Re: shutterless projection

From: Tony Conrad (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Jun 09 2008 - 07:09:24 PDT


Yeah------

It makes me think the same thing... I wish I had the time.............

-----t0ny

On Mon Jun 9 9:33 , Freya <email suppressed> sent:

>What do you mean by this Tony?
>What were the films like?
>Did they consist of the same stills repeated over a
>series of frames?
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>Please tell us all about these forgotten and fabulous
>pieces! :)
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>love
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>Freya
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>--- Tony Conrad email suppressed> wrote:
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>> Also, in the later 1970s Barbara Lattanzi, Diego
>> Cortez, Kevin Fix, Michael Snow, and others made
>> films comprised of short film strips or even slides,
>> in many of which the
>> shutter operation was irrelevant. Most of these
>> fabulous pieces are unfortunately all but forgotten
>> now.
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>> -----t0ny
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>> On Sun Jun 8 18:59 , Jonathan Walley
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>> >Dear Frameworkers,
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>> >I'm curious if anyone has heard of an experimental
>> film from the 60s -
>> >70s that was intended to be projected with the
>> shutter from the
>> >projector removed. I know Sharits made references
>> to doing this in one
>> >of his essays (in the Film Culture devoted to him
>> from 1976, or was it
>> >78?), but it wasn't clear if he did this publicly
>> or "in this studio,"
>> >so to speak, just as an experiment. But I seem to
>> recall that there was
>> >someone else who made a film specifically for a
>> modified projector sans
>> >shutter. Any ideas? And, if this is something that
>> is being done now by
>> >anyone, I'd love to hear about that, too.
>> >
>> >Thanks in advance!
>> >
>> >Best,
>> >
>> >Jonathan
>> >
>> >Jonathan Walley
>> >Assistant Professor, Cinema Department
>> >Denison University
>> >Granville, Ohio 43023
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>>http://www.denison.edu/academics/departments/cinema/jwalley.html
>> >
>> >
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>> Tony Conrad 716-400-8738
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>> Department of Media Study, Center for the Arts 231,
>> University at Buffalo 14260
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Tony Conrad 716-400-8738

Department of Media Study, Center for the Arts 231, University at Buffalo 14260

190 Bedford Av, Ste 126
Brklyn NY 11211

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