Nicky Hamlyn's 'Film Art Phenomena' is an excellent book. 'Essential Deren:
Collected Writings' was a book I found inspirational as a student. Also, 'Art
and the Moving Image' (published by Afterall) contains a fine selection of
essays about work that leans more towards fine art.
Jonathan
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From: Kevin Timmins <on-one-2_at_hotmail.com>
To: frameworks_at_jonasmekasfilms.com
Sent: Tue, 19 July, 2011 23:09:47
Subject: [Frameworks] Research into Experimental Film and Video
Hi frameworks
I'm looking for some essential reading on experimental film, cinema and video
etc... Lets say to start with 5 must have books that will help enlighten me! I
would very much like to dedicate some time to studying this area as I often fan
through these emails and find them illuminating and enjoyable. I guess I'm
looking for a good historical foundation to begin with. I have studied art for 4
years, 3 years on a BA course and one year of art history through the OU so
far.
I have always been interested in experimental film and video, or avant-garde
film and video but my practice never really touched it enough to really explore
the area. Generally lecturers seemed less knowledgeable about this side of the
art world as well from what I remember so it always seemed difficult to
approach. When I did approach it, it always seemed to be in quite a disparate
way. Anyway, this art history course has helped me develop some methodologies I
would quite like to apply to this side of the fence. Please help me get started
by suggesting some good reading material.
All the best
Kevin
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