Re: [Frameworks] The code of "Arnulf Rainer"

From: anja ross (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Jul 05 2010 - 03:06:21 PDT


Hi Frameworks Participiants,
To mention: Let 's speak about Birgit Hein's films. I studied with her but
honestly I am not convinced anymore about her films and how she is managing
to create her films.
But nevertheless,
now I do this what I find well and o.k. for me.

Took quite a long way,

Anja

2010/7/5 anja ross <email suppressed>

> Hi Framewok Participiants,
> I have an 16 mmm film let developed and the result was disgusting. Now I
> want to paint on the film. Might it possible to tell me which ink is the
> best for this?
>
> All the best, but I would like to mention: I am not good for talks about
> films.
> I am not a filmhistorians at all.
>
> A good day, Anja
>
>
> PS: Kubelkas films I watched at the HBK, Braunschweig, Filmklasse, but now
> I am in Berlin!
>
> 2010/7/5 Evan Meaney <email suppressed>
>
> Hi Björn:
>>
>> It's funny, I'm actually teaching a class about codes and sequences in
>> cinema in the fall, stateside - Kubelka's AR is an important part of the
>> syllabus. I haven't found a ton of work about the *specific* code at work
>> in AR but I was lucky enough to see him speak a few years ago about it. He
>> said that he was interested in having the exact same amount of light and
>> dark hit the screen over the duration of the piece. The presence and absence
>> of information equalizing one another. Ditto for the sound, where the noise
>> ( I forget it if it's just white noise or something more particular at the
>> moment) contrasts directly with the silence.
>>
>> I would love, love, love to see that rock
>> and find out that exact equation.
>> If someone out there has it, do let us know.
>>
>> All the best,
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> On Jul 4, 2010, at 6:13 PM, Lundgren wrote:
>>
>> I remeber reading about Peter Kubelka saying something about that Arnulf
>>
>> Rainer was the only eternal film, that he would write down the
>> concept/code/script/equation/whatever on a rock and then when all other
>> works of cinema had faded away (by technical death or whatever) his could
>> allways be recreated perfectly in its intended form.
>>
>> Anyway, what I was interested in was that form. Does anyone know if he
>> ever
>> spoke of the "code" or has anyone with access to a film copy been able to
>> determine it?
>>
>> A secondary question is also this: What is the technical form of the
>> "soundtrack"?
>>
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