Re: The Tank

From: Cari Machet (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Aug 21 2006 - 12:46:42 PDT


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*This week [August 20 - 27, 2006] in avant garde cinema*

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On 8/21/06, Freya <email suppressed> wrote:
>
> I've searched my mail but this seems to be the first
> mail I have received on this topic.
>
> I havn't seen any cynical criticism or comment of any
> kind and I looked and looked in my mail folder. Am I
> not getting certain mails?
>
> love
>
> Freya
>
> --- Susan Agliata <email suppressed> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would like to clarify the mission of The Tank and
> > address some issues a
> > few individuals seem to have with the submission
> > process:
> >
> > The Tank is a not-for-profit organization for the
> > visual and performing
> > arts and operates with an almost entirely volunteer
> > staff to program,
> > manage, and maintain the venue. New works find a
> > home here, artists find
> > an environment where they can create as well as
> > present, and audiences
> > find welcoming ticket prices to a dynamic schedule
> > that has given
> > unconventional programming a stage in the heart of
> > Manhattan.
> >
> > The Tank keeps only a very small percentage of the
> > ticket sales to the
> > screenings and the remainder is given DIRECTLY to
> > the artists/filmmakers.
> > Once again, the programmers/organizers do not
> > receive financial
> > compensation.
> >
> > A submission fee for festivals and screening
> > opportunities is standard
> > practice and is necessary to pay bills and rent for
> > running a monthly
> > screening in Tribeca. All submission fees go
> > directly towards maintenance
> > of the venue and once again the organizers are not
> > compensated financially
> > through these fees.
> >
> > It is truly disheartening to me that this has been
> > met with such cynical
> > criticism. The Tank is merely one venue of a
> > community of non-profit
> > organizations dedicated to screening
> > underrepresented experimental film
> > and video to the public on a continuing basis, and
> > it is integral that
> > this endeavor is sustained through the support of
> > the greater experimental
> > moving picture community.
> >
> > --
> > Susan Agliata
> > The Tank: New York Experimental
> > email suppressed
> > www.thetanknyc.org
> >
> >
> >
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