any questions. If there is a problem just explain it's yours and not for sale, and at most they would write in your passport to be sure you leave with it. Pip Chodorov At 0:35 +0900 9/01/18, Alisa Berger

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm questions

bag with you so that they can open the can in the darkness. Try the sticker attached here: EtiketXRAY.pdf. -Pip Chodorov EtiketXRAY.pdf Description: Adobe PDF document ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail

Re: [Frameworks] Painting directly to film

The earliest examples of hand painting abstractions on flim were by the futurists Ginna and Corra, but those films are lost. Only descriptions survive (that they wrote themselves) At 13:01 +0100 3/12/17, Ingo Petzke wrote: Ooooppss No direct painting on the film strip by FischingerŠ

Re: [Frameworks] Painting directly to film

As far as I know, Fischinger never painted on flim, he only filmed artwork, or he painted on glass under a camera and clicked frames as he painted. Pip At 13:00 +0100 3/12/17, Ingo Petzke wrote: What about some Oscar Fischinger? ___ FrameWorks mail

Re: [Frameworks] Asking for a friend

Hi all, Of course anything can happen in any domain, whether in a university or in a community film lab. No community is immune from people who use their position of authority inappropriately. I'm sure Fred is right about filmmakers exhibiting inappropriate behavior, and I'm sure filmmakers h

Re: [Frameworks] Asking for a friend

an crop up in our communitiy besides sexual haassment, other, more "experimental" harassments that could be interseting to discuss... - Pip Chodorov At 21:06 + 23/11/17, Chuck Kleinhans wrote: Given the proliferation of items in the news about sexual harassment in th

Re: [Frameworks] Jazz Music and Avant-Garde Film

Chuck, As a "DVD executive" I can tell you that we simply sign contracts with filmmakers in which they indemnify us against any copyright claims. In some cases we have signed contracts for found footage films in which we invented the clause below (our contract with Martin Arnold is a good

Re: [Frameworks] sprockets

holes. - Pip Chodorov At 11:31 +0100 26/10/17, graemeh...@irational.org wrote: I'd like to tap the great collective mind/soul that is frameworks and ask what people think are the earliest (not actually looking for 'firsts' really) examples of perforations and sprocket holes del

Re: [Frameworks] Editing neg?

Hi Esperanza, I once asked my lab if I could make tape splices. The New York lab said sure. The Paris lab said no but they allowed me to make tape splices leaving an extra frame on either side of my cut which they cut off and replaced with a cement splice. In that way you get to do the creativ

Re: [Frameworks] Vegetable films?

Aurélie you made me think of THE ONION FILM by Marguerite Harris. http://www.cjcinema.org/pages/fiche.php?film=363 It is made Mothlight-like by gluing onion skin to 16mm film and contact printing it. - Pip At 10:46 +0200 14/09/17, Aurélie Percevault - Mire wrote: "A radical film" by Stefano Ca

Re: [Frameworks] High resolution enlargements from 16mm prints

http://www.re-voir.com/pip/piltzer3.jpg http://www.re-voir.com/pip/pip1.jpg http://www.re-voir.com/pip/pip4.jpg Now that films can be easily scanned in 2K, any video still will work as a frame enlargement, so maybe also ask the filmmakers if they have done that. Good luck! Pip Chodorov At 19

Re: [Frameworks] Service repair manual for Nizo 4056

When you open the Nizo you will find the circuit diagram printed inside the face plate. At 15:45 -0400 12/08/17, Re X wrote: Could anyone do me the favor of shooting me a service repair manual for the nizo 4056? I think the issue I am having has to do with something on the circuit board. I w

Re: [Frameworks] Preservation Insanity / Brakhage & sound

Hi Mark, This is great reporting and writing, and philosophical musing, thanks! My one comment: can you not design it white on black? It's hard on the eyes to read... All the best! Pip At 18:21 -0700 6/08/17, Mark Toscano wrote: https://preservati

Re: [Frameworks] Can you remove me from this list?

I can remove you but you can also remove yourself at any time. The link is in the header of every FrameWorks post: List-Unsubscribe: <https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/options/frameworks>, <mailto:frameworks-requ...@jonasmekasfilms.com?subject=unsubscribe> -Pip Chodorov At 9

Re: [Frameworks] Christopher MacLaine

Yes we still carry Maclaine's films on DVD. The booklet is from Brakhage's chapter in FILM AT WIT'S END, which is enlightening and funny! Pip At 17:44 +0200 7/07/17, Esperanza Collado wrote: Maybe Pip could help. Re:Voir released MacLaine's films on VHS long ago.

Re: [Frameworks] Stop Motion Animation

more information are below. -Pip Chodorov http://re-voir.com/shop/en/super-8-16mm-cameras-accessories/438-zigview-sc-v100.html http://re-voir.com/shop/en/super-8-16mm-cameras-accessories/437-zigview-r.html At 8:31 -0400 3/07/17, Maddy Wiryo wrote: I am looking for a Super 8 camera that has a

Re: [Frameworks] technical question about frameworks

Mark, Your last post was on Sunday with subject: FILMS TONIGHT June 11 in Los Angeles! Pip At 15:28 -0400 15/06/17, Mark Street wrote: Hey There: I just sent something to frameworks... I THINK it went through, but I did get this error message back. Should I resend? ___

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental film in Toulouse or Montpellier, FRANCE?

equipment are still there: http://www.filmlabs.org/index.php/labs/bioskop/ In Montpellier there is a smaller scene, but still some filmmakers live near there. Martine Rousset lives in Frontignan. The university might be a good place for a screening. -Pip Chodorov At 16:19 -0700 12/06/17

Re: [Frameworks] main drive worm stop run in Bell Howell tq3 specialist

The worm gear is the weak heart of the B&H. In Paris, a brilliant repair artist has made new worm gears out of more resistant material. His worm gears may outlast the projectors. This man has retired but hopefully you can find a new worm gear for your projector. Pip Chodorov At 1

Re: [Frameworks] mental problems

Gene, Concerning acid trips, Gaspar Noé asked my advice when he was developing his film "Enter the Void." We are both huge fans of Kubrick's 2001 as well as of abstract psychedlic films such as by Jordan Belson and the Whitney brothers. He is also a neighbor in Paris. He asked me what films h

Re: [Frameworks] Sudden spam

Hi Gene, Nothing has changed on my end. Maybe something changed on your email client? You can set a filter that if the subject contains "FrameWorks" the email is directed to a special folder. Hope that helps, Pip At 16:45 -0600 20/03/17, Gene Youngblood wrote: Hi Pip, All of a sudden my ema

Re: [Frameworks] Eulogy Films

Jim Hubbard's "Memento Mori" (1995, 17 min) Peter Friedman's "Silverlake Life: The View from Here" (1993, 99 min) Friedl Kubelka vom Groller "Bliss" (2011, 3 mim) At 11:43 -0400 18/03/17, Margaret Rorison wrote: I am curious about film eulogies and would love to know more films that have

Re: [Frameworks] Svema 16mm

And Nicolas would give out the formula if you ask micely. At 9:08 -0500 9/03/17, Scott Dorsey wrote: The color film is likely not to be processable easily (although it's not rem-jet backed so if you could make up the chemistry from reagents you could likely run it.) __

Re: [Frameworks] Svema 16mm

Nicolas Rey shot his three-hour travel feature "Les Soviets Plus l'Electricité" on Sviema super-8 stock. The film includes a visit to the Sviema factory in Kiev where he was able to wrest the developing formula from Vladimir Ivanovitch. He hand-developed all the rolls back in Paris. This was

Re: [Frameworks] The Flicker

It's not meant to be McClure loud. It was just 16mm optical track after all. At 22:10 -0500 27/02/17, Jonathan Walley wrote: Thanks Chuck, and thanks also to Pip, Scott, Steve, and Esperanza for their insights. I think tomorrow's screening will be do-able. My only real frustration at this p

Re: [Frameworks] The Flicker

Hi Jonathan, I have struck prints recently and I can confirm that there is an optical sound neg synched to the optical picture neg. However there is no precise correspondence between how the flicker flickers and how the audio clicks evolve. The soundtrack starts with 30s music over the three op

Re: [Frameworks] Lying as a theme

Philip Hoffman's "?O, Zoo!" At 1:49 + 22/02/17, Morgan Hoyle-Combs wrote: Hello Does anyone know of any film (essay/diary/doc) where lying is a theme or the main focus? I wondered if there was anything that ran among these lines: 1. The audience is well aware that the narrator/filmmak

Re: [Frameworks] "Husbands" and "Wives"

No, Peter and Friedl did not make films together. I understood the question to be about couples who collaborate, not simply couples who are both filmmakers. At 15:59 +0100 12/02/17, Anderwald Grond wrote: Peter Kubelka and Friedl Kubelka/now Friedl vom Groeller

Re: [Frameworks] "Husbands" and "Wives"

Sorry I forgot Alexander Alexeieff and Claire Parker ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] "Husbands" and "Wives"

Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid Birgit and Wilhelm Hein Patrick and Michèle Bokanowski Lucille Ball and Desi Arnas ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

[Frameworks] Werner Nekes

I have just heard that Werner Nekes passed away. I don't have confirmation yet but it's in the German press. Important filmmaker and great collector of optical toys and art and pre-cinema devices. Please do post if anyone has more information! ___ Fram

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm E6 - Wittner vs. Agfa

Hey Dan, Wittner repackaged Agfa's stock, so it's exactly the same stuff. This was originally designed for arial photography, perhaps for mapmaking or topography. Therefore it has a certain look and is especially receptive to green. I doubt it will look good in the optical printer (you will need

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak new super 8 camera (was Logmar)

Thanks for that Pablo. It also seems, from what "Josh" says on the YouTube video, that they are planning to raise the price of the film in order to include developing, return postage and scanning to the cloud in 5K. What does that mean for people who want to continue in the current way of hand

Re: [Frameworks] Fischinger and optical tracks

You can see a glimpse of FIschinger's sound cards at the end of this short clip. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/26951 At 17:29 + 26/12/16, Beebe, Roger W. wrote: Jeff, Thanks for sharing-really interesting. I couldn't make heads or tails of what the text accompanying the figures is descr

Re: [Frameworks] Elmo 5-blade shutter

There is a small shop in Seoul run by one man who makes low-level video transfers from super-8 and 16, and he has done a lot of transfers of the super-8 films we develop with students here. He has been looking for a five-blade shutter because even in HD his 16mm transfers have ghost images. He i

[Frameworks] Elmo 5-blade shutter

Hello, Does anyone know a source for a 5-blade shutter for an Elmo CL16 projector? Or does anyone have a normal 2-blade shutter they are not using that I can modify? Thanks in advance, Pip Chodorov ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks

[Frameworks] Remembering Cecile again

December 9th, 2016 A round of memorial emails went out two years ago, but I have been thinking about her today and wanted to remember a tireless advocate for our favorite films and filmmakers at a time when nobody cared about them. Cecile Starr died on December 9th, 2014. - Pip Chodorov

Re: [Frameworks] film scanner

At L'Abominable in Paris, Nicolas made a film scanner from a projector. He made a 16mm version and later a super-8 version. Here is a link to the description: http://www.filmlabs.org/index.php/technical-tips/telecinema/ ___ FrameWorks mailing list Fram

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental farming films

Do you mean Tractor by the Aleinikov brothers? At 9:15 -0600 14/11/16, Meg Jamieson wrote: Also, there is a Russian filmmaker whose name is escaping me right now, that makes incredible black and white films about farming. Maybe someone can fill in the name." ___

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental Christmas films

Kenneth Anger's FIREWORKS has a burning Christmas tree... At 12:54 + 14/11/16, Harriet Warman wrote: I'd like to show one or two Christmas/festive themed works and I'd welcome any suggestions you might have for works I should consider. They could involve anything we might associate with th

Re: [Frameworks] Auto-load projector problem

And sometimes you cam jog the run lever in spurts until the film starts to jump out of the loop former. At that point you can guide the end of the film into the gate at the point where it is catching, then it should load the rest of the way automatically. -Pip __

[Frameworks] Fwd: [Labos] super8data.com revival

FrameWorkers, I am happy to forward an amazing resource, sent through the film labs list. Enjoy, Pip From: Friedemann Wachsmuth Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 22:44:46 +0100 To: forum labo Subject: [Labos] super8data.com revival Hey all, Thanks to the help of an archiving friend, I was able to re

Re: [Frameworks] 25mm Lens EIKI 16mm projector

Dear Luis, At The Film Gallery in Paris we rent this lens, let me know if that is an option. -Pip Chodorov At 8:57 -0400 16/10/16, luis ? wrote: Dears colleagues, I´m looking for a 25mm lens for 16mm Eiki Projectors. I have one but I need other like this for a double screen project

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental films using Astronomy & Satellite imagery - recommendations

Hi Adam, How about Stan Vanderbeek's SCIENCE FRICTION Len Lye's BIRTH OF THE ROBOT Mara Mattuschka's SOS EXTRATERRESTRIA Or maybe more up your alley would be Courtney Hoskins GALILEAN SATELLITES series https://vimeo.com/7229429 -Pip At 10:28 -0700 13/09/16, Adam Hyman wrote: But I'm looking

Re: [Frameworks] Wild sound in film

Good idea Francisco - we have this out on DVD too. http://re-voir.com/shop/en/michael-snow/70-micheal-snow-rameau-s-nephew-by-diderot-thanx-to-dennis-young-by-wilma-schoen-3493551100393.html At 17:46 -0400 31/08/16, Francisco Torres wrote:

Re: [Frameworks] chemical disposal with septic system

There were posts about this on FrameWorks in July 2012, from David Kidman, Scott Dorsey and others. Onions seem to work as fixer but maybe not effective after a long period of time. Do some tests! Pip At 20:58 -0300 28/08/16, Amanda Christie wrote: Hey Pip! Onions as a fixer? What's this?

Re: [Frameworks] chemical disposal with septic system

Hi Amanda, How about onions? Pip At 18:44 -0300 28/08/16, Amanda Christie wrote: My main question then is for fix and hypo-clear... Are there any recipes for eco-friendly fix or hypo-clear?... although I supposed... the problem may not be so much the chemical itself, as the silver but an

Re: [Frameworks] Seoul

Good luck! Pip Chodorov At 3:41 +0100 19/07/16, Andrea Márquez wrote: I am a filmmaker from Buenos Aires currently visiting Seoul and I am looking for a place to buy and develop film (Super 8mm). I was also wondering if someone knows interesting film venues to a

Re: [Frameworks] HD telecine?

Hi Moira, I swear by Metropolis, 115 W 30th in NY. I have done many transfers for Re:Voir there. Jack just got a super-8 scanner too. The prices are only slightly higher for 2K scan than for HD telecine and the results are much better. -Pip ___ FrameWo

Re: [Frameworks] Change of email address

Hi Nicky, You can subscribe your new address at one of these two links: , or just send me the addresses you would like to subscribe and unsub. All the best, Pip At 13:25 +0

Re: [Frameworks] History question

Henri Chomette did some of that in 1925 although he used train tunnels - not sure if headlights were bright then (see around the two-minute mark and around 5:40 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcQdU94mJs4). There are also some bits in Man Ray's Retour à la raison from 1923. At 15:42 +00

Re: [Frameworks] Super-8 refurb camera vendor?

Hey Kevin, We are lucky enough to work with Christophe Goulard who refurbishes Nizo super-8 cameras. He fixes them up, even adds new features, sells them through us and guarantees them for 90 days. One of the new features is an ASA dial so you can use the built-in light meter whether you are sh

Re: [Frameworks] transferring films to dvd.

tions about it don't hesitate to ask! Pip Chodorov At 13:23 -0700 4/06/16, Myron Ort wrote: I enjoy dvd collections by Brakhage, Baillie, and ohter experimental films. available on this format (however ultimately compromisedŠI know). Is the DVD format still something that filmmakers ar

Re: [Frameworks] Exemplary Sound Design in AG Film

Mike Snow's "Rameau's Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen" is perhaps the most comprehensive study of the relationship between image and recorded sound. It runs 4-1/4 hours and took three years to make. We published a large book about the film based on interviews witih Mik

Re: [Frameworks] where to buy 16mm cans & Super 8mm reels+cans in NYC?

MPE on 44th street! At 18:42 + 11/05/16, ev petrol wrote: any ideas folks? cheers moira ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm Film Looper Purchase/Rental suggestions

In case you need one in Europe, we have a set of loopers for 10-minute and 45-minute films, as well as projectors, lenses, splicers, etc that we rent frequently to galleries and museums. - Pip Chodorov for The Film Gallery At 20:51 -0500 19/04/16, Ben Balcom wrote: Hello hive mind

[Frameworks] Tony Conrad

I read the article this morning, Hoberman's obit of Tony Conrad. I knew he was very sick, and would not be getting better, it was getting hard for him to walk, and the thought of cataloguing and preserving all the films, tapes, costumes, objects and inventions in his house was beginning to wei

Re: [Frameworks] Where to get 8mm film?

We try and keep super-8 in stock in our shop in Paris. http://re-voir.com/shop/en/336-super-8-film-stock At 22:00 -0400 16/03/16, Alan Sondheim wrote: Hi - I need to get 8mm film (of any sort) and processing - any suggestions greatly appreciated. I usually work in video or screen saving to vid

Re: [Frameworks] Camera obscura films

Paolo Gioli's FILM STENOPEICO was made in 16mm using a pinhole camera. And Patrick Bokanowski's LA FEMME QUI SE POUDRE is a beautiful film made using a camera obscura and reworked glass (he called his lenses subjectifs instead of objectifs) At 13:18 -0400 19/03/16, Jonathan Walley wrote: I'

Re: [Frameworks] optically printed film on people swimming laps in a pool

You mean Water Pulu by Ladislav Galeta? At 18:26 -0800 12/03/16, vanessa renwick wrote: I am trying to remember who made this short, beautiful movie that was an optically printed film on people swimming laps in a pool. ___ FrameWorks mailing list Fra

Re: [Frameworks] Big Shadows

Hi Gene, You'll have to search for this but Gaspard Noe made a music video in which he walks through the forest with a handheld camera at night, followed by someone carrying a bright light, the result is his own shadow walking eerily through the woods. I can't find the title now but I think it

Re: [Frameworks] Index of experimental film and/or video art collections and archives

urces available, such as this list, but for now still no database of all archives. Good luck, Pip Chodorov At 11:12 +0100 21/02/16, Anna Briggs wrote: I am writing to ask where I might possibly find an index of experimental film and/or video art collections and archives. I am particularly lo

Re: [Frameworks] 360 degrees

Jackie Raynal's DEUX FOIS (1968) contains exactly this smooth 360 degree panorama, the camera is in the center of the wide and busy Avenida Franco in Barcelona and makes two complete rotations. This shot also appears in a Chantal Akerman, perhaps News from Home. Friends, I need recommendatio

Re: [Frameworks] wittner chrome 200d

Yes, this stock is the same as Aviphot. Expose as 200 in daylight without the filter. It depends what camera you are using but you should check the exposure with an external meter and set the f-stop manually. You can also push 1/3 stop when developing. If you want to shoot indoors in tungstene l

Re: [Frameworks] bounce message ...?

Your membership is not disabled, but sometimes people get this if a certain number of mails to their address have bounced. At 21:42 + 6/02/16, ev petrol wrote: hey folks, just got this - any clues as to what it's about? cheers moira Your membership in the mailing list FrameWorks has been

Re: [Frameworks] Fuses: projection speed?

The print in Paris indicates 24fps. At 16:27 -0500 2/02/16, John Muse wrote: We can't seem to get a clear and definitive answer on the projection speed of Carolee Schneemann's Fuses. Canyon doesn't know for sure, but helpfully provided this: ___

Re: [Frameworks] where to buy Bolex H16 RX-4 or 5?

Hello, we have a couple for sale in our shop, restored and guaranteed by Christophe Goulard. http://re-voir.com/shop/en/search?controller=search&orderby=position&orderway=desc&search_query=bolex&submit_search= -Pip Chodorov, Re:Voir At 23:03 + 20/01/16, Nicky Tavar

Re: [Frameworks] JK Optical Printer

There are many JK printers available in the associative lab network. Where are you located? Maybe you can find one near you on this map: http://www.filmlabs.org/index.php/labs/ At 0:45 -0500 18/01/16, Anna Kipervaser wrote: Desperately seeking a JK optical printer, and I wonder if anyone has on

Re: [Frameworks] Experimental Films on Farming/ Agriculture

I wonder how many people know George "Yellow Submarine" Dunning's "Damon the Mower"? But an obvious choice is Jonas Mekas' "Reminiscences on a Journey to Lithuania." At 12:50 -0500 14/01/16, Heath Iverson wrote: Any suggestions on avant-garde/experimental films that deal with any aspects

Re: [Frameworks] Texts / Works Bridging Early Cinema, Early Video, Early ___

I can provide Lemaitre's film if you are interested. Isou's film ON VENOM AND ETERNITY is an earlier iteration, Lemaitre went farther into self-recursion (a film about itself). Pip At 22:47 -0800 13/01/16, Cinema Project wrote: In regards to "well-deployed spoilers," I might look into Mauric

Re: [Frameworks] Texts / Works Bridging Early Cinema, Early Video, Early ___

Hi Fred, wasn't the first image of a candle burning? I saw Tony project this, not as a performance but as a final print. Pip At 23:50 -0500 13/01/16, Fred Camper wrote: Yes, that's right. Because it was positive film, a succession of black and white rectangles appeared inside each other as with

Re: [Frameworks] in the street...

piano music. - Pip Chodorov At 22:40 -0800 9/01/16, Steve Polta wrote: Regarding Helen Levitt's 1948 film In the Street, the question to the group is simply... Is this added soundtrack considered (by those who know) to be "the soundtrack" or is it just some tacked-on trac

Re: [Frameworks] Shower scenes...

Yes Moons Pool is primarily about a swimming pool but there is a bathtub scene first! At 9:50 -0700 1/01/16, Gene Youngblood wrote: Well, if swimming pools qualify then what about Chick Strand's "Kristallnacht"? ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWo

Re: [Frameworks] Shower scenes...

Hi John, I thought for sure you would mention Gunvor Nelson's "Moons Pool" But now that I mention it, I remember Robert Nelson made a really funny bath film using the sound of his feet under water but I can't find the title... - Pip At 15:58 + 1/01/16, John Sundholm wrote: Valie export:

Re: [Frameworks] Shower scenes...

"Window Water Baby Moving" seems seminal... At 15:14 -0500 31/12/15, Daniel Hess wrote: collect as many shower/bath scenes as possible. How many films with a shower/bath scene can you ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com htt

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm prints turned pink

Scott, thanks, that's interesting. Do you know what is the best pH for wash water? Pip At 22:17 -0500 17/12/15, Scott Dorsey wrote: Agfa print stocks with Eastman chemistry go red, Agfa print stocks with ball and chain dye coupler chemistry are sometimes very stable and sometimes lose all col

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm prints turned pink

that flashes each frame three times using three colored lights, then augment the information from the blue layer digitally. Then you can shoot the corrected digital master back out to film. -Pip Chodorov At 22:00 -0500 17/12/15, Robert Withers wrote: Hello Frameworkers, I have some 16mm color

[Frameworks] To Cecile Starr on Dec 9

Dear FrameWorkers, hard to believe it was already a year ago today she died. Cecile Starr was a pioneer and powerhouse and a lovely friend. Though incredibly passionate about the films she promoted, she always spoke in a measured tone. And she remembered every detail, which made her an invaluabl

Re: [Frameworks] experimental cinema and the anthropocene

Bill Morrison's films could be interesting. I am thinking of Footprints which references the evolution of mankind, but he has made several recently about great floods, showing how nature makes an impact on human life (The Highwater Trilogy, Who by Water). - Pip Chodorov At 17:37 +0100

Re: [Frameworks] 35 mm & 16 mm transfers

Do you want a 2K scan, an HD telecine or a simple SD telecine? At 8:23 -0800 7/12/15, JAMES SANSING wrote: I need to transfer one 35 mm film and one 16 mm film.I will have them put on a hard drive, but I also need them put on to one dvd. Anyone have suggestions. I' m in SF Bay Area but will se

Re: [Frameworks] Film to digital photo to video on a JK

Oh sorry, of course the camera has a lens. At 13:42 +0900 13/11/15, Pip Chodorov wrote: It runs at 18fps and the camera is a FireWire camera. There is no lens or ground glass - the camera is focused on the film surface. ___ FrameWorks mailing list

Re: [Frameworks] Film to digital photo to video on a JK

Hi Sasha, Thanks for posting about that. Nicolas describes here how to make one: http://www.filmlabs.org/docs/telecine16eng.pdf It runs at 18fps and the camera is a FireWire camera. There is no lens or ground glass - the camera is focused on the film surface. It uses a contact on the flywheel to

Re: [Frameworks] Happy Be Day Frameworks

Hi Ken, Thanks for the feedback! FrameWorks is only a text-based mailing list so there are no hyperlinks. I suppose many people read their email on a web browser (for example if you have gmail and you use FireFox to access it). I don't - I have a pop account on my re-voir domain and I use Eudor

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