From: Adam Hyman (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Feb 05 2009 - 22:55:30 PST
I sent MM a copy.
On 2/5/09 5:02 PM, "Shelly Silver" <email suppressed> wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> New York, New York 10013
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