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Nammu by Dani Cobarrubias | Spain
Guided by an invisible thread, four women begin their journey, back to the centre, to their origin. Four women who are one, on a voyage, with four faces. Colours, elements, dreams, words, realities and sensations guide the return for each one, to the centre. A place where everything is always, and remains, united. (Visited 17 […]
Thank You for Supporting the Arts- a film about the artist- writer- stripper Viva Las Vegas
Thank You For Supporting the Arts a feature documentary film about the artist, writer, and stripper, Viva Las Vegas is released on DVD and Vimeo Streaming on Demand as also by the films platform Cinema Libre Studio “Thank You for Supporting the Arts” follows a popular artist in Portland, the only daughter of a midwestern preacher, […]
Flesh and Excess: On Underground Film, by Jack Sargeant
Jack Sargeant’s latest book Flesh and Excess: On Underground Film is, as he says in the introduction to the volume, a return to, or re-articulation of, “fascinations, idées fixes and simple raw mania[s]” that he has engaged with throughout his career as a prominent writer and commentator on the most transgressive and heterogeneous forms of […]
Experimental Film is More Mainstream Than You Think
To be perfectly honest, experimental film can feel boring and pretentious if you’re not in the EXACT right mood for it. But the art form is cinema at its most uninhibited and it does not exist in a vacuum. Intentionally pushing the boundaries of mainstream film, experimentalism might have had more of an impact on […]
Best of the Decade 2000-2010 Avant-Garde Films & Directors
In the decade 2000 to 2010, the making and showing of experimental film worldwide has gone from strength to strength, so much so that it can be categorically said that avant-garde cinema is as vital now as it has ever been. This addendum to Jan/Feb 2010 end-of-decade wrap-up issue of the magazine Film Comment serves […]
Soviet Montage Theory — Definition, Examples and Types of Montage
What is Soviet Montage Theory? Soviet Montage Theory is a film movement that took place in Soviet Russia during the 1910’s, 20’s and into the early 30’s. It was founded by Lev Kuleshov while he was teaching at the Moscow Film School. According to prominent Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein, there are five different types within […]
Kino-Eye The Writings of Dziga Vertov
Dziga Vertov was one of the greatest innovators of Soviet cinema. The radical complexity of his work―in both sound and silent forms―has given it a central place within contemporary theoretical inquiry. Vertov’s writings, collected here, range from calculated manifestos setting forth his heroic vision of film’s potential to dark ruminations on the inactivity forced upon […]
Books about Experimental Cinema – On the Eve of the Future – Realizing the Witch
Realizing the Witch: Science, Cinema, and the Mastery of the Invisible, by Richard Baxstrom and Todd Meyers, New York: Fordham University Press, 2016.On the Eve of the Future: Selected Writings on Film, by Annette Michelson, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2017. The usual labels for unusual cinema are not much good. Avant-garde connotes an “advance […]
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Call for Artists: VENICE EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO AND PERFORMING ART FESTIVAL 2022
Deadline for applications is April 14, 2022 (11.59 PM of your local time)
Performers, dancers, video makers and filmmakers are invited to submit artworks, video artworks, experimental films, performances art and dance pieces.
2022 NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre Recipients
The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) Awarded a Combined $2 Million in Funding to 89 Projects
Worldwide deadline reminder: jobs, scholarships, competitions, residencies, exhibitions / e -ART Now
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open call for THE BODY LANGUAGE 2022
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with Venice Events, is pleased to announce the open call for THE BODY LANGUAGE 2022, international exhibition of photography, painting, video art, installation/sculpture, and performance art.
The Prism Prize for Climate Literature
Deadline January 9, 2022. Seeking to promote and support fiction, poetry, and literary non-fiction writing in the emerging genre of climate literature.
Call for Artists – Barcelona Contemporary 2021
A contemporary art fair that presents collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists
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