Re: [Frameworks] The code of

From: anja ross (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Jul 05 2010 - 14:29:54 PDT


Dear Tony Conrad,
sorry man for your written words!

ANJA C. ROSS

2010/7/5 Tony Conrad <email suppressed>

> Hi---------
>
> My "The Flicker" has many of the characteristics mentioned in this
> discussion.
> Totally binary in its main content, it is in many respects indestructible.
> The
> sound and titles are analog, however. Kubelka's score is more pointilist
> than
> mine, which can be deciphered from published illustrations. You might refer
> to
> Branden Joseph's wonderful treatment in "Beyond the Dream Syndicate."
>
> -----------t0ny
>
>
> On Mon 07/05/10 2:31 AM , Evan Meaney email suppressed sent:
> > 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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