Si pentru ca zilele trecute am prezentat-o pe Maya Deren, astazi m-am gandit sa exagerez cu o scurta retrospectiva avantgardist-experimentala ce poate servi ca introducere pentru oricine este interesat in aceasta latura obscura a celei de-a 7-a arte. Pentru astazi, DVD-uri. Sper sa ma pot intoarce cu un set de articole si carti dedicate curentului. Pana atunci tin sa reamintesc ca demult, taaaaare demult, am organizat in cadrul bibliotecii pirat lanternativiste, pompos & nerusinat numita Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, un serial dedicat cinematografiei. Asadar, pentru cei interesati, a se consulta episoadele intre XXXIII- L. Acestea fiind spuse, va las in compania…in compania…cui?!

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Bun, hai sa fin sinceri & seriosi: adevarul ca unele din filmele din aceste colectii se mai si repeta. Asta e riscul pe care orisice colectionar inrait de raritati si inutilitati trebuie sa si-l asume. Insa…parerea mea neavizata si neprofesionala - v-am avertizat! - este ca, daca vreti sa va creati o filmoteca serioasa pe filme experimentale & stuff, Unseen Cinema este prima chestie ce trebuie achizitionata. Parerea mea, parol!

This collection, curated by Anthology Film Archive’s Bruce Posner and produced for home video by David Shepard, presents us with an abundance of experimental films from the period 1894-1941, with the vast majority of them never available before for home viewing. While these films differ wildly from each other, they have one thing in common: they’re all experiments in one way or another, meant or designed to broaden the conception of what cinema can be or do. ‘Unseen Cinema’ contains a staggering total over 155 films (and a total running time of almost 19 hours) which are spread over 7 discs. Each disc has its own theme or subject matter, although there is quite some overlap, simply because any attempt at such categorization is bound to fail. But in order to bring at least some order in the randomness of these films, each disc has its own title. Asadar, iata fiecare disc cu titlul sau:

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Pentru iubitorii minimalismului american si a muzicii electronice in general, acest DVD, cartea inclusa, este, evident, o comoara… This DVD tells the story of the influential group of creative artists—Pauline Oliveros, Morton Subotnick, Ramon Sender, William Maginnis, and Tony Martin—who connected music to technology during a legendary era in California’s cultural history. An integral part of the robust San Francisco “scene,” the San Francisco Tape Music Center developed new art forms through collaborations with Terry Riley, Steve Reich, David Tudor, Ken Dewey, Lee Breuer, the San Francisco Actor’s Workshop, the San Francisco Mime Troupe, the Ann Halprin Dancers’ Workshop, Canyon Cinema, and others. Told through vivid personal accounts, interviews, and retrospective essays by leading scholars and artists, this work, capturing the heady experimental milieu of the sixties, is the first comprehensive history of the San Francisco Tape Music Center.