*A Tribute to Tony Conrad * *Presented by: *
*The Film-Makers' Cooperative* *The Charles S. Cohen Screening Room* *475 Park Ave South, 6th Fl. (corner of E 31st Street)* *New York, NY* 7:30PM Friday, June 3, 2016 The Film-Makers’ Cooperative presents a tribute to the innovative multi-disciplinary artist Tony Conrad, celebrated master of minimalism as filmmaker and musician, teacher and friend of many in the film community. To those who knew him well, his droll, acerbic wit was unmistakable. Tony graced us with his presence performing at The Coop’s benefit events over the years. Our tribute to Tony includes his seminal work *The Flicker* shown on 16mm film,* Straight and Narrow* co-directed with Beverly Conrad, Marie Losier’s magical film portrait *Tony Conrad, DreaMinimalist*, and footage from Issue Project Room’s benefit concert celebrating Conrad’s 75th birthday. Tony Conrad *The Flicker* (1966) 16mm, black and white, 30 min This is a notorious film; it moves audiences into some space and time in which they may look around and find the movie happening in the room there with them. Much has been written about THE FLICKER. It is a library of peculiar visual materials, referenced to the frame-pulse at 24 frames per second. All flickering light is potentially hazardous for photogenic epileptics or photogenic migraine sufferers. Tony Conrad and Beverly Conrad *Straight and Narrow* (1970) 16mm, black and white, 10 min Straight and Narrow is a study in subjective color and visual rhythm. Although it is printed on black and white film, the hypnotic pacing of the images will cause viewers to experience a programmed gamut of hallucinatory color effects. Straight And Narrow uses the flicker phenomenon, not as an end in itself, but as an effectuator of other related phenomena. In this film the colors which are so illusory in The Flicker are visible and under the programmed control of the filmmaker. Also, by using images which alternate in a vibrating flickering schedule, a new impression of motion and texture is created. Marie Losier Tony Conrad, *DreaMinimalis*t (2008), color, sound, 26 min This is a dream portrait of Tony Conrad playing in his studio with costumes and wigs, jumping on beds with Joe Gibbons, playing violin in his home town Buffalo, cooking pickled films, performing at Tonic in NYC, recalling his first hand puppet performances with his mother, his first meeting with Jack Smith and his involvement with Flaming Creatures. Two years of footage and stories and laughter to share. Joel Schlemowitz *Tony Conrad 75th Birthday Concert* (2016) 16mm-toHD, footage from a work-in-progress, 3 min Tony Conrad and Jennifer Walshe filmed March 7, 2015 at ISSUE Project Room's spring benefit at Greene Naftali Gallery, NYC. MM Serra, Executive Director Joel Schlemowitz, Assistant to the Director Insha Fitzpatrick, Administrative Assistant/Film Technician NACG/The Film-Makers' Cooperative 475 Park Ave South, 6th Floor New York, NY 10016 www.film-makerscoop.com
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