tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE Personal Favorites of his Movies

(from late 1975e.v. to december 2011e.v.)

(in order of most recent to oldest - with the exception of the Philosopher's Union Members Mouthpieces & the HiTEC documents - which are organized together regardless of how they fit the overall chronology)

{tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE can be contacted @ <idioideo at verizon dot net>}

This list of personal favorites is highly subject to change.

 

368. a. "Spectral Evidence"

- silent version made for "Sync'd 4" in "3 Rivers Film Festival" intended to have live soundtrack

- shot in Massachusetts from September 12-21, 2011

- camera, direction, editing, effects: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- additional camera, shadowy presences: Amy Catanzano

- additional camera, nature guide, court jestering, Putt-Putt Course: Vermin Supreme

- edit finished October 1, 2011

- 8:28

b. "Spectral Evidence"

- edit finished October 19, 2011

- featuring music by: Arnold Schönberg, Peter Maxwell Davies, HiTEC,

& poetry w/ music by Kenneth Patchen w/ The Chamber Jazz Sextet

(music composed by Allyn Ferguson)

- 1:18:42

c. "Lungs Face Feet @ Sync'd 4"

- edit finished November 11, 2011

- featuring music by "Lungs Face Feet" performed during "Sync'd 4" in "3 Rivers Film Festival" at the Regent Square Theater in Pittsburgh on Thursday, November 10, 2011 - w/ the band showing most of the time - this includes a unique edit of the "Spectral Evidence trailer".

- 41:37

d. "Spectral Evidence trailer" (YouTube version)

- edit finished November 11, 2011

- featuring music by "Lungs Face Feet" performed during "Sync'd 4" in "3 Rivers Film Festival" at the Regent Square Theater in Pittsburgh on Thursday, November 10, 2011 - w/ the band showing during "Verse 1" & the final "Chorus"

- 8:53

e. "Spectral Evidence trailer"

- edit finished November 13, 2011

- featuring music by "Lungs Face Feet" performed during "Sync'd 4" in "3 Rivers Film Festival" at the Regent Square Theater in Pittsburgh on Thursday, November 10, 2011 - but w/o the band showing

- 8:53

 

367. "COLONY"

- shot & edited (etc) by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE @ 4 Mile Trailhead in Boulder, CO; Garden of the Gods, CO; Cave of the winds, CO; & Amy Catanzano's apartment

- stills shot by Paula Gillen at Amy's apartment's Fitness Center & @ 4 Mile Trailhead

- sculptures by Paula Gillen

- kinetic toys & ads from the collection of Amy Catanzano

- mini dv & digital stills -> internet file & DVD & mini-dv

- shot in December 2010, January 2011, May-June 2011 - edit finished August 2011

- 9:11

 

364. a. "Reductionism (A Yr of Sundays with Mono)"

- the movie version of the score (+ the score played) of the audio piece of the same name

- d composer/realizer: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- Thanks to Warren Burt for Pitch-to-MIDI & Cakewalk assistance

- 1997-1998 / 2000 / 2003 / 2011 - finished June, 2011

- 37:24

b. ""Reductionism (A Yr of Sundays with Mono)" + "Interpretive Duncing (The Sum of Multiple "Reductionisms")" + "Artifacts""

- 37:51

 

363. a. "DEPOT (wherein resides the UNDEAD of Franz Kamin)"

- short version made for the March 19, 2011 NORKINFEST in Baltimore

- this covers Franz Kamin's years before he moved to St Paul to recuperate from alcoholism, ie: 1941-1986 & is a compressed synthesis of 357 & 359-362 amongst other footage shot in St Paul, NYC, Barrytown, & Pittsburgh

- super-8mm film & mini-dv & scans -> computer -> mini-dv & DVD-R

- 29:52

- October, 2010 - February, 2011

b. "DEPOT (wherein resides the UNDEAD of Franz Kamin)"

- full length version finished at the end of April, 2011

- 3:40:39

 

354. a. "tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - School of Disembodied Poetics"

- shot at the PAC (Performing Arts Center) & environs of the Naropa University in Boulder, CO on October 8, 2010 by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE & a student from the PAC tech crew

- special thanks to Amy Catanzano for arranging this gig

- edit finished on November 24, 2010 by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 1:49:19

b. "tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - School of Disembodied Poetics" (YouTube version)

- edit finished on November 25, 2010 by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 10:21

 

335. "TV 'News' Commits Suicide"

- starring April Gilmore as Nancy Newscaster/Newswoman & Civic Association meeting attendee; Rich Pell as Officer Such'n'Such; tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE as the Infiltrator; Kelly Stiles as Officer So'n'So & the Man-on-the-street; Deanna Hichcock as the anarchist cook & Civic Association meeting attendee; Julie Gonzalez as questioning Civic Association meeting attendee; joy toujours as Civic Association meeting attendee; & Leah as Civic Association meeting attendee

- concept by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE & Rich Pell

- camera by Kelly Stiles; Rich Pell; & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- catering by Deanna Hitchcock

- script by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- framing graphics & music from Rich Pell

- editing & titles & archival footage & scanning etc from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- shot Monday & Tuesday, September14th & 15th, 2009; edit finished Thursday, September 17th, 2009

- 06:09

 

310. "HiTEC 051 - New Hazlett Theater"

- tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: piano, SysMan, electronics, percussion, spinner, editing, etc..; Tony Balko: camcorder; Ben Opie - reeds, electronics; Kenny Haney: clarinets, balloons ; Spat Cannon: upright acoustic bass; Dani Simmonds: banjo-uke; Roger Dannenberg: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet; Missi St Pierre: toy piano w/ effects; Julian Krishnamurti: electric bass; Johan Nystrom: extended percussion; Kerrith Livengood: alto flute; Ben Harris: violin; Jonathan Borofsky: monome with mabalhabla software; Mike Tamburo: hammered dulcimer; Unfinished Symphonies: electronic keyboard; Joy: electric guitar w/ nylon strings; William Wedler: Experiment 1; Erok: trombone; Stuart Anderson: laptop; James Gyre: drums

- moving cameras: Blissy Ann Higgs, Bill Daniel, Ashley Brickman

- shot Friday, January 9, 2009; edit finished February 4, 2009

- high-definition hard-drive & mini-dv -> mini-DV & DVD-R

- 1:38:42

 

330. a. "The End of Television"

Clockwise from Wheel-of-Fortune: Tony Balko: SM camcorder; tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: electronics, voice; Ben Opie: saxes, Thingamagoop; Kenny Haney: Bb clarinet; James Gyre: darbouka, drum set, flute; Spat Cannon: acoustic bass; Dani Simmonds: ukelele, small banjo, harmonica, darbouka, electronics; Roger Dannenberg: trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet; Josh Beyer: cello; Julian Krishnamurti: electric bass; Johan Nystrom: extended percussion; Hyla Willis: amplified erhu; Ben Harris: violin; Jonathan Brodsky: monome with mabalhabla software; Mike Tamburo: hammered dulcimer, Crowned Eternal, melodica; David Bernabo: electric guitar; William Wedler: Experiment 1; joy toujours: trombone; Unfinished Symphonies: electronic keyboard; Red Bob Jungkunz: drums; Mike Kasunic: synthesizer, flute, percussion

- mostly shot Friday, June 12, 2009; edit finished June 30, 2009

- 1:58:35

b. "Stanley Cup FINAL 2009" (for YouTube)

- 10:30

c. "Stanley Cup FINAL 2009" (revised for YouTube)

- 9:38

 

350. a. "Infinite Monkey Theorem"

- using footage from HiTECs 28F, 29A, 31F, 32A, 46C&G, 47A, 49A, 51-FULL, 58-FULL, 59-FULL, 60-FULL, 61-FULL, 62-FULL, 63-FULL, 70-FULL, 72-FULL

- approximately 52 people in 6 locations were involved in the making of this

- shot between October 5, 2008 & March 13, 2010; edit finished July 1, 2010

- 1:12:56

b. "Infinite Monkey Theorem" (condensed version for YouTube)

- using only footage from HiTECs 28F, 29A, 31F, 32A, 46C&G, 49A, 58-FULL, 70-FULL, 72-FULL

- edit finished July 2, 2010

- 9:30

c. "Narrative" (performance version)

- edit finished July 4, 2010

- 18:21

 

270. "Subtitles (closure version)"

- tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- Organized from left-to-right, top-to-bottom, oldest-to-newest (almost) this presents a 3X3 grid of the 9 main versions of Subtitles that've been made in the last 28 yrs: (regular-8mm) [1981-82 - 019], (super-8mm) [1980-82 - 010], (16mm) [1980-82 - 025], (16mm analyzed) [1980-82/1984 - 037], (rough draft for 3/4") [1980-82/1984/1986 - 041], (overkill) [1980-82/1984/1986/1990 - 137], (June/July '92) [1980-82/1984/1986/1990/1992 - 148], ('final') [1980-82/1984/1986/1990/1992/2002 - 226], & "What happens in the brain while witnessing "Subtitles (16mm version)" - as explained by a brain researcher who's screened the movie for 2 volunteers while their brains were fMRI-scanned" [2005/08 - 267]. All of these have been edited so that they have changes corresponding to those of (16mm) - following the edits made for the (8 simultaneous versions version) [1980-82/1984/1986/1990/1992/2002 - 227]. ADDITIONALLY, this brings some footage to the forefront - both visuals & sound - to make some elements more comprehensible. The ('16mm <- brains') is sometimes added as an overlay, etc.. This "(closure version)" may very well be the last. It's certainly the most complicated to date! It's also a pinnacle of a certain type of formalism in my work that I'm a bit sick of by now - hence "closure" - time to move on.

- regular-8mm, super-8mm, 16mm, VHS, image data files & mini-dv -> computer -> DVD & mini-DV

- 11:58

- brain scanning done early 2005, brain research interview shot april 8, 2005

- edit finished february 27, 2008

 

267. "Subtitles ('16mm <- brains' version)"

- tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- the 16mm version of Subtitles (in VHS transfer) was screened for 2 brain research volunteers while they were being fMRI (functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scanned. This was done w/ the assistance of brain researcher "Pig Pen" at a large institution that chose to remain un-named. This version of Subtitles combines the 16mm version on the left w/ edited relevant excerpts from an interview w/ Pig Pen on the right - additionally mixed w/ brain research data images overlaid on both sides & on the combined sides.

- 16mm, image data files & mini-dv -> computer -> DVD & mini-DV

- 11:58

- 16mm film made 1980-1982, brain scanning done early 2005, brain research interview shot april 8, 2005

- edit finished february 13, 2008

 

266. "Backwards Masking in Rocks"

- tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- using untouched & rewritten texts from:

Ray Palmer & Richard Shaver's "The Secret World - Volume One"

Jacob Aranza's "Backward Masking Unmasked - Backward Satanic Messages of Rock and Roll Exposed"

Suetonius' "The Twelve Caesers"

Marlen Haushofer's "The Wall"

- filching footage from:

Jean-Luc Godard & The Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil"

Flash Gordon episodes

The Compleat Beatles

Rob Reiner's "This is Spinal Tap"

- using music from:

Jefferson Airplane's "Crown of Creation"

Steppenwolf's "The Pusher"

Canned Heat's "Amphetamine Annie"

Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention's "Help, I'm a Rock"

The Official, March 13th, 1993E.V., Medium-Sized Band Who Have Just Put Out Their First Record & Who Will Be Selling Them At The 14 Karat Cabaret For A Fabulously Reasonable Price As Well As At Normal's Music Store At 429 E. 31st St. & Who Are More Wonderful, Original & Imaginative Than Even The Most Overblown Hyperbole Could Possibly Even Begin To Praise & Who Have A Penchant For Long Very-Hard-To-Remember Band Names That Even THEY Find Hard To Remember But How Else Can They Make Laure Drogoul, Baby MaDenney, & The Ever-Lovin' Pam Purdy Laugh Otherwise? - &, Besides, This Is Probably Their Last Show So Why Not Indulge Them A Little, Eh? Incredible Rapidly Shrinking Big Band Orchestra OOMPH!'s "'Patamorphic Institute Spiel"

John Lennon & Yoko Ono's "Revolution 9"

Little Fyodor's "Revolution 9"

- using images from:

Richard Shaver's rock-book paintings & rock photographs

Hustler magazine

Jerome Wycoff's "Rock, Time, and Landforms"

Crescent Books' "Crystals - Symmetry in the Mineral Kingdom"

Experimental Musical Instruments magazine article re the Till Family Rock Band

- starring:

tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE as the rebellious filmmaker

- in the bible scene:

Babs Batera, Adam Grossi, Drew Pavelchak, Ray Herrera, Bill Ritter, Shaun Slifer,

G.G.Allin doll as King Saul

Scott Gibson as the Geologist

- additional camerawork during the "Dance Party Without Dance Music" scenes:

Kelly Stiles & Morgan Cahn

- dancing during the "Dance Party Without Dance Music" scenes: Morgan Cahn

- voice for the Richard Shaver / Ray Palmer texts: Kelly Stiles

- for the Punk Rock scene: Keira - stunt mouth - etta cetera - voice-over

- ALL ELSE (& that's quite alot): tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- mini-DV -> DVD/1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:04:00

- fall, 2006 -> december 12, 2007

 

265. "START" (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE edit)

- made as a collaborative project by approximately the same group of people as 233. "Dead & Breakfast" & 260. "Discontinuous Universe"

- as w/ its predeccessors, this project began when Kelly Stiles (unfortunately w/o April Gilmore this time) came to visit Pittsburgh. Kelly & Morgan & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE thought of a rough outline for a plot wch the whole Sylli G(roup) then fleshed out - often improvisationally while shooting & responding to our many locations.

- as w/ "Dead & Breakfast", the cast performed multiple roles:

Kelly Stiles: initial inspiration, camera, Gorgamesh, sock puppets, costuming, gameboard design, editing (not used in this version) etc..

tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: initial inspiration, camera, MEGALO, Ogre, Butcher of a Satie piano practice, gameboard design, animation, editing, sock puppets, bathroom corpse in "Dead & Breakfast" psychic flashback, 'Teenage Boy' in "Discontinuous Universe" kitchen psychic flashback, latex mask collection, etc..

Morgan Cahn: initial inspiration, camera, Brexskelren Ethetal, WASP, Dag's audience at the Fortuary, Cliff Hanger hooded figure, costuming, gameboard design, sock puppets, house set design etc..

Matthu Stull: initial inspiration, camera, Professor, Prostheseus, Minotaur, music in the "Prostheseus in the Labyrinth" scene, sock puppets, etc..

Michael Loomis: initial inspiration, camera, Pope Dag Hammerskull, Cliff Hanger hooded figure, 'Teenage Boy' in "Discontinuous Universe" kitchen psychic flashback, etc..

Thanks to:

Teresa: camera, Seductress, Giant Owl, Ogre stunt double, sock puppets

Aairyn: camera, sock puppets

the Boat People: Evan, Babz, Patrick, Elli

the mischievous kids:

1st generation: Genly Ai, Ivan

2nd generation: Reyghan, FreeSoul

their parents:

Kalie & D2K - for Reyghan & Genly Ai permission

Alan & Nancy - for Ivan permission

Yvette - for FreeSoul permission

Craig - Guy running by w/ Left-Handed Monkey Wrench in The Alley

Heinz History Center

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Lab:

Insect Cult Members: Walt, Vanessa, Dave, Tim

Robin: protector of the Giant Owl

2 kids in park: protectors of the Giant Owl

Michael's Parisian Friend: camera

Homer & Greenbean: Guinea Pig Oracle(s)

Sarah: Sphinx voice-over

Phipps Conservatory & the Chihuly sculptures

Cathedral of Learning Nationality Rooms

Allegheny Cemetary

Schenley Park

Paris

Pittsburgh

Excelsior Sound Effects CDs

"75 Spectacular Sound Effects" CD

François Rabbath: bass in 2 "Dead & Breakfast" psychic flashbacks of corpses

- mini-DV -> DVD/1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:16:19

- shot in september & october & edited in october & november of 2007

 

264. "The Ballad of CodyodeeodoooO"

- shot while on a boat trip w/ the Boat Kids on the Ohio River in Pennsylvania & West Virginia

- mini-dv -> DVD

- 12:58

- shot june, 2006 - finished april 2, 2007

 

261. a. "Discontinuous Universe" (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE version w/ intertitles)

- made as a collaborative project by approximately the same group of people as 233. "Dead & Breakfast"

- this project began when Kelly Stiles & April Gilmore dumpstered some costumes in Chicago & decided to try to base a movie around them. they thought of a rough outline for a plot wch tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE (& probably others in the cast) then fleshed out. tENT then proposed that multiple edits be made of the material by people in the group. as such, there will hopefully exist at least one more version edited by Kelly Stiles.

- as w/ "Dead & Breakfast", the cast performed multiple roles:

Kelly Stiles: initial inspiration, Alcoholic Unicorn, Jill, camera, etc..

April Gilmore: initial inspiration, Immacular Degeneration the Seahorse, Henchpin, etc..

tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: additional inspiration, H.A.M., camera, editing, etc..

Michael Loomis: Diety of Incontinence, camera, etc..

Matthu Stull: Lisping Mayan Queen, Clive, incidental music, etc..

Von: Computer Pirate, etc..

Cynthia: Gypsy, etc..

Morgan Cahn: Girl Who Doesn't Make it, camera, etc..

Daniel Prince: Evil Henchman of the Diety of Incontinence #4, etc..

Katie Doody: Preppie Mormon Girl w/ Depends on Head Storyteller

Carrie: unknown, etc..

Carlin Christie: camera

Thanks to:

Germaine Fodor for "The Club" & "Letter to M. A."

& to Annie Sprinkle for "The Sprinkle Report"

Pissing Punk #1: Anonymous Wet Hand

Dave America: Rendered Incontinent Trashpicker #1

Pissing Pants: Rendered Incontinent Trashpicker #2

Dusty & 3 friends: 2nd group of Rendered Incontinents

- mini-DV/DVD/1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:01:21

- primarily shot in the fall of 2005 & then edited in the fall of 2006 - finished october 29, 2006

b. "Discontinuous Universe" (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE version w/o intertitles)

- 1:00:00

- finished october 31, 2006

c. "Discontinuous Universe" (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE out-takes version)

- 43:53

- finished november 19, 2006

d. "Discontinuous Universe" (Kelly Stiles' 'almost PG version')

- 35:44

- finished december, 2006

e. "Discontinuous Universe" (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE edit of a, c, & d)

- 1:02:44

- finished december 5, 2009

 

259 "Capitalism is an Ism"

- footage filched from a diversity of sources

- editing. etc: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- mini-DV/DVD

- 6:40

- june, '06

 

253. "B.T.O.U.C."

- made under the name of Tim Ore

- cameras: David Yaffe, Lizard Media Systems, Craig Considine, Kent Bye

- conception, didActing, scanning, editing, etc: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- This is basically a drastically upgraded version of 036 that's different enough to get its own number.

- 1/2" VHS cassette, 35mm slides, mini-DV -> DVD

- 37:53

- '82-'84 / '01-'02 / march '06

 

252. a. "The Hardest Question Ever (audience view version)"

- a quasi-documentary of a puppet show conceived of & performed by etta cetera & Indicator Species

- cameras: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; George Davis; Ross Nugent

- editing, etc: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- mini-DV -> DVD

- 33:36

- october, '05 - february, '06

b. "The Hardest Question Ever (behind-the-scenes version)"

- 35:40

 

251. a. "The Official, November 2nd, 1992EV, Last Man On Earth"

- starring: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- camera: Rebecca Barten

- editing, etc: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 8mm vaudeo ->1/2" VHS cassette -> DVD

- 1:01:47

- november, '92 / january, '06

b. "Last Man On Earth"

- simplified 'performance' version

- 30:43

- november, '92 / january/february, '06

c. "Last Man On Earth"

- simplified 'performance' version w/ sound from April 2, 2006 premier at Modern Formations

- 31:19

- november, '92 / january/february/april, '06

d. "Last Man On Earth" (triple-projection version)

- 31:19

- developed for performance at Garfield Artworks for july 7, 07

e. "Last Man On Earth" (triple-projection reduced to one screen)

- this version has extensive English explanatory notes & subtitles added

f. "Le dernier homme sur terre"

- this version expands upon the preceeding by adding a complete set of titles in French as well

- English-to-Français translating: Dick Turner

- 31:30

 

250. a. "Haircut Paradox"

- titles originally done in iMovie

- starring: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE w/ Julie Gonzalez: barbering

- concept & editing, etc: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- mini-DV -> DVD

- 14:41

- october/december, '05

b. "Haircut Paradox"

- titles redone in Final Cut Pro

- starring: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE w/ Julie Gonzalez: Civilian Barber

- 13:52

- october/december, '05; march/april, '06

 

248. "Story of a Fructiferous Society"

- credited to: The Ballooning One & The Forked One of the Fructiferous Society

- texts culled from many sources - prominent amongst wch is Umberto Eco's _The Search for the Perfect Language_

- shot in Montréal, Berlin, & Pittsburgh

- as usual, most of everything (camera, editing, texts, concept, etc..) by: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- some additional camerawork provided by Monty Cantsin, Kent Bye, etta cetera

- sound primarily from: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE w/ assistance from etta cetera & Ben Opie

- 1/2" reel vaudeo -> 1/2" VHS cassette & 35mm stills & mini-DV -> DVD

- 1:26:00

- '81 / '97 / '05 / etc..

Otherzine issue 17 article

 

242. "Ledger of St Dermain"

- shot in a limestone mine in Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania

- slides, slidestrip, super-8, sampling, scripting, editing, etc: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- mini-DV camcorder: Who is like God? (Pestel)

- sound: Who is like God?s

- lighting: Jarrett Buba

- film to video transfers: Jesse McLean

- Earl Ballard played by: Johnny Evans

- APPARITION of ST Dermain played by: John Allen Gibel

- Thanks to Daniel Bruce for mine access

- mini-DV + slides + slidestrip + super-8 -> DVD

- 6:53

- shot in the spring & summer of '04 / edit made in december '04

 

241. "booed usic"

- thanks to Lindsay Ruprecht for translating from English into Spanish

- 1/2" VHS cassette + 16mm + PXL-2000 + super-8mm + slides -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 36:00

- (mostly) shot january 24, '84 - august 13, '88 / edit finished march, '04

 

239. "We are all UNEQUAL under the LAW & THAT is its PURPOSE: Jackie Chan Crime Story"

- VHS

- 13:46

- january 14, '04

 

238. "Money Against Capitalism & May Day 2000 in Melbourne, Australia"

- incorporating in its entirety the Access News / SKA TV May Day 2000 piece

- VHS

- 13:21

- may '00 / january '04

- May Day

- Anarchist World this Week

 

232. a. "Harps & Angles"

- to be attributed to "Who is like God?s"

- a quasi-documentary about the "Harps & Angles" installation by "Who is like God?s"

- cameras: Who is like God?s (Pestel & Tolson), Steffi Domike, Bob Gunderson, etta cetera

- starring: Who is like God?s, Steve Boyle, James Knopf, Elise Springer, Hyla Willis, Alex Smith, the vaudience, Michael Pestel's "Sound Art" class, Mark Dixon, Florian Cramer, Michael Johnsen, Greg Pierce, a boy & his dad

- DAT recording: James Knopf

- sampling & all else: Who is like God? (Tolson)

- mini-DV, 1/2" VHS cassette, CD, & DAT -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:54:20

- shot: march - june, '03 / edited: july - september, '03

b. "Harps & Angles" (rough edit of 'performance' version)

- 42:45

- shot: march - june, '03 / edited: july - september/december, '03

c. "Harps & Angles" ('performance' version)

- 28:29

- shot: march - june, '03 / edited: july - september/december, '03

 

226. a. "Cuntralia"

- shot in Centralia, PA & Baltimore, MD & Pittsburgh, PA

- black & white negative 35mm filmstrip w/ CD soundtrack

- 15:55

- april, 02 - august, 02

b. "Cuntralia"

- shot in Centralia, PA & Baltimore, MD & Pittsburgh, PA

- black & white negative 35mm filmstrip w/ CD soundtrack

- 5:05

- april, 02 - august, 02

c. "Cuntralia"

- shot in Centralia, PA & Baltimore, MD & Pittsburgh, PA

- black & white negative 35mm filmstrip w/ CD soundtrack

- version meant to be screened via broken "Communicator" portable filmstrip projector

- 1:15

- april, 02 - august, 02

d. "Cuntralia"

- credited to Tim Ore

- shot in Centralia, PA & Baltimore, MD & Pittsburgh, PA

- 1/2" VHS camcorder shooting in Centralia & in sickness scene: Tim Ore; 1/2" VHS camcorder shooting in "Travelling Salesman" scene: Scott Carney; 1/2" VHS camcorder shooting in surgical staples removal scene: Olivia Ciummo; super-8 shooting in "Travelling Salesman" scene: Greg Pierce; starring: Varda & Tim Ore & Lamar Mervine (the 86 year-old mayor of Centralia) as themselves; also starring: Olivia Ciummo & Jessi-Fay Silver as the 'housewives' in the "Travelling Salesman" scene & Jessi-Fay Silver as the nurse in the surgical staples removal scene; Voice-Overs: Tim Ore as himself & Jessi-Fay Silver as Valda; thanks to Ron Douglas for the use of his computer for minor editing

- 1/2" VHS cassette + black & white negative 35mm filmstrip w/ CD soundtrack + super-8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 15:35

- april, 02 - september, 02

 

220. a. "Multiple Projections - 1981-2002" {resumé style version}

- shot in BalTimOre, Montréal, Dundee (Scotland), Kansas City (Missouri), Pittsburgh, & Melbourne

- video disc + super-8mm frames (-> 35mm slide) + VHS + super-8mm + 16mm + 35mm slides + 35mm filmstrips + 35mm motion pictures -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 14:54

- march, 02

b. "Multiple Projections - 1981-2002"

- 6:31

- march, 02

c. "Multiple Projections - 1978-2002"

- 2:11

- march, 02

d. "Multiple Projections - 1978-2002"

- 5:51

- april 1, 02

e. "Multiple Projections - 1978-2009" (for YouTube)

- 10:00

- edit finished october, 09

 

219. a. "Guitarists Anonymous Withdrawal Aids"

- shot in Pittsburgh & BalTimOre

- 35mm filmstrip + live sample playing

- indeterminate duration

- january, 02

b. "Guitarists Anonymous Withdrawal Aids"

- 35mm slides + live sample playing

- indeterminate duration

- january, 02

c. "Guitarists Anonymous Withdrawal Aids"

- 35mm slides + studio soundtrack of sample playing

- 32:00

- february, 02

d. "Guitarists Anonymous Withdrawal Aids"

- 35mm filmstrip + 35mm slides + studio soundtrack of sample playing + mini-DV + 1/2" VHS cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 32:17

- december 11, 01 - march 16, 02

e. "Guitarists Anonymous Withdrawal Aids"

- w/ the addition of a few crdedit titles including Kent Bye etta cetera for camera & Michael Pestel & Eric Myers for instruments & instrument playing as well as Alex Van Ness, Greg Pierce, & Daryl Fleming as guitar addicts & Linda Gielec as a success story

- 35mm filmstrip + 35mm slides + studio soundtrack of sample playing + mini-DV + 1/2" VHS cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette -> computer -> mini-DV & DVD-R

- 32:41

- december 11, 01 - march 16, 02 / April 23, 09

 

216. "A Slide Show by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE"

- slides originally assembled in this order in november of 1999 by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- transferred to mini-DV by Kent Bye in the fall of 2001

- narration from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- in-computer editing & additional photo insertions by Kent Bye

- 35mm slides & voice -> mini-DV -> computer -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 43:53

- november, 99 / fall, 01

 

196. a. "In Perplexing Pursuit of the Prodigy Paleontologist" {version 1}

- shot in Northern California @ Lassen National Volcanic Park & @ Founders Grove, Humboldt Redwoods State Park

- 35mm Möbius strip filmstrip & audio cassette

- 18:25

- october '98 / march '99

b. "In Perplexing Pursuit of the Prodigy Paleontologist" {version 2}

- shot at the Southern Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, at the Painted Desert & Petrified Forest in New Mexico, & at a lava field in New Mexico

- 35mm Möbius strip filmstrip & audio cassette

- 17:31

- october '98 / march '99

 

194. a. "Air Drops" {filmstrip version}

- quasi-documentation of a project in collaboration with Delta Bravo

- with the assistance of Juliet Lima & Sierra Lima Foxtrot November

- 35mm filmstrip

- indefinite duration

- september-november '98

b. "Air Drops" {vaudeo version 1}

- tANGO, aLPHA cHARLIE

- quasi-documentation of a project in collaboration with Delta Bravo

- with the assistance of Alpha Charlie, Juliet Lima, Juliet Papa, Sierra Lima Foxtrot November, & Mike Juliet

- 35mm filmstrip, 8mm vaudeo, slides, stills, audio cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 19:30

- september '97 - september '98

c. "Air Drops" {vaudeo version 2}

- using snippets from Current Affairs Films' "UFO'S: WHO'S WATCHING US?" & George Antheil's 2nd Piano Sonata: "The Airplane" (1st movement)

- 35mm filmstrips, 8mm vaudeo, slides, stills, audio cassettes -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 14:20

- september '97 - november '98

 

192. "Death Bed Aerobics"

- Party Teen on Couch #2 etta cetera

- 2 35mm filmstrips & audio cassette

- 4:45

- july '98

 

189. a. "Volunteers Collective"

- using footage from: "The Widening of Peripheral Vision" (VC "3") (super 8) by John Berndt; "Color Bars" (using sound from VCs 10, 11, 15, 16, 17) (see #160), "Volunteers Collective XII - The Last Transmission From the Short & Happy Life of a Meteorite Nudist Camp" (see #158); Volunteers Collective 18 (super 8) by Alisa Dix; Volunteers Collective 19: "Vexations" (1/2" VHS cassette) by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; Volunteers Collective 21 (16mm) shot by Alisa Dix & directed & edited by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; Volunteers Collective 23 (1/2" VHS cassette) by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; "The Department of Good Places to Live Presents: Volunteers Collective XXIV" (8mm vaudeo -> 1/2" VHS cassette) (see #174) shot by Alisa Dix & edited & effected by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; Volunteers Collective 26 (1/2" VHS cassette) by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; "Frothing Catatonic Siamese Twins Volunteers Collective 27 d composing Mozart Release Party" (8mm vaudeo -. 1/2" VHS cassette) (see #179) shot by Michael Johnsen & edited by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; Volunteers Collective in the Welker Room @ Chatham, March 30, '97 (8mm vaudeo -> 1/2" VHS cassette) shot & effected by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; Volunteers Collective near the Implosion of 500 Wood St, May 25, '97 (super 8) by Sharyn Lee Frederick & Michael Johnsen; Volunteers Collective @ the Anonymous Family Reunion @ Ringing Rocks State Park (near Pottstown), August 30, '97 (8mm vaudeo -> 1/2" VHS cassette) (see #181) by Anonymous; Volunteers Collective @ the Anonymous Family Reunion @ Sonambient Theater #1, August 30, '97 (8mm vaudeo -> 1/2" VHS cassette) (see #181) by Anonymous; Volunteers Collective @ the Anonymous Family Reunion @ Sonambient Theater #2, August 31, '97 (8mm vaudeo -> 1/2" VHS cassette) (see #181) by Anonymous; Volunteers Collective @ Chatham Pool, October 26, '97 (8mm vaudeo) shot by Michael Pestel & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; "Background Movie for Home Music: Home" (see #183); "Background Movie for Home Music: Light Motion" [should be "Hurry"] (see #184); Volunteers Collective @ Jessica Rustler's Gongs @ Chatham, February 15, '98 (8mm vaudeo) - shot by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; Volunteers Collective @ the National Aviary, February 22, '98 (8mm vaudeo) - shot by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; & Volunteers Collective "A Year of Sundays" Release Party @ Chatham Pool, March 29, '98 - shot & edited by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE & disrupted by Michael Pestel

- edited & effected etc by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- super 8 & 1/2" reel vaudeo & 8mm vaudeo & 1/2" VHS cassette & 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:30:00

- from app. '90 or '91 to march '98

b. "Volunteers Collective" {superimposition version 1}

- w/ visuals superimposition assistance from James Knopf

- this version superimposes the visuals of the 1st half-hour + the 2nd half-hour + the 3rd half-hour

- stereo w/ the sound from the 1st half-hour in the left & the 2nd half-hour in the right

- 30:00

- from app. '90 or '91 to march '98 & july/august '01

c. "Volunteers Collective" {superimposition version 2}

- w/ visuals superimposition assistance from James Knopf

- this version superimposes the visuals of the 1st half-hour + the 2nd half-hour + the 3rd half-hour

- stereo w/ the sound from the middle half-hour panning between left & right

- 30:00

- from app. '90 or '91 to march '98 & july/august '01

d. "Volunteers Collective" {superimposition version 3}

- w/ visuals superimposition assistance from James Knopf

- this version superimposes the visuals of the 1st half-hour + the 2nd half-hour + the 3rd half-hour

- stereo w/ the sound from b. & c. combined

- 30:00

- from app. '90 or '91 to march '98 & july/august '01

 

185. "Background Movies for Home Music: Light Motion" [should be Hurry]

- directed by & DidActed in by Party Teen on Couch No. 2

- extensive technical assistance & collaboration Dave Lahn

- acted in by Miss Notworthy

- partially lifting material from the Body Voyage CD-ROM & from the Internet

- 8mm vaudeo -> edited & manipulated via computer -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:41

- december '97

 

181. "Egy Gyümölcsérlö Társulat Története"

- 1/2" VHS cassette

- 20:30

- mid '97 - '98

 

177. "The Postman Always Rings the Homunculous of Woody Allen & Hollis Frampton Twice"

- 35mm filmstrip & audio cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 8:24

- july '96

 

176. "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"

- a collection of footage donated to me by John Berndt (4 X 50'), Mannette Letter (2 X 50'), Laure Drogoul (app 50'), Richard/Susan Henderson (2 X 50'), Florian Cramer (app 8 X 50'), Gen Ken Montgomery (7 X 50'), Boris Wanowitch (50'), Monty Cantsin/Istvan Kantor (app 10'); + excerpts from a home-movie version of "War and Peace"; + "porno" made by "unknowns"; + excerpts from "Mike Film" (see #3), "Crab Feast(s)" (see #11), "Luskin's" (see #56), "International Neoist/Tourist Day" (see #60), "Sponging off the Mandlebrot Set" (see #128), + out-takes from "Balling Tim Ore is Best" (see #49), "6 Fingers Crossed Country T.Ore/Tour" (see #55), "Vex 1990E.V." (see #135); + the entirety of "It's Not A Matter of Life & Death: Part Z: Stereo Brain (preface)" (see #62) & "Re-Runs" (see #132); + previously unused footage labelled: "Finish Off the Roll Film Using Intervalometer Shot from my House to Second Story Books to the Science Fiction Book Store etc..", "'Live' Autopsy" (shot for me by Martha Colburn w/ the assistance of Bill Haas), & "Funny Farm Disco Room"; + footage shot especially for it including the title, credit, & "Satanic Liposuction" scene (shot by Greg Pierce), etc..

- (cr)edited (to/)by anonymous

- soundtrack provided by Anonymous, John Berndt, & Gen Ken Montgomery

- super 8

- 1:17:00

- (footage from '78 - '98) edited from fall '95 - summer '98

b. "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"

- revised to include screening footage from Orgone Cinema 1999 five projector version, 2000 Melbourne Super-8 Club version w/ explication & reel change tarot reading, 2007 Jefferson Presents explication from S. Cannon, John Allen Gibel & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- super-8, 1/2" VHS cassette, & mini-DV -> DVD/mini-DV

- 1:25:07

- finished april 6, '07

 

172. a. "The Department of Maybe Presents: Problem-Solving Demonstration"

- a collaboration w/ Julia Dzwonkoski

- 8mm vaudeo

- any duration up to 55:00

- november 4, '95

b. "El Departamento de Quizás Presenta: una Demostración de Soluciones de Rompecabezas"

- the Spanish version

- thanks to Megan Rooney & Lindsay Ruprecht for playing the game & to Jarrett Buba for having the patience to help me w/ the tedious technicalities

- 1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:17:35

- january 29, '94

 

163. "Funny Farm Summit Meeting"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 14:00

- august '94 - july '95

 

161. "Diszey Spots"

- 16mm

- 11:20

- october-december '93

 

154. "National Cancer Institute Documentary"

- 16mm

- 3:20

- '93

 

148. a. "Subtitles (june/july '92 version)" {version 1}

- regular 8, super 8, unsplit regular 8, 16mm, 1/2" VHS cassette, 8mm vaudeo -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 12:30

- '80-'82/'84/'86/'90/'92

b. "Subtitles (june/july '92 version)" {version 2}

- edited to parallel the 18 sections of the 16mm version for multiply projecting 8 versions simultaneously

- 11:58

- '80-'82/'84/'86/'90/'92/november 3 & 4, '02

 

145. a. "Bob Cobbing/Movie Trivia/Hypnopedagogy"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette (single layer fish-eye transfer w/ white spandex screen)

- 28:30 or 57:00

- '91-'93

b. "Bob Cobbing/Movie Trivia/Hypnopedagogy"

- 16mm (double layer optical print)

- 29:45 or 59:30

- '91-'94

 

144. a. "The "Official" John Lennon's Erection as Blocking Our View Homage & Cheese Sandwich"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 25:30

- '90-'92

b. "The "Official" John Lennon's Erection as Blocking Our View Homage & Cheese Sandwich" ("techno-sensualist" version)

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 25:30

- '90-'93

c. "The "Official" John Lennon's Erection as Blocking Our View Homage & Cheese Sandwich"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:24:00

 

118. a. "4 Months Away From Harm City"

- w/ Laura A. Trueseal & Pete Horobin

- slides, PXL-2000, & 1/2" VHS cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 3:30:00

- '88

b. "Homeless Movies" {version 1}

- 2:00:00

- '88-'90

c. "Homeless Movies" {version 2}

- w/ titles, etc..

{there are actually 2 other intermediary versions between "b." & "c."

that are basically preparatory for "c." & therefore not "worth" listing separately}

 

93. "You Haven't Heard the Record, You Haven't Read the Book, Now! Don't See the Movie!"

- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 27:00

- '88

 

Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpieces:

{this project was initiated by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE as a proposed series of 50,000 mouths in close-up discussing the philosophies of their heads/bodies

- All listed are collaborations between the person named in the title & whoever vaudeoed them

- all those #ed as a continuation of the Movieography #ing were shot by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE & have #s showing their correct place in the overall Movieography

- usually w/ assistance from Laura A. Trussell

- all others were shot by those credited next to the title

- the full titles always begin w/ "Philosopher's Union Member's Mouthpiece:"

- this has been deleted in the following list for simplicity's sake..

- all mouthpieces are usually app 5:50 but sometimes vary by a few minutes

- all mouthpieces have been shot w/ a PXL-2000 camera & transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette}

75. #00,003: "John Berndt" - '88

80. #00,008: "Casandra vonRinteln-Hambleton" - '88

87. #00,015: "Emma Elizabeth Downing" - '88

92. #00,020: "John Sheehan" - '88

{all of the preceding have been transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette & digitally processed & titled}

96. #00,022: "L.A.W." - '88

97. #00,023: "Inoralsect" - '88

105. #00,028: "Sianed" - '88

106. #00,029: "Dip Mandazi" - '88

107. #00,030: "Stefan Szczelkun" - '88

{the preceding 20 were tinted & titled & interpolated, in excerpt(s), into "Homeless Movies"}

120. #00,050: "Vermin "A.K.A. Mr. Skull" Supreme" - '88

121. #00,051: "Janor Hypercleets" - '89

135. #00,061: "Bob Huff" - March 31, '90

187. #00,072: "etta cetera" - July 12, '98

{the 5 digit #s preceding the name indicate the approximate order in the proposed series of 50,000 in wch they were shot - since others may've been shot w/o my knowledge etc.., this list is approximate}

 

49. "Balling Tim Ore is Best"

- Dick Hertz & Tim Ore (ie: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE)

- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 16:00

- august '85

 

42. "Neoist Guide Dog"

- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 2:30

- '84

 

29. a. "Pee on "Bob"'s Head" {version 1}

- shot by Lizard Media Systems

- directed & DidActed in by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 1/2" VHS cassette

- 7:40

- early '83

b. "Pee on "Bob"'s Head" {version 2}

- reshot off TV screen by Chris [last name forgotten]

- 16mm (mostly negative) w/ optical sound

- 10:40

 

25. a. "Subtitles (16mm version)" {version 1}

[in the collection of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Audio-Visual Department]

- 16mm

- 9:55 (at 24FPS)

- '80-'82

b. "Subtitles (16mm version)" {version 2}

- 12:30

 

15. a. "Paper Dolls in Dava's Class"

- shot by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE & Sally Hutchins (1/2" reel vaudeo)

- directed & edited to 1/2" VHS cassette by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 3:00

- summer '81 (etc..)

b. "Paper Dolls in Dava's Class"

- january '97 edit by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 2:27

 

6. a. "3 Mile Island" {version 1}

- made as part of B.O.M.B. (the Baltimore Oblivion Marching Band a.k.a. a roving band of defiant youths a.k.a. No Name Interaction/Reaction Group)

- shot by John Ellsberry (1/2" reel vaudeo), Bob Dorsey (super 8), & Grace Zaccardi (slides)

- transfer & edit to 3/4" & colorizing: John Ellsberry, Bob Dorsey, Grace Zaccardi, Doug Retzler, & Richard Ellsberry

- 3/4" edit: 30:00

- april 3, '79 (etc..)

b. "3 Mile Island" {version 2}

- edit to 1/2" VHS cassette: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 12:00

c. "3 Mile Island" {version 3}

- january '97 edit from 1/2" VHS cassette to 1/2" VHS cassette: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 14:30

d. "3 Mile Island" {version 4}

- august '99 edit from 1/2" VHS cassette to 1/2" VHS cassette: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 4:30

 

4. "Ghost*

(of Lamar "Chip" Layfield / Carol / Pat Brown /tentatively, a convenience)

(of films by entities other than myself)

of my Mike Film project

* - a Projectionist's Nightmare"

- super 8 (an 'inappropriate' 1/2" VHS cassette version exists)

- indefinite duration

- fall '78 (etc..)

b. "Ghost*

(of Lamar "Chip" Layfield / Carol / Pat Brown /tentatively, a convenience)

(of films by entities other than myself)

of my Mike Film project

* - a Projectionist's Nightmare"

- DVD (combines mini-DV footage of March 31, 2007 Jefferson Presents screening w/ above-mentioned 'inappropriate' transfer)

- 15:18

- fall, '78 / march/april '07

- finished april 4, 2007

 

3. "Mike Film"

- super 8

- indefinite duration

- fall '78

 

to the tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE movie-making "Press: Criticism, Interviews, Reviews" home-page

to the "tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - Sprocket Scientist" home-page

to the "FLICKER" home-page for the alternative cinematic experience

to find out more about why the S.P.C.S.M.E.F. (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Sea Monkeys by Experimental Filmmakers) is so important

for A Mere Outline for One Aspect of a Book on Mystery Catalysts, Guerrilla Playfare, booed usic, Mad Scientist Didactions, Acts of As-Beenism, So-Called Whatevers, Psychopathfinding, Uncerts, Air Dressing, Practicing Promotextuality, Imp Activism, etc..

for info on tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE's tape/CD publishing label: WIdémoUTH

to see an underdeveloped site re the N.A.A.M.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Multi-Colored Peoples)