Re: Conceptual movies re-take

From: Simon Payne (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Mar 19 2009 - 12:55:11 PDT


Dear Jonathan,

I was wondering whether this project - Instructions
for Films - initiated by Karen Mirza and Brad Butler
at 'nowhere' in London would be interesting to you.
See -
http://www.no-w-here.org.uk/index.php?cat=2&subCat=docdetail&&id=31

Simon

--- Jonathan Walley <email suppressed> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Over a year ago, there was a thread on Frameworks
> called "Conceptual
> Movies," about works identified as "films" that
> existed only as sets
> of instructions, declarations, or ideas. That is,
> "films" that were
> unrealized or, more to the point, never meant to be
> realized (i.e. in
> the film medium). Several frameworkers mentioned the
> Lettrists, and
> referenced some texts in French. Can anyone
> recommend good readings on
> these works, in English?
>
> Along similar lines, can anyone recommend good
> readings on related
> work by Peter Weibel?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jonathan
>
> Jonathan Walley
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Cinema
> Denison University
> Granville, Ohio
> email suppressed
>
>
>
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