From: Shelly Silver (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Feb 05 2009 - 17:02:22 PST
i think it would be uesful for FMC to receive copies of the letters
you send for their files. you can email them to:
The Film-Makers' Cooperative <email suppressed>
is anyone from FMC on this list?
best,
shelly
>I just sent the following, utilizing some comments from Dr. Wees and
>James Cole, and adding some of my own.
>
>Please support the efforts of the New York Filmmakers Cooperative to
>remain either in
>its current building or to move to another, affordable city space.
> The Coop is a major cultural institution, providing essential
>distribution of experimental/avant-garde films and videos. My
>organization, Los Angeles Filmforum, regularly rents unique films
>from Filmmakers Coop for exhibition. The FMC is the sole
>distributor of many of these, including several works deemed as
>"culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" and included
>in the Library of Congress' National Film Registry. Should the FMC
>cease to exist, the public's access to these artistically vital
>works would be jeopardized.
>
>Adam Hyman
>Executive Director & Programmer
>Los Angeles Filmforum
>
>
>On 2/5/09 12:55 PM, "James Cole" <email suppressed> wrote:
>
>It's worth noting that, if I'm not mistaken, the FMC is the sole
>distributor of several works deemed as "culturally, historically or
>aesthetically significant" and included in the Library of Congress'
>National Film Registry, like Ken Jacobs' Tom Tom the Piper's Son and
>Hollis Frampton's (nostalgia), and that, should the FMC cease to
>exist the public's access to these works would be jepordized. I
>don't know that this will mean anything to the recipient of these
>complaints, but it could serve to establish some legitimacy for the
>Cooperative.
>
>-James
>
>On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:09 PM, William Wees, Dr.
><email suppressed> wrote:
>
>I just sent the following message to Kate D. Levin:
>
>Please assist the New York Filmmakers Cooperative in its effort to
>find a new location. The Coop is a major cultural institution,
>providing essential distribution of experimental/avant-garde films
>and videos. It has been a mainstay of American
>experimental/avant-garde film since the 1960s and most certainly
>deserves your support in finding a new home.
>
>I hope lots of other peopole are sending similar messages.
>
>--Bill Wees
>
>William C. Wees
>Emeritus Professor (McGill University)
>
>________________________________________
>From: Experimental Film Discussion List
>[email suppressed] On Behalf Of Shelly Silver
>[email suppressed]
>Sent: February 4, 2009 4:51 PM
>To: email suppressed
>Subject: Urgent! FMC Update
>
>Dear Friends and Members of the Film-Makers' Cooperative:
>
>Since December 2000 our office has been located in a New York City
>government space, the "Clocktower Gallery". It has been a safe and
>convenient location. The FMC had a lease with MoMA/PS.1 on a month
>to month basis. MoMA is terminating its lease and the FMC's sublease
>will terminate with it. Alanna Heiss (former P.S. 1 Director ) is
>negotiating a new lease with the city through the Dept. of Cultural
>Affairs. Although the floor plans she had submitted to the city for
>her new organization, Art Radio International, (that originally
>included the FMC) Heiss has decided there is no room for the FMC
>anymore. Upon further negotiation with Art Radio International we
>have been refused a sublease. We have received an eviction notice
>and are trying to appeal to the Department of Cultural Affairs
>Commissioner Kate D. Levin to support our efforts to remain either in
>our current building or to move to another, affordable city space.
>You can write to Kate D. Levin directly at
><http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildcla.html>http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildcla.html
>
>The more letters that are received on our behalf, the better!
>
>Of course, we are working with legal consul. The FMC Board of
>Directors, and M.M. Serra will continue to keep you informed. Any
>questions you have, please call the FMC office at 212-267-5665.
>
>
>This message was sent by: Film Coop, 108 Leonard Street, 13 floor,
>New York, New York 10013
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