tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE Filmography
(from late 1974e.v. to late 2000e.v.)
(in order of most recent to oldest)
{tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE can be contacted @ <anon@fyi.net>}
203. a. "Where We're"
- w/ text written by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera
- w/ readings from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; etta cetera; Sharyn Lee Neccai; John Evans; Phat Man Dee
- synthesizer usic from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE w/ violin samples from David Prentice
- shot in Pittsburgh; Founders Grove, Humboldt Redwoods State Park; Black Rock City, Nevada (during Burning Man '99); etc.. - using found filmstrips provided by Jubal Brown + 35mm motion picture film provided by Laura Kikauka
- 35mm filmstrip w/ prerecorded sound
- 2:03:30
- october '98 - november '99
b. "Where We're"
- w/ transfer assistance from John Evans
- 35mm filmstrip & recorded sound transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette both as a filmstrip & as a 35mm film (this latter in 16 ways)
c. "Where We're Trailer #1"
- 35mm filmstrip & recorded sound transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette as a 35mm film (in 16 ways)
- 11:16
d. "Where We're Trailer #2"
- 35mm filmstrip & recorded sound transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette as a 35mm film (in 8 ways)
- 5:37
e. "Where We're" (w/ Windsor Generic Tour)
- In the collection of Peter "Brainpang" Warner
- similar to a. except that various vaudeo f/x are used as well as slightly more complicated transfer techniques + footage from the Generic Tour in Windsor is added + a snippet of mystery footage + additional sound from "Livid at the Schmaltzwald" by John Henry Nyenhuis & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- 2:01:56
f. "Where We're" (w/ Windsor Generic Tour, etc..)
- similar to e. except that additional footage from the Pittsburgh Generic Tour, the "Black Rectangle over the Eye" presentation in Baltimore (that involved a screening of the filmstrip version of "Where We're"), & the American Urological Association is inserted
- 2:01:56
201. a. "Shuffle Mode"
- 35mm filmstrip w/ spoken or prerecorded sound
- 3:03
- september - october '99
b. "Shuffle Mode"
- slide show w/ spoken or prerecorded sound
- variable duration - app. 5:00
195. 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. "Say Cheese! - 5 Days in Wisconsin"
- a trip thru the House on the Rock to Dreamtime Village to Dr. Evermor's Forevertron to Sid Boyum's backyard to the Hmong Reception & Banquet for General Vang Pao at the La Crosse Civic Arena
- with the assistance of etta cetera
- 35mm filmstrip & audio cassette
- 53:27
- october '98 - january '99
193. 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. "A History of the Toronto Railway Lands Central & West - Part 3"
- tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera
- 35mm filmstrip
- indefinite duration
- august '98
191. "Death Bed Aerobics"
- Party Teen on Couch #2 etta cetera
- 2 35mm filmstrips & audio cassette
- 4:45
- july '98
176. "The Postman Always Rings the Homunculous of Woody Allen & Hollis Frampton Twice"
- 35mm filmstrip & audio cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 8:24
- july '96
175. "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
{170. a. "Collective Film Production"
- made by The Embodiment of the Institute - mainly instigated & w/ found footage provided by Terry Klein
- vaudeo portion shot by Julia Dzwonkoski & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- super 8 manipulations by Terry Klein, Julia Dzwonkoski, Ghen Dennis, tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, Jody Lafond, Barb Lattanzi, Keith Sanborn, & Anya Lewin
- 8mm vaudeo & super 8 -> 8mm vaudeo
- 18:30
- october 24, '95
b. "Collective Film Production"
- 8mm vaudeo & super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 15:54
- october 24, '95 / may 16, '99
c. "Collective Film Production"
- 8mm vaudeo & super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 15:36
- october 24, '95 / may 17, '99
- my contribution was somewhat small - hence the bracketing}
167. a. "Volunteers Collective 21"
- in collaboration with Orgone Cinema, Sharyn Lee Frederick, & David Prentice (shot by Alisa Dix)
- 'directed' by & played in by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- {unfinished}
- 16mm sound
- app. 12:00
- July '95
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- limited interest almost presentable fall '96 edit by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
166. "Peterson's Restaurant"
- in collaboration w/ Orgone Cinema (shot by Michael Johnsen)
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 14:56
- 1st 1/2 of '95
165. "Grounded!"
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 6:00
- May '95
164. "How Orgone Cinema Treats Its Visiting Filmmakers"
- in collaboration w/ Orgone Cinema (shot by Michael Johnsen)
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 5:40
- january-may '95
163. "Funny Farm Summit Meeting"
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 14:00
- august '94 - july '95
162. a. "Psychological Playfair"
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 5:30
- march-may '94
b. "Boota"
- 16mm & 1/2" VHS cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 5:58
161. "Diszey Spots"
- 16mm
- 11:20
- october-december '93
154. "National Cancer Institute Documentary"
- 16mm
- 3:20
- '93
149. a. "Our"
- w/ Rebecca Barten
- 16mm (silent)
- 11:49
- '92
b. "Our"
-> 1/2" VHS cassette (w/ sound)
- '92/'93
c. "Our"
-> 1/2" VHS cassette (telephoto circle transfer)(w/ sound)
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
- '90-'95
141. "Double Height" {pronounced like "Hate"}
- 2 regular 8 films for 2 side-by-side projections (also transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette)
- 2:00
- '91
[138. ""Official" part of "Singing Bridges""
[in the possession of the "Coyotes" - shelved due to lack of finances]
- duration unknown (less than 5:00)
- 16mm
- '90]
132. a. "Vex 1990E.V."
- w/ sound from Dick Turner
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 6:20
- march 19 & 20, '90 (etc..)
b. "Vex 1990E.V." (for YouTube)
- w/ titles added december 25, '09
[131. "Assateague"
[film version in the collection of Dee-Dee Ranged]
- super 8 (transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette)
- 2:00
- '90]
129. "Barfroom"
- 16mm w/ optical sound
- 4:15
- '89-'90
128. "Ward of Mouth"
- shot by Richard Tryzno Ellsberry
- directed, edited, & DidActed in by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- 16mm w/ optical sound
- 4:50
- '89
[126. "Re-Runs"
[incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"]
- super 8
- app 3:00
- '90]
[125. "Sponging off the Mandlebrot Set"
[excerpts incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!" with the remainder discarded]
- super 8
- app 3:00
- '89]
119. "Filmers Almanac Contribution"
[in the collection of S'Pool]
- super 8
- 3:20
- '88
94. "Appearing Act"
[in the collection of Laura A. Trussell]
- w/ Laura A. Trussell
- super 8
- 2:30
- '88
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
62. "It's Not A Matter of Life & Death: Part Z: Stereo Brain (preface)"
[the film version is incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"]
- shot by Nathan Long
- directed by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- '87
61. "15 Hours of Video at 23 Times Its Original Speed"
- {regular 8, super 8, unsplit regular 8, 16mm, & 1/2" VHS cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette ->} super 8
-> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 39:47
- '87
60. "International Neoist/Tourist Day"
[excerpts of the silent film incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!" - with the remainder discarded]
- w/ John Sheehan, Martha Peterson, & Laura Trussell
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- march 24, '87 (etc..)
56. "Luskin's"
[only "worth" presenting as an A.V. aid to a description of the event that it's a quasi-document of - excerpts from the film incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!! - with the rest discarded]
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 9:15
- december '86
53. "War & Peace"
- super 8
- app 1:10-1:45
- '86
[52. "International Neoist Day"
[present location unknown - probably in the collection of 1 of the members of the 6 Fingers League]
- w/ Joan Lobell
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- march 24, '86]
50. "Transparent Smile (Monty Cantsin Performing With White Colours)"
- Monty Cantsin (ie: Steve Estes), Monty Cantsin (ie: Joan Lobell), Monty Cantsin (ie:tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE) w/ sound by various Monty Cantsins (primarily John Berndt & Jimmy Hedges)
- 16mm w/ optical sound
- 17:00
- '85
49. "Balling Tim Ore is Best"
- Dick Hertz & Tim Ore (ie:tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE)
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 16:00
- august '85
48. "Fuckin' @"
[the film version of this is incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"]
- directed, shot, & acted in by unknowns
- sound added by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- title suggested by Alan Barysh
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 5:00
- '85
47. "July 4th Anti-Patriotic Picnic"
- w/ O.J.Dart
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- July 4th, '85
46. a. "See-Saw" {version 1}
- See-Saw made by O.J.Dart
- regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 15:20
- '85
b. "See-Saw" {version 2}
- w/ processing overkill
43. "Les Promenades Hysteriques"
[double film/double projection version destroyed by Reinhardt U. Sevöl]
- made as part of TON TOCOCK SCHISME (Reinhardt U. Sevöl, Via Vidorae, &tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE)
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 10:00
- '84
42. "Neoist Guide Dog"
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 2:30
- '84
31. a. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 1}
[in the collection of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Audio Visual Department]
- shot by Steve Estes
- Norkin Grip (Leanne Johnson)
- directed by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- 16mm (primarily negative) (silent)
- 9:40
- '83 (etc..)
b. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 2}
- (primarily positive)
c. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 3}
- version 1 transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette w/ sound added
d. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 4}
- version 3 intercut w/ the screening of version 2 @ Jefferson Presents (as shot by Gordon Nelson) on Jan 27, 2007 w/ live soundtrack from LaDonna Smith; Greg Pierce; Steve Boyle; & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- w/ soundtrack credits added
- 9:53
- edit finished december 24, '09
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
28. "Exquisite Corpse"
- 1st layer shot by Nancy Andrews & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, 2nd layer shot by John Ellsberry
- 16mm loops
- indefinite duration
- october '82
26. "Skin Exchange"
[discarded - a vaudeo version exists as part of "A Night at des Refusés during the 5th International Neoist Apartment Festival"]
- regular 8
- unknown duration
- march '82
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
24. "A Double Negative As Not A Positive"
- w/ Hannah Aviva (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE DidActing under the name of E.G.Head)
- unsplit regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 2:00
- '82
21. "Subtitles (unsplit regular 8 version)"
- unsplit regular 8
- 9:50
- '81-'82
20. a. "Seriousness is Death" [film version discarded] {version 1}
- w/ Hannah Aviva
- regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 4:30
- '82
b. "Seriousness is Death" [film version discarded] {version 2}
- vaudeo version reedited & soundtrack changed
- 3:14
- '82/'93
19. "Subtitles (regular 8 version)" [film version discarded] (includes "Seriousness is Death")
- regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 27:00
- '81-'82
[17. "Testing" [given away]
- super 8
- app 3:00
- '81]
16. "____________________________________ "
- regular 8
- app 3:00
- '81
14. "Silent Speed"
- 16mm loops
- indefinite duration
- mid '81
11. "Crab Feast(s)" [the only section "worth" presenting of this, "Crab Feast 2&1/2ish" {app 3:00}, was conceived of & shot by John Ellsberry - excerpts from the film "Crab Feast 2" (conceived of & directed by Gayle 26/X & shot by Susan Henderson) are incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!" - all other film portions were discarded]
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 10:35
- '79-'80 (etc..)
10. "Subtitles (super 8 version)"
- soundtrack made in collaboration w/ Richard (Ellsberry), Patti Karl, Kirby Malone, Pam Purdy, Ed "Lizard" Rosen, Steve Stec, Laurie Stepp, David Yaffe, & Norman Yeh
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 52:20
- '80-'82
[5. "Collaboration w/ Marshall Reese" [discarded]
- super 8
- app. 3:00
- fall '78]
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..)
3. "Mike Film"
- super 8
- indefinite duration
- fall '78
1. a. "Lamar "Chip" Layfield / Carol / Pat Brown /tentatively, a convenience"
- super 8
- indefinite duration
- fall '74
b. "Lamar "Chip" Layfield / Carol / Pat Brown /tentatively, a convenience" {'inappropriate' quasi-document of semi-correct gambling presentation}
- featuring Dan Sacktan as the gambler
- 1/2" VHS cassette
- 32:10
- fall '74/january '95
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 be confused by conceptual obstacle-course neoism
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 info on tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE's tape/CD publishing label: WIdémoUTH
to hear excerpts from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE's CD "Low Classical Usic" c/o Audiophfile v1.0
to see an underdeveloped site re the N.A.A.M.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Multi-Colored Peoples)
to reach an index containing links to mp3 files of the even-numbered tracks of the STREET RAT #2 CD called "RATical RATio - pRAT 1" from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
for writings from the files of an Unknown Neoist