From: Myron Ort (email suppressed)
Date: Sun Dec 14 2008 - 10:42:32 PST
On Dec 14, 2008, at 2:33 AM, Chuck Kleinhans wrote:
> Perhaps a useful comparison might be Brakhage's Mothlight. You
> wouldn't be likely to want
> to watch 2 or 3 hours of it. (or if you would be, pass that joint)
Don't know until you try it. Might be a transformative experience.
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> Harry Smith's numbered animation series might also be appropriate
> here. How much of it
> would you want to watch for 3 hours? Or maybe short episodes is
> exactly how it should be
> watched. At one point in its history Smith used the "Meet the
> Beatles" LP as the soundtrack
> (nonsynch?).
That soundtrack gets old fast. Watching them silent just might do the
trick.
Myron Ort
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> CHUCK KLEINHANS
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> On Sun, 14 Dec 2008 9:22:05 am +0000 jaime cleeland wrote:
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> I do not perform at dance events and use the tag Vj art as it is
> more appropriate than
> experimental video artist. I also see no reason why Vj work cannot
> be interesting.
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> www.myspace.com/ethnomitepux
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> --- On Sat, 13/12/08, James Cole <email suppressed> wrote:
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> I tend to not be very charitable in my appraisal of VJ media; for
> several reasons.
> Primarily, because it seems like it is mainly intended (indeed,
> best suited) to accompany
> electronic dance music; I can't see myself wanting to go into a
> cinema, sit as the lights go
> down, and watch two or three hours of VJ media.
>
> , but it doesn't strike me as something that anyone will be, or
> ought to be, interested in a
> few years down the line.
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> So I'm asking you, and anyone else who wants to take up the
> question; what am I missing?
> How should I watch this? How does it fit in with the type of
> film this list usually
> discusses?
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