Re: The Tank

From: Cari Machet (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Aug 21 2006 - 12:58:23 PDT


freya
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c

On 8/21/06, Cari Machet <email suppressed> wrote:
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> the black darkess of the mysteries got u
>
> it's in the
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> *This week [August 20 - 27, 2006] in avant garde cinema*
>
> post
>
> c
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> On 8/21/06, Freya <email suppressed> wrote:
> >
> > I've searched my mail but this seems to be the first
> > mail I have received on this topic.
> >
> > I havn't seen any cynical criticism or comment of any
> > kind and I looked and looked in my mail folder. Am I
> > not getting certain mails?
> >
> > love
> >
> > Freya
> >
> > --- Susan Agliata <email suppressed> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I would like to clarify the mission of The Tank and
> > > address some issues a
> > > few individuals seem to have with the submission
> > > process:
> > >
> > > The Tank is a not-for-profit organization for the
> > > visual and performing
> > > arts and operates with an almost entirely volunteer
> > > staff to program,
> > > manage, and maintain the venue. New works find a
> > > home here, artists find
> > > an environment where they can create as well as
> > > present, and audiences
> > > find welcoming ticket prices to a dynamic schedule
> > > that has given
> > > unconventional programming a stage in the heart of
> > > Manhattan.
> > >
> > > The Tank keeps only a very small percentage of the
> > > ticket sales to the
> > > screenings and the remainder is given DIRECTLY to
> > > the artists/filmmakers.
> > > Once again, the programmers/organizers do not
> > > receive financial
> > > compensation.
> > >
> > > A submission fee for festivals and screening
> > > opportunities is standard
> > > practice and is necessary to pay bills and rent for
> > > running a monthly
> > > screening in Tribeca. All submission fees go
> > > directly towards maintenance
> > > of the venue and once again the organizers are not
> > > compensated financially
> > > through these fees.
> > >
> > > It is truly disheartening to me that this has been
> > > met with such cynical
> > > criticism. The Tank is merely one venue of a
> > > community of non-profit
> > > organizations dedicated to screening
> > > underrepresented experimental film
> > > and video to the public on a continuing basis, and
> > > it is integral that
> > > this endeavor is sustained through the support of
> > > the greater experimental
> > > moving picture community.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Susan Agliata
> > > The Tank: New York Experimental
> > > email suppressed
> > > www.thetanknyc.org
> > >
> > >
> > >
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