PS: Super 8 Camera Repairperson

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Date: Fri Apr 13 2007 - 14:21:11 PDT

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In regard to my prior posting for a super 8 repair person, I'd be grateful
if suggestions could be Cc'd to me off-list as I'm in a bit of a rush,
thanks!

Ken

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Topics in this special issue:

   1. Invisible Adversaries
   2. Bill Brand at Cinema Project this weekend!
   3. Super 8 Camera Repair
   4. FW: The City Council of Vilnius, Lithuania established the Jonas Mekas
      Visual Arts Center

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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:31:37 -0600
From: gyoungblood <email suppressed>
Subject: Invisible Adversaries

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Frameworkers,
Index has just released a DVD of Valie Export's "Invisible Adversaries," =
by far her best film and one of the most interesting experimental =
narratives of the last 40 years.=20
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Gene Youngblood
Department of Moving Image Arts
The College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael's Drive
Santa Fe, NM. 87505 USA
Vox: +1.505.473.6406=20
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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:36:34 -0700
From: Jeremy Rossen <email suppressed>
Subject: Bill Brand at Cinema Project this weekend!

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BB OPTICS =96 BILL BRAND in personApril 15 +16 2007New American Art Union=
 [922 S.E. Ankeny]Portland, Oregon7:30pm | $6 suggested donation503
232=
 8269Hey Cinema Project Friends,A reminder of our next screening coming
thi=
s Sunday and Monday, April 15th + 16th! Cinema Project is honored and extre=
mely excited to present two evenings of work, many Northwest premiere=92s, =
with Bill Brand. For over three decades Bill Brand has been an artist, educ=
ator, activist and film preservationist. Starting with his film studies und=
er Paul Sharits in the early 70s, he went on to found Chicago Filmmakers in=
 1973. Since 1976 Bill Brand has operated BB Optics, an optical printing
se=
rvice specializing in 8mm blow-ups and archival preservation particularly o=
f films by artists. Brand is currently Professor of Film and Photography at=
 Hampshire College and teaches film preservation in the graduate Moving
Ima=
ge Archiving and Preservation program at NYU.Bill will present a number of =
his own films as well as work that he has preserved. Bill Brand's own films=
 begin with formal, structural studies, which have lead to more personnel
w=
orks that address personal and family history dealing with the implications=
 of being the only sibling of five not to have inherited Polycystic Kidney
=
Disease. Among the many remarkable films presented this two evenings is an =
extremely rare public presentation of The Nixon White House Staff Super 8 M=
otion Picture Film Collection, which contains FBI-confiscated films recorde=
d between 1969 and 1973. The films were found in the office files of John E=
hrlichman after he resigned his post as Assistant to the President for Dome=
stic Affairs on April 30, 1973 and show Nixon and the First Family in a com=
bination of banal and official scenarios. Other great works include films =
by Saul Levine, Peter Herwitz, and Jack Waters.Underwritten in part by Rand=
y RappaportApril 15 =95 The Radical Image in PoliticsReel S-10 Nixon White =
House Super-8 Films [1969-73, S8 on 16mm, sil., 18 min]New Left Note by Sau=
l Levine [1968-82, 8mm on 16mm, color, silent, 28 min]Coalfields by Bill B=
rand [1984, 16mm, color, sound, 38 min]April 16 =95 Interior LandscapeAngul=
ar Momentum by Bill Brand [1973, 16mm, color, sound, 20 min]Winter Dream Li=
eder by Peter Herwitz [1993, S8 on 16mm, silent, 12 min.]Berlin NY by Jack =
Waters [1984-86, super8 on 16mm, b&w, color, sound, 20 min]Swan's Island by=
 Bill Brand and Katy Martin [2006, 16mm, color, sound, 5 min]Suite by Bill
=
Brand [1996-2003, video, color, sound, 28 min]> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:1=
5:50 +0100> From: email suppressed> Subject: Re: Long Film for Ambient=
 Light> To: email suppressed> > Hi Jonathan,> > Your email is
ve=
ry helpful, thank you. We must think of the> possibilities of a recreation =
as well, but I think it would be more> appropiate to get in contact with hi=
m. Regarding your students, is> there any documentation of the camera obscu=
ra installation? Id love to> check that out but I guess it consisted in eph=
emeral phenomena too.> > Cheers,> > esperanza collado.> > On 12/04/07, Jona=
than Walley <email suppressed> wrote:> > Hello Esperanza,> >> > The emai=
l address on Anthony's website has worked for me; the phone> > number, I th=
ink, is his studio number, which also should work. I've> > always found Ant=
hony to be very generous with his time and materials,> > so if he's not get=
ting back to you I'm sure there's a good reason. I> > note on his schedule =
of events (also on the site) that he has a> > screening of his new solid li=
ght work Between You & I in Cologne, so he> > may be busy preparing for tha=
t and therefore unable to get back to you.> > I think he's been very busy l=
ately, and traveling a lot.> >> > I thought I remembered hearing or reading=
 about a second screening of> > Long Film for Ambient Light, after the
orig=
inal one in the Idea> > Warehouse in NYC. But I've just gone back through m=
y materials> > (including his October essay, a couple of catalogues, interv=
iew notes,> > articles, and the recent book from Northwestern U. Press), an=
d I can't> > find any reference; maybe I was imagining it. I see from a qui=
ck google> > search that the piece was "recreated:"> >> > http://www.teachi=
ngandlearningcinema.org/category/anthony-mccall/> >> > The picture does loo=
k pretty close to the original, but I don't know if> > McCall had any conne=
ction with the recreation.> >> > Good luck with getting in touch with him -=
 and by the way, it doesn't> > sound mad to try and "screen" LFfAL.
There's=
 a renewed interest in this> > kind of highly ephemeral work, and unique
st=
rategies of preservation> > have to be devised if the work is going to surv=
ive. I see that Tony> > Conrad's pickled films and Yellow Movies have been =
re-appearing as well> > - they've actually lasted all this time! And, unlik=
e a lot of other> > experimental films from that period, they haven't faded=
 to pink! (I> > gave a talk on Tony's films here at Denison last week, and
=
it inspired> > several of my students to start working on a collaborative c=
ameraless> > film, using our classroom as a giant camera obscura - this sor=
t of work> > really resonates with a certain type of film/art student, so I=
 wish you> > all the best with Long Film...)> >> > Regards,> >> >
Jonathan>=
>> > Jonathan Walley> > Assistant Professor> > Cinema Department> >
Deniso=
n University> > Granville, Ohio 43203> > email suppressed> >> > On Apr 1=
2, 2007, at 8:53 AM, esperanza collado wrote:> >> > > Hi everyone again, ho=
pe you are all well. I am trying to make contact> > > with McCall using the=
 email address posted on his website but I am> > > getting no response. It
=
might sound a bit mad, but I am trying to get> > > Long Film for Ambient Li=
ght for Darklight Festival next June, in> > > Dublin (Ireland). Do you know=
 if he uses another email address? I> > > guess I could also call him,
ther=
e a phone number on the website too.> > > Do you know if the installation h=
as been shown after its first showing?> > >> > > Thanks for your help.> > >=
 e.> > >> > > --> > > Esperanza Collado S=E1nchez> > > 00353 872 768 794>
>=
>> > >> > >
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 in person April 15 +16 2007 New American Art Union  [922
S.=
E. Ankeny] Portland, Oregon 7:30pm   |  $6 suggested d=
onation 503 232 8269 Hey Cinema Project Friends, A reminde=
r of our next screening coming this Sunday and Monday, April 15th + 16th! C=
inema Project is honored and extremely excited to present two evenings of w=
ork, many Northwest premiere=92s, with Bill Brand. For over three decades B=
ill Brand has been an artist, educator, activist and film preservationist. =
Starting with his film studies under Paul Sharits in the early 70s, he went=
 on to found Chicago Filmmakers in 1973. Since 1976 Bill Brand has
operated=
 BB Optics, an optical printing service specializing in 8mm blow-ups and
ar=
chival preservation particularly of films by artists. Brand is currently Pr=
ofessor of Film and Photography at Hampshire College and teaches film prese=
rvation in the graduate Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program at =
NYU. Bill will present a number of his own films as well as work tha=
t he has preserved. Bill Brand's own films begin with formal, structural st=
udies, which have lead to more personnel works that address personal and fa=
mily history dealing with the implications of being the only sibling of fiv=
e not to have inherited Polycystic Kidney Disease. Among the many remarkabl=
e films presented this two evenings is an extremely rare public presentatio=
n of The Nixon White House Staff Super 8 Motion Picture Film Collection, wh=
ich contains FBI-confiscated films recorded between 1969 and 1973. The film=
s were found in the office files of John Ehrlichman after he resigned his p=
ost as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs on April 30, 1973 an=
d show Nixon and the First Family in a combination of banal and official sc=
enarios.  Other great works include films by Saul Levine, Peter Herwit=
z, and Jack Waters. Underwritten in part by Randy Rappaport April=
 15 =95 The Radical Image in Politics Reel S-10 Nixon White House
Su=
per-8 Films [1969-73, S8 on 16mm, sil., 18 min] New Left Note by Saul Le=
vine  [1968-82, 8mm on 16mm, color, silent, 28 min] Coalfields by B=
ill Brand [1984, 16mm, color, sound, 38 min] April 16 =95 Interior L=
andscape Angular Momentum by Bill Brand [1973, 16mm, color, sound, 2=
0 min] Winter Dream Lieder by Peter Herwitz [1993, S8 on 16mm, silent, 1=
2 min.] Berlin NY by Jack Waters [1984-86, super8 on 16mm, b&w, colo=
r, sound, 20 min] Swan's Island by Bill Brand and Katy Martin [2006, 16m=
m, color, sound, 5 min] Suite by Bill Brand [1996-2003, video, color, so=
und, 28 min] </div> <hr id=3D"stopSpelling">> Date: Fr=
i, 13 Apr 2007 15:15:50 +0100 > From: email suppressed > S=
ubject: Re: Long Film for Ambient Light > To: (address suppressed)=
.COM > > Hi Jonathan, > > Your email is very help=
ful, thank you. We must think of the > possibilities of a recreation =
as well, but I think it would be more > appropiate to get in contact =
with him. Regarding your students, is > there any documentation of th=
e camera obscura installation? Id love to > check that out but I gues=
s it consisted in ephemeral phenomena too. > > Cheers, >=
 > esperanza collado. > > On 12/04/07, Jonathan Walley
=
<email suppressed> wrote: > > Hello Esperanza, > &g=
t; > > The email address on Anthony's website has worked for me; t=
he phone > > number, I think, is his studio number, which also sho=
uld work. I've > > always found Anthony to be very generous with h=
is time and materials, > > so if he's not getting back to you I'm =
sure there's a good reason. I > > note on his schedule of events (=
also on the site) that he has a > > screening of his new solid lig=
ht work Between You & I in Cologne, so he > > may be busy prep=
aring for that and therefore unable to get back to you. > > I thin=
k he's been very busy lately, and traveling a lot. > > > &gt=
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w notes, > > articles, and the recent book from Northwestern U. Pr=
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. I see from a quick google > > search that the piece was "recreat=
ed:" > > > > http://www.teachingandlearningcinema.org/cat=
egory/anthony-mccall/ > > > > The picture does look prett=
y close to the original, but I don't know if > > McCall had any co=
nnection with the recreation. > > > > Good luck with gett=
ing in touch with him - and by the way, it doesn't > > sound mad t=
o try and "screen" LFfAL. There's a renewed interest in this > > k=
ind of highly ephemeral work, and unique strategies of preservation >=
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r>> > Conrad's pickled films and Yellow Movies have been re-appearing=
 as well > > - they've actually lasted all this time! And, unlike
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a lot of other > > experimental films from that period, they haven=
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on last week, and it inspired > > several of my students to start =
working on a collaborative cameraless > > film, using our classroo=
m as a giant camera obscura - this sort of work > > really resonat=
es with a certain type of film/art student, so I wish you > > all =
the best with Long Film...) > > > > Regards, > >=
 > > Jonathan > > > > Jonathan Walley > &g=
t; Assistant Professor > > Cinema Department > > Denison =
University > > Granville, Ohio 43203 > > (address suppressed)=
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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 10:51:05 -0700
From: Ken Paul Rosenthal <email suppressed>
Subject: Super 8 Camera Repair

Can anyone recommend a master repair person who is experienced with the
Canon 1014XLS? The electronics are fine, but I have some gearing issues on
the single-frame function.

Thanks, Ken

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Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:46:31 -0600
From: Phil Rowe <email suppressed>
Subject: FW: The City Council of Vilnius, Lithuania established the Jonas
Mekas Visual Arts Center

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Subject: FW: The City Council of Vilnius, Lithuania established the Jonas
Mekas Visual Arts Center

Looks like a field trip is in order!

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From: Maya Stendhal Gallery Mailing List
[mailto:email suppressed]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 1:04 PM
To: email suppressed
Subject: The City Council of Vilnius, Lithuania established the Jonas Mekas
Visual Arts Center

<http://www.jonasmekas.com/mekas_center/image001.jpg>

Vilnius, Lithuania Avant-Garde's New Capital: New Art Center to Focus on
Jonas Mekas'
and George Maciunas' Work

New York/April 12, 2007 - The City Council of Vilnius, Lithuania established
the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center on February 19th. The new center will
exhibit collections by Jonas Mekas, the internationally renowned avant-garde
filmmaker, and George Maciunas (1931-1978), the impresario/creator of
Fluxus, a key art movement of the second part of the 20th century.
           "New York City has always been home to the avant-garde and two of
its most influential figures have been Lithuanian. The international
resonance of the Fluxus world that they created will provide the impetus for
Vilnius to become the world's new center for the avant-garde," said Mayor
Arturas Zuokas.
          Mayor Zuokas noted that Vilnius has been declared a European
Capital of Culture for 2009 and the founding of the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts
Center is the first step in preparation for the City's monumental role.
          Jonas Mekas, renowned filmmaker and inventor of the Diarist
Cinema,
continues to preserve a collective memoir where life and art are
inseparable. Mekas came to New York City in 1949 and quickly became a
prominent figure among the city's art scene. He founded Anthology Film
Archives, the Film-Makers' Cooperative, Film Culture magazine, and wrote
film reviews for the Village Voice from 1958 to 1978. Mekas' expansions upon
the qualities of intimacy, spontaneity, and supreme selectivity are crafted
through his distinctive discourses of time as the ordinary. Films focus on
friends and collaborators such as Hans Richter and Andy Warhol to reveal
deeply intimate portraits. Mekas masterfully extracts from thousands of
hours of film footage, giving rise to interpretations of life experienced
and life remembered.
          Artist George Maciunas was the founder of the 1960's international
Fluxus movement. Fluxus deviated between the boundaries of art and non-art
through visions of artistic collaboration in music, performance, visual
arts, and literature. Its origins can be traced to Marcel Duchamp's use of
art beyond painting and John Cage's experimental music. Artists aimed to
weave their endeavors into the threads of society, thus blurring any
distinction between art and non-art, and art and life. Fluxus' rebellious
ideology and multicultural constitution has made it one of the most
influential philosophies in modern art. Louise Bourgeois, Vytautas
Landsbergis, Shigeko Kubota, Ken Friedman, Jon Hendricks, Larry Miller, and
Peter Moore were all part of the Fluxus family.
          The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center will also act as a premier
research and education institution where scholars and students directly
experience the most innovative works in avant-garde film history and Fluxus
art. Among its areas of interest is the creation of an extensive film
archive that holds all material pertinent to avant-garde cinema and a
comprehensive Film Library. An ambitious acquisition program is underway to
generate a collection that represents Fluxus' significant place in art
history. The center also anticipates the building of a Fluxus Research
Institute with resources and programs directed towards fostering progressive
discourses on Fluxus art. Through its activities, the center looks to a
future in which Lithuania is internationally recognized for its support of
the visual arts. The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center has engaged support from
curators of art institutions and museums around the world, including Larry
Kardish of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Jerome Sans of the Baltic
Centre for Contemporary Art in London, Harry Stendhal of the Maya Stendhal
Gallery in New York, and Dominique Paini of the Centre Georges Pompidou in
Paris.

Contact Information: Kristijonas Kucinskas - Director of the Jonas
Mekas Visual Arts Center, Konstitucijos pr. 3, 09601 Vilnius, Lithuania Tel.
+370 612 18 251
Fax. +370 5 211 23 96 E-mail: email suppressed

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w:st=3D"on">Visual</st1:PlaceName>
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w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
on February 19th. The new center will exhibit collections =
by Jonas Mekas, the =
internationally
renowned avant-garde filmmaker, and George
Maciunas (1931-1978), the impresario/creator of =
Fluxus, a
key art movement of the second part of the 20th century. 
          �<st1:City =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">New
 York City</st1:place></st1:City> has always been home to the =
avant-garde and
two of its most influential figures have been Lithuanian. The =
international
resonance of the Fluxus world that they created will provide the impetus =
for <st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">Vilnius</st1:place></st1:City> to =
become the
world�s new center for the avant-garde,� said =
Mayor Arturas Zuokas. 
         Mayor Zuokas noted that <st1:City =
w:st=3D"on">Vilnius</st1:City>
has been declared a European Capital of Culture for 2009 and the =
founding of
the <st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Jonas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
 w:st=3D"on">Mekas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Visual</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st=3D"on">Arts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
is the first step in preparation for the City�s monumental =
role. 
         Jonas
Mekas, renowned filmmaker and inventor of =
the Diarist Cinema, continues =
to
preserve a collective memoir where life and art are inseparable. Mekas =
came to <st1:City
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place w:st=3D"on">New York City</st1:place></st1:City> =
in 1949 and
quickly became a prominent figure among the city�s art scene. He =
founded Anthology Film Archives, =
the Film-Makers� =
Cooperative, Film Culture magazine, and =
wrote
film reviews for the Village Voice =
from
1958 to 1978. Mekas� expansions upon the qualities of intimacy,
spontaneity, and supreme selectivity are crafted through his distinctive
discourses of time as the ordinary. Films focus on friends and =
collaborators
such as Hans =
Richter
and Andy =
Warhol to
reveal deeply intimate portraits. Mekas masterfully extracts from =
thousands of
hours of film footage, giving rise to interpretations of life =
experienced and
life remembered. 
         Artist George
Maciunas was the founder
of the 1960�s international Fluxus movement. =
Fluxus deviated between the
boundaries of art and non-art through visions of artistic collaboration =
in
music, performance, visual arts, and literature. Its origins can be =
traced to Marcel Duchamp�s use =
of art
beyond painting and John =
Cage�s
experimental music. Artists aimed to weave their endeavors into the =
threads of
society, thus blurring any distinction between art and non-art, and art =
and
life. Fluxus� rebellious ideology and multicultural constitution =
has made
it one of the most influential philosophies in modern art. =
Louise Bourgeois, Vytautas Landsbergis, Shigeko =
Kubota,
Ken Friedman, Jon Hendricks, Larry Miller, and =
Peter Moore were all part =
of the
Fluxus family. 
         The
Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center will also act as a =
premier
research and education institution where scholars and students directly
experience the most innovative works in avant-garde
film history and Fluxus
art. Among its areas of interest is the creation of =
an
extensive film archive that holds all material pertinent to avant-garde =
cinema
and a comprehensive Film =
Library.
An ambitious acquisition program is underway to generate a collection =
that
represents Fluxus� significant place in art history. The center =
also
anticipates the building of a Fluxus
Research Institute with resources and programs =
directed
towards fostering progressive discourses on Fluxus art. Through its =
activities,
the center looks to a future in which <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on"><st1:place
 w:st=3D"on">Lithuania</st1:place></st1:country-region> is =
internationally
recognized for its support of the visual arts. The Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center =
has
engaged support from curators of art institutions and museums around the =
world,
including Larry =
Kardish
of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Jerome
Sans of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in =
London, Harry Stendhal of the Maya =
Stendhal
Gallery in New York, and Dominique
Paini of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris. 
 
         Contact
Information: Kristijonas Kucinskas - Director of the =
<st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Jonas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Mekas</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st=3D"on">Visual</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName =
w:st=3D"on">Arts</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st=3D"on">Center</st1:PlaceType>, Konstitucijos pr. 3, 09601 =
<st1:place w:st=3D"on"><st1:City
 w:st=3D"on">Vilnius</st1:City>, <st1:country-region =
w:st=3D"on">Lithuania</st1:country-region></st1:place>
Tel. +370 612 18 251 
Fax. +370 5 211 23 96 E-mail: <a =
href=3D"mailto:email suppressed</a><o:p></o:p><=
/p>

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