Tag 1970s

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Afterall • Summer 2010 • Modernism, Postmodernism and Gleam: On the Photorealist Work Ethic

Nov 2, ’11 5:43 PM

Photorealism has been whittled down to something akin to proletarian 1970s folk art, and the strong whiff of nostalgia (for a long-lost, partly illusory idea of American-ness first and foremost) that infuses its low-key reanimation continues to exclude it from a standardised art history. With this essay, which does not (at least not in the first place) set out to analyse the various reasons why Photorealism has been considered such a minor art, I want to reconsider this movement as one of the truly emblematic ‘isms’ of the 1970s – much more so, perhaps, than many of the canonical forms of Conceptual art that now occupy our memory of that decade, and whose uncanny ‘other’ or mirror image Photorealism has so often been made out to be

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OMNIA SUNT COMMUNIA | Deterritorial Support Group

Aug 3, ’11 1:41 PM

listen to yesterday’s Novara show from Resonance FM, featuring Federico Campagna of Through Europe giving a fascinating history and analysis of the Italian workerist movement, Autonomia and its continued relevance and resonance within anti-austerity movements today- more so than the insurrections of France in 1968.

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Six Films by Adam Beckett

Aug 18, ’10 7:38 AM


Adam Beckett, Flesh Flows, 1974 [Excerpt]

I blogged about seeing Adam Beckett’s work awhile back, when the “Heavy Light” program showed at Deitch two years ago. I’m really excited to announce that I co-organized a screening of six of his films in San Francisco next week at N O M A Gallery as a closing party for Nate Boyce’s solo show at the space. Beckett’s work rarely gets shown – this should definitely be worth it. Info below.

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On August 28th from 7-9pm, N O M A Gallery will host a screening of animator Adam Beckett’s films on the occasion of the closing of Nate Boyce’s solo exhibition Parallel Series I & II. The event will be presented by Nate Boyce and Ceci Moss.

Adam Beckett emerged from the Experimental Animation program at CalArts in the 1970s. Although Beckett’s career was brief, only lasting a decade, he is renown for his unique, meticulous production process using the optical printer. This tool allowed filmmakers to rephotograph multiple strips of film into one strip, creating optical effects such as fades, dissolves, and the matting of images. The effects produced by optical print…ers were later carried over into computer graphics by digital compositing techniques, and indeed at times Beckett’s films seem remarkably prescient of this future path. Using both an optical printer and an animation stand, Beckett would gradually reposition and reshoot his intricate drawings into animated loops in order to create slight variations that guide the evolution of the figures and shapes depicted. The optical printer was also variously used to make rhythmic patterns by offsetting the frame or to re-frame sections of the drawings. Beckett’s animations appear to organically morph and mutate, often to a lively a soundtrack.

This program includes the following films:

Kitsch In Synch (1975)
Flesh Flows (1974)
Sausage City (1974)
Evolution of the Red Star (1973)
Heavy-Light (1973)
Dear Janice (1972)

This event is free.
PLEASE RSVP to marcella[AT]nomagallery.com. Seats are limited.

N O M A Gallery
80 Maiden Lane @Grant
San Francisco, CA
http://www.nomagallery.com/index.html

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Pythagorean Clavinet Phaze – Don Cardoza (1976)

Jun 27, ’10 4:33 PM

This is a half hour long piece of entrancing music for the clavinet, that appears, at least to the untrained ear to have been influenced by Indian ragas. The clavinet is an electronically amplified clavichord and produces a sound quite similar to an electric guitar, despite it being a keyboard instrument. Don Cardoza has studied piano with Carlo Busotii and Michaiko Kolbiaka, among others, and he studied composition with Wayne Peterson, Fred Fox, and Ton De Leeuw at the Amsterdam Conservatory and then with Terry Riley at Mills College. He has also studied with Pandit Pran Nath from 1974 to 1990, and it may be the influence of the North Indian master vocalist that can be discerned in this delightful work.

– From the Other Minds Archive at the Internet Archive

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Fumio Miyashita of the Far East Family Band on the Boffomundo Show, 1979

Nov 17, ’09 6:56 AM

I’ve been listening to the Far East Family Band‘s release Nipponjin a lot recently. (Produced by Klaus Schulze!) I just discovered this awesome footage of a solo performance by frontman Fumio Miyashita on cable access in the late 70s, below.

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Vincent Collins

Jul 29, ’09 11:31 AM

I posted Collins 1976 animation Fantasy today to Rhizome (above), but I thought I would follow that up here with a few more of his shorts. They’re pretty awesome.


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Snatch/Judy Nylon Live

Apr 15, ’09 6:05 AM

This just in, from the “Typical Girls”:http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/typicalgirls mailing list.

Snatch Live in NYC

Judy Nylon – Jailhouse Rock, 1979
(From PAUL TSCHINKEL’S INNERTUBE filmed by PAUL TSCHINKEL at Max’s Kansas City, NYC in 1979.)

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Matrix III (1972) – John Whitney

Apr 13, ’09 12:08 PM

graphics programming by Dean Anschultz music by Terry Riley

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Taj Mahal Travellers on Tour

Mar 26, ’09 8:16 AM

I watched this film for this first time while I was sick and delirious last week. It endeared me even more to this band, especially the beach scene around 1:10.

TAJ MAHAL TRAVELLERS ON TOUR
Filmmaker: Matsuo Ohno
Running time: 102 minutes
Year: 1973
16mm.

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Eskaton – 4 Visions (1979)

Mar 17, ’09 8:28 AM

Download Eskaton – 4 Visions (1979)

From Prog Archives:

Formed in 1970, the ESKATON KOMMANDKESTRA continued the Zeuhl tradition spearheaded by Christian Vander’s MAGMA. In an move towards accessibility they discard the Kobaian lyrics, opting instead for their native French. In 1974 original members Xavier de Raymond (Fender piano), Gerard Konig (drums), Marc Rosenberg (bass guitar), and Alain Blesing (guitar) are joined by Paule Kleynnaert (vocals), Amara Tahir (vocals), Eris Guillaume (keyboards), and Andre Bernardi (guitar) becoming simply ESKATON.

(Thanks to Matt Lyons for introducing me to this band!)

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