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No one ever credits their archivist in their films—even after carrying 20 pounds of Betacam SP tapes on BART
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Patricia Ledesma Villon
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Patricia Ledesma Villon
@ptvln
@lightfieldfilm. curator and film archivist.
Minneapolis, MN Katılım Ekim 2015
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@mmcnma @BAVCPreserve Lol nothing like a classic telecine rip on video and being unable to locate an original print. Glad the existing materials are going to be in good hands!
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so, Karen Sperling’s best existing materials for MAKE A FACE and THE WAITING ROOM (U-matic and Betacam transfers from original 35mm prints) are off to @BAVCPreserve for inspection and hopefully new transfers🤞 thanks @ptvln for the advice
michael metzger@mmcnma
OK I've now watched the two Karen Sperling features, MAKE A FACE (1971) and THE WAITING ROOM (1973). These movies are WILD. MAKE A FACE is Moshfegh's MY YEAR OF REST & RELAXATION adapted as an F-Giallo; WAITING ROOM anticipates Yvonne Rainer but feels totally singular.
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So, who does the best VHS transfers in the game?
michael metzger@mmcnma
Unfortunately, both may only exist in dicey film->video->digital transfers; prints are long gone and the negatives, if they still exist, would be in Deluxe's (abandoned?) warehouse. Still, gonna see if I can get these on a screen somewhere.
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Calling all citizen archivists! Check out these crowdsourced archival initiatives working to preserve Palestinian heritage, memory, and narratives, compiled by Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. (1/3)
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I haven’t posted or scrolled through this site because I Logged Off and got into fishing. You can talk to me about film archiving, preservation, and curatorial work IRL or via email. Fishing inquiries always welcome
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I'll be in NYC for @prismaticground to premiere some 16mm prints of my work!! (courtesy of the Walker Art Center's Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection) 🎞️🪄
v. thankful for this print-dream-come-true and @ptvln's care and work on the acquisitions
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Our projectionist Justin test ran open captions over our 35mm print of BLOOD SIMPLE in the cinema today. Work in progress, but still — amazing!
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screening oct. 20-21 @walkerartcenter i wrote a about Alanis Obomsawin’s KANEHSATAKE: 270 years of RESISTANCE (1993) documenting the Mohawk armed resistance to protect and keep their land
LAND BACK for all indigenous peoples oppressed by settler-states!
walkerart.org/magazine/free-…
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We got a grant! With thanks to @NatlFilmPres for helping us preserve Phototropism (1985) by the late avant-garde film curator Sally Dixon + artist Ricardo Bloch. Made in their St. Paul, MN garden, the film is known to have screened once at the Collective for Living Cinema in NYC
NFPF@NatlFilmPres
6 films to be preserved through Avant-Garde Masters grants from @Film_Foundation & NFPF, including 2 by Michael Wallin, Tom Palazzolo's CALIGARI's CURE, Natalka Voslakov's TIME CAPSULE WITH TRUE BIRD FLIGHT, and PHOTOTROPISM by Sally Dixon & Ricardo Bloch. filmpreservation.org/blog/2023/10/1…
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For those going to #AMIA23 in Tulsa, we're running a mini-symposium on small gauge film in addition to a day-long workshop on small gauge projector maintenance and repair on 11/14. Film handling knowledge helpful; no projection experience needed! Limited spots — come join us
AMIA Small Gauge and Amateur Film Committee@AMIA_SGAF
We start the week on Tuesday, 11/14 with a pre-conference workshop on the art of small gauge projector maintenance and repair. Sign up for it by adding the workshop to your #AMIA23 registration: amiaconference.net/register-for-a…
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#FREEPALESTINE ISSUE: We're making available a digital version of our sold out Palestine Issue to download for free at bit.ly/FreePalestineI… or at the link in bio
HOW TO HELP: Send donations to @ThePCRF @MedicalAidPal The Palestinian Social Fund (palestiniansocialfund.com)
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This Friday the @walkerartcenter begins its series for Alanis Obomsawin with her film Amisk (1977). Preceded by two shorts by composer Elisa Harkins and musician Laura Ortman, with Laura in person (and who I have the honor of introducing). Not to miss! walkerart.org/calendar/2023/…
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@atlajala Glad you caught this, it was on my list when we were there but forgot to bring it up!!!
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Margaret Honda's installation Double Feature with Short Subject at The Art Institute of Chicago. despite it's scale it's a somewhat subtle piece with gated lighting from the sun, but i suggest viewing it from the second floor to take in the light patterns on the wall more closely
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One of the most underrated places in the Bay: @NilesFilmMuseum. Complete with a metal-lined booth to once make it “fire proof.” David Kiehn told me he shot new English intertitles for prints bought from the Eye Filmmuseum on Rock Ross’ animation stand just for their screenings
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Now live on the @walkerartcenter Reader for *free* until 9/26: The Relational Sea, featuring works by Allan Sekula, Nazlı Dinçel, Mónica de Miranda, Harun Farocki, and Noël Burch. Presented as an accompaniment to the Walker’s exhibition of Fish Story: walkerart.org/magazine/the-r…
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@atlajala Legend says they alternate between the two....... But have a clear preference for one......
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And the restoration of Christopher Harris' still/here (2000), a must-see meditative film on the landscapes and histories of St. Louis, with Harris in conversation with artist Kahlil Robert Irving. And the new 16mm print hopefully making its way on time: walkerart.org/calendar/2023/…
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The series "Alanis Obomsawin: A Lifetime of Insistence" featuring, Amisk (1977), Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance (1993), and a dialogue with Alanis in person (!!!) walkerart.org/calendar/2023/…
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Some stuff at the Walker Cinema this fall.... Cue the Strings – a film about Low (2023) with filmmaker Philip Harder and Alan Sparhawk and Zak Sally of @lowtheband in person: walkerart.org/calendar/2023/…
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