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 The iotaWeekly  – November 8-14, 2010

 

 

 Clip of the Week
“Mercurius” (2007) by Bret Battey

Watch “Mercurius,” a “lunar impact crater” that shifts slowly between contradictory states. It melds the spiral form and earth colors to symbolize a paradoxical space between harmony and destruction.“Mercurius” received First Prize from the Punto y Raya Festival 2007 (Madrid), First Prize from Abstracta 2007 (Rome), the “Breaking Out of the Frame” Special Jury Prize of Amsterdam Film eXperience 2007, and Best Experimental Animation / Visual Music from Red Stick International Animation Festival 2008, Baton Rouge.
Site of the Week
Alternative Projections

Check out Alternative Projections! “Alternative Projections aims to expand understanding of how experimental filmmaking evolved in Los Angeles and to contextualize its place in postwar art history. The project places focus on the community of filmmakers, artists, curators and programmers who contributed to the creation and presentation of experimental cinema in Southern California in the postwar era”.“” Los Angeles FilmforumPresented by the Los Angeles Filmforum, Alternative Projections is a three day symposium held at the Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre and the Ray Stark Family Theatre (Friday, 11/12 ““ Sunday, 11/14).

Michael Scroggins		 Person of the Week
Michael Scroggins

“Michael Scroggins is a pioneer in the field of performance animation. The utilization of realtime visual instruments in the creation of visual compositions of absolute color, shape, and texture has been at the heart of his work for over 25 years. His absolute animation works have been widely exhibited internationally including screenings at the Centre George Pompidou, Paris; Union of Filmmakers, Moscow; Seibu Ginza, Tokyo; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. He was recently appointed Director of Computer Animation Labs at CalArts where he has been a member of the faculty since 1978.””“William MoritzFor more information about Scroggins and his work, please visit his website.Scroggins will be performing 11/21 with J-Walt at the Glendale planetarium for the final performance of LVP2010.

The iotaWeekly – November 1-7, 2010

 

 

 Clip of the Week
Opus 147 “Multidimensional” (1957) by Thomas Wilfred

Watch a clip from the video of Thomas Wilfred’s recorded Lumia Composition Opus 147 ‘Multidimensional” (1957). Though best seen in person, this high definition excerpt offers a glimpse into Wilfred’s extraordinary composition of light, color, and form that transforms slowly overtime, exhibiting a delicate array of ephemeral beauty.“Lumia Night,” a tribute to Thomas Wilfred and his work will be featured in LVP2010 on Friday, November 5, at the Echo Park Film Center. The evening program includes a documentary on Wilfred, a new film by digital lumia artist George Stadnik, and a presentation by collectors/historians AJ & Eugene Esptein.For full program information, please visit the LVP2010 website.
Site of the Week
OpenProcessing

Visit OpenProcessing! OpenProcessing is an online community platform dedicated to discussing, collaborating and sharing Processing sketches. Share valuable knowledge, improve your programing skills and get involved with classes teaching programing around the word!OpenProcessing was featured at the most recent LaVa meeting, organized by LVP2010 featured artists MkUltra and VJ Fader. Both artists will be performing Saturday 11/6 at the Echo Park Film Center Analog Annex Be sure to check out their performance at LVP 2010.

Noel Palazzo		 Person of the Week
Noel Palazzo

Born in Buenos Aires , Noel currently lives and works in Barcelona. She recieved her BA in Image and Sound Design at the University of Buenos Aires, where she also lectured in Arts Sociology and Analytical History of the Media in Argentina and Latin America.Her most recent project is Punto y Raya Festival. In October 2008, she was appointed a member of the iotaCenter Advisory Council.–www.mad-actions.com

Palazzo will be presenting “The Best of Punto y Raya” Tuesday 11/2 in Los Angeles at the Downtown independent as part of LVP2010. For information about this event and the full calendar of performances please visit the LVP2010 page.

The iotaWeekly – October 25-31, 2010

 

 

 Clip of the Week
“iotaCenter Presents Live Visual Performance 2010 Trailer” (2010)

Watch the trailer for “Live Visual Performance 2010,” an unique event celebrating the historical and contemporary work of VJs, Light Artists, and other live visualists in a series of screenings, performances, and workshops. LVP2010 kicks off November 2nd with The Best of Punto y Raya at the Downtown Independent and continues until November 21.For full program information, please visit the LVP2010 website.
Site of the Week
HorrorMovies.ca

Visit HorrorMovies.ca! The guide to everything horror related, the website features reviews, news updates, a horror movie “tomb,” DVD, forums and even a tribute to “Horror Vixens”. If you are searching for something scary this Halloween ,look no further, for this website is full of spooky splendor!Check out Horror’s experimental history at the website’s Top Ten Experiments in Horror. The featured films represent some of the most unconventional, innovative, artistic achievements in film making.

Eugene Epstein		 Person of the Week
Eugene Epstein

Eugene Epstein a scholar and collector of Lumia art. His interest in Thomas Wilfred’s work began in the early 1960s, while studying astronomy as a graduate student at Harvard University. Epstein encountered a Wilfred Lumia piece at the Museum of Modern Art. Obtaining, his first Lumia piece in 1965 from Thomas Wilfred himself, Epstein has been a collector and authority of Wilfred’s work ever since.For more information about Epstein and his work, please visit his website.  Epstein will be giving a special presentation on Thomas Wilfred Friday, Nov. 5th, during LVP 2010.

five by two: five animated shorts by Frank and Caroline Mouris

 

 The five best animated films of Frank and Caroline Mouris, namely “Frank Film”, “Frankly Caroline”, “Coney”, “Screentest”, and ”Impasse”: Collage animation times two, pixillated documentary times two, and abstract character animation, respectively.

Purchase your copy at the iotaStore.

five by two: five animated shorts by Frank and Caroline Mouris DVD, Color, 2005

Includes:
Frank Film : 1973
Frankly Caroline: 1998
Screentest: 1975
Coney: 1975
Impasse:1978

a compilation of cameraless animation films by Richard Reeves

 

from Linear Dreams

 This collection of cameraless animation films by award-winning Canadian filmmaker Richard Reeves includes eight stunning pieces the filmmaker by drawing, painting, or etching directly onto motion picture film stock. Mr. Reeves continues to produce new works, exploring cameraless filmmaking as visual music and promoting animation as a time and space artform.

Purchase your copy at the iotaStore.

A compilation of cameraless animation films by Richard Reeves: DVD, Color, 2008

Includes:
Garbanzo: 2min, 16mm, Color, 1992
Zig Zag: 1min, 35mm, Color, 1993
Linear Dreams: 7min, 35mm, Color, 1997
CFMDC Trailer: .5min, 35mm, Color, 2000
Sea Song: 4min, 35mm, Color, 1999
OIAF 02 Signal Film: .5min, 35mm, Color, 2002
1:1: 2.4min, 35mm, Color, 2001
Element of Light: 4.5min, 35mm, Color, 2004

Live Visual Performance 2010 – November 2-21, 2010

 

 

 

 FINAL EVENT THIS SUNDAY (11/21)!
J-Walt and Michael Scroggins

LIVE VISUAL PERFORMANCE 2010, iotaCenter’s celebration of live visual artist, concludes this weekend at the Glendale Community College Planetarium with cutting-edge immersive 3D real time animation performed live by J-Walt Adamczyk and a special presentation of spectacular liquid visuals by Michael Scroggins of Single Wing Turquoise Bird. More info…ABOUT LVP
This November, iotaCenter, in collaboration with Los Angeles Video Artists (LAVA) and Barcelona-based mad-actions, presents LIVE VISUAL PERFORMANCE 2010 (LVP2010), a month-long celebration of animators, VJs and other artists who create and manipulate visuals in front of a live audience.LVP 2010 will feature a series of screenings, performances, and workshops at various locations across Los Angeles including the Downtown Independent, the University of Southern California, Echo Park Film Center, The Museum of Neon Art, and the Glendale Planetarium.For Event Calendar and more information, please visit the complete LVP2010 Website!

The iotaWeekly – October 4-10, 2010

 

  Clip of the Week
“What Might Have Been” (2004) by Nancy HermanWatch a clip from “What Might Have Been” (2004). According to Herman, her film “is a stab at trying to imagine what a visual music instrument that could be played in real time might look like. The color music would develop an emotional response in the viewer as a result of one color following another.””What Might Have Been” can be found on the DVD “Visual Music from iota,” available from the iotaStore.
Site of the Week
Buffalo International Film FestivalVisit The Buffalo International Film Festival (BIFF) Website! Come celebrate the 4th Annual Buffalo International Film Festival! From October 1-10, experience films from around the world, special events, and exciting regional and world premieres. The festival’s special features include film and video categories ranging from “How Science Works” to the Punto y Raya Festival’s experimental animation. You’ll not only enjoy a great repertoire of films, but you will love the natural beauty and multicultural environment of Buffalo.
Artist of the Week
Larry Cuba“Larry Cuba works in the tradition known as ‘abstract animation,’ ‘absolute’ or ‘concrete.’ His works are characterized by cascade designs, dramatic changes in perspective and a precise mathematical structure. Cuba attended the University of Washington and Cal Arts, where he earned his Masters in Animation. Cuba was also an artist in residence at the Institute for Visual Media at the ZKM in Karlsruhe, Germany.”— Gene YoungbloodLarry Cuba is currently on tour with the Punto Raya Festival presenting a retrospective of his work along side other abstract classics. For more information about Cuba and his work, visit  his website.

Punto y Raya 2010 US Tour – PyR returns to the US!

 

 MAD-Actions and the iotaCenter present the 2010 US tour of THE BEST OF PUNTO Y RAYA and RETROSPECTIVE: LARRY CUBA AND OTHER ABSTRACT CLASSICS

The festival “explores the ultimate synthesis of the form·movement duality in different spheres of human endeavor” and “uses abstraction’s prime matter to reveal the limitations and achievements of our representation systems.”

The US festival tour begins on October 1 in
Hanover, NH with stops in:
Buffalo, NY
Dallas, TX
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
Eugene and Portland, OR
and Boston, MA

Check out the current festival schedule at iota’s full Punto y Raya page

The iotaWeekly – September 27-October 3

 

 

Clip of the Week
“Linear Dreams” (1997) by Richard ReevesWatch a clip from “Linear Dreams” (1997) Images from the mind’s eye, music from the mind’s ear. The line gives rise to the circle and explodes into a colorful universe of forms. Both sound and picture created directly onto motion picture film.
Site of the Week
The CrankVisit “The Crank Blog!” With free screenings of rare films, UCLA’s James Bridges Theater is the place to be on Thursdays at 5pm. Hosted by “The Crank,” a Cinema Studies based graduate student organization; the screenings draw from the UCLA Film and Televisions Archive’s rich collection. The first screening is September 30, Urson’s 1927 Chicago, featuring live accompaniment by Michael Mortilla.

 

 Artist of the Week
Jonas MekasJonas Mekas was born in Lithuania in 1922 and, came to the United States after being imprisoned by the Nazis in a forced labor camp. In 1954 he became the editor in chief of the Film Culture Magazine, and four years later he began his pioneering ‘Movie Journal’ column in the Village Voice. In 1962 and 1964 he also founded the Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Film-Makers’ Cinematheque. These eventually evolved into the Anthology Film Archives, one of the world’s largest archives of avant-garde cinema. Known globally for his experimental films, he also writes poetry and has expanded his work into the area of film installations.For more information about Mekas and his work, please visit his website.

The iotaWeekly – September 20-26, 2010

 

 

Clip of the Week
“Study No. 14” (2010) by W.S. Cheng
Sound by Robert HurstWatch a clip from “Study No. 14” (2010) by CalArts alum W.S. Cheng. “A technical exercise in spacing and timing,” this film features three rectangular boxes, each containing four parallel lines that peak and fall in different patterns and spaces creating an intriguing and challenging viewing experience.
Site of the Week
NASA ImagesLooking for some inspiring, intergalactic imagery? Visit NASA Images, a project of NASA and previous “Site of the Week” Internet Archive, bringing you amazing photographs of the Universe, Solar System, Aeronautics and Astronauts from all eras of NASA’s history.
Artist of the Week
Jim EllisJim Ellis studied at CalArts and has gone on to create vivid personal and commercial animation, including real-time concert animation for the rock band Rush. His other work involves creating effects sequences based on the subject of synesthesia, as well as developing shorts and feature of his own music and animation. In 2010, Ellis released “Entrance,” a stunning film with abstract computer and live-action imagery.For more information about Ellis and his work, please visit and his Vimeo Channel.

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