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| Festival Round-up | Entry deadlines/Award winners |
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| Special Event: | An Evening with Jem Cohen and Adam Cohen, Oct. 16 |
| Archives | The October issue of E-News |
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Archive and Museum Informatics, in partnership with the Louvre Museum, hosted ICHIM 97, the fourth international conference on hypermedia and interactivity in museums at
the Louvre on September 1-5. For more information, contact Archive and Museum Informatics:
E-mail info@archimuse.com
; http://www.archimuse.com
California-based Sandpail Productions
reports that their documentary, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Office for Edgar J. Kaufmann
was selected for screening on all Northwest Airlines international flights this past
August. For more about the production, search the Art on Screen Database. New York City's Museum of Modern Art
is bringing video art to Midtown pedestrians with the Digital Video Wall, located in the underground walkway at 1251 Avenue of the Americas. The program,
which runs 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, showcases a different selection
of videos every hour. The program on view through October 31, "New Trends in International
Video," features artists from Hungary, Argentina, Poland, Austria, Mexico, Korea and
elsewhere. When Los Angeles' new Getty Center
opens its doors on December 16, 1997, two films will await visitors: The Making of the Getty Center, a cinema verité
overview of the planning, design, and construction of the Center, produced by Maysles
Films, and a second film, as yet untitled, which surveys the Getty's world-wide art,
humanities, and cultural activities. The Getty Center's grounds feature extensive formal and informal gardens--including
a three-acre site-specific work, Central Garden, created by artist Robert Irwin. Irwin is also the subject of a new film, Robert Irwin: The Beauty of Questions, reviewed in the Close-Ups
section. Mark Gore, the former film/video programmer at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and previously at the Louvre Museum, is now Head of the Auditorium Division at the Musée d'Orsay
in Paris, where Fall 1997 programming includes a feature film series on "antiquity
spectacles" from the brothers Lumière to Stanley Kubrick, and documentaries on 19th-century
art (see Now Playing
for details). Melissa Rachleff
has joined the staff of the Brooklyn Museum of Art
's Education Division as Manager of Public and Community Programs. She is responsible
for managing adult programs which include films, lectures, music, and performances.
From 1990-1996, she was Assistant Curator at Exit Art, a non-profit cultural center
in New York's Soho. Working with her is Film Coordinator Barry Long. Deborah Schwartz
is Vice Director for Education and Program Development at the Brooklyn Museum, where
she has been on staff since 1982. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is hosting Mixed Messages: Image, Text and Technology, a mixed media conference to be held October 11 - 13, 1997. Speakers include Howard
Besser of UC Berkeley, an international authority on the creation and management
of digital images; performance storyteller Len Cabral; installation and video artists
Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese; and Johanna Drucker of Yale University, a nationally
recognized book artist, typographer and scholar of language and printing history.
For information, contact: Frances Hawthorne, Mixed Messages, University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223-0001. Tel: 704/547-3314.
E-mail: fhhawtho@unccvm.uncc.edu.
Web site: http://www.uncc.edu/~mixedmsg. The Vancouver Island Chapter of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia
is organizing an Architectural Film Festival, November 21-December 7, 1997. The festival, which will be held in the community
space of a Victoria mall, will also feature an exhibition on local urban planning
and architectural competitions for public buildings. For information, contact: Natalie
C. Smith, AIBC Vancouver Island Chapter, Architectural Film Festival, 431 Powell Street,
Victoria, BC, Canada V8V 2J3. Tel: 250/383-3467; Fax: 250/383-3428. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
WASHINGTON, DC
September 3 - 6, 1997
The English Garden, Parts 1 - 4
The Thames Television series on the history of one of England's most venerated art forms, narrated by Sir John Gielgud. Topics include early landscaping design, as well as William Kent's 18th-century parks and Capability Brown's spacious Georgian landscapes. Among the sites visited are Jervaulx Abbey, Dyrham Park, Chiswick House, Blenheim and Harewood. (Video, 26 min. each)
September 24 - 27, 1997
Angkor's Shadow (Pierre Oscar Lévy, 1997)
Examines the traces of a former civilization still evident in present-day Cambodia. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia: Millennium of Glory. (Video, 55 min.)
October 4 - 5, 1997
The Best of the Montreal International Festival of Films on Art
A program of award-winning productions from North America's only annual film festival on art, introduced by Festival director René Rozon. (See Festival Round-Up for descriptions of award-winning films.)
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON
September 12-13, 1997
Picasso (Didier Baussy, 1985)
A comprehensive review of the artist's career, including footage of Picasso at work. Highlights paintings that Picasso kept for himself, now in the Musée Picasso in Paris. (83 min.)
October 24, November 1
Le Regard Picasso (Nelly Kaplan, 1967)
An award-winning exploration of the sources of Picasso's art, made on the occasion of the artist's 85th birthday. (52 min.)
November 22, December 4
The Unity of Picasso's Art: a Master Lecture by Professor Meyer Shapiro (Philip Gittelman, 1986)
A lecture by the legendary art historian and author, illustrated with 75 paintings, drawings and sculptures. (92 min.)
December 27, January 1
Pablo Picasso Painter (Frederic Rossif, 1982)
Captures the rhythm and creative spirit of the artist. Includes interviews with fellow artists, friends and his wife, Jacqueline Picasso. (80 min.)
December 17, 18, 20, 28, 1997 and January 2, 3, 1998
The Young Picasso: 1881-1906 (Juan A. Bardem, 1993)
The U.S. premiere of an engrossing four-part series made for Spanish television, based on Picasso's early career, beginning with his 1900 arrival in Paris and continuing through the completion of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon in 1907. (220 min. total)
MUSEE D'ORSAY PARIS
October 3, 1997
La Sainte veille sur la ville endormie (The Saint Watches Over the Sleeping City) (Patricia Canino, 1986, 14 min.)
Les Salons officiels (The Official Salons) (Ludovic Segarra, no date, 14 min.)
série Palettes: Harmonie orange, vert, pourpre (Palettes series: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat, 1886) (Alain Jaubert, 1991, 26 min.)
October 17, 1997
série Palettes: Le Regard captif, Le Bain turc d'Ingres (Palettes series: The Turkish Bath by Ingres) (Alain Jaubert, 1991, 26 min.)
série Palettes: Sous les pavés l'image, La Liberté guidant le peuple de Delacroix (Palettes series: Liberty Leading the People: Eugène Delacroix) (Alain Jaubert, 1989, 27 min.)
November 7, 1997
Nadar, photographe (Nadar, Photographer) (Stan Neumann, 1994, 26 min.)
Point de vue (Point of View), (Bernhard Lehner and Andres Pfaeffli, 1991, 58 min.)
November 28, 1997
Elles (The Women) (Johanna Quinn, no date, 5 min.)
HTL, Toulouse-Lautrec (J.-C. Averty, no date, 52 min.)
December 5, 1997
Les Méditations de Rodin (The Meditations of Rodin), (Jean-Paul Fargier, no date, 26 min.)
Aristide Maillol, sculpteur (Jean Lods, 1944, 25 min.)
December 19, 1997
Gauguin, un goût barbare (Gauguin, A Barbarous Taste) (Jean-Denis Bonan, no date, 52 min.)
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The 15th Annual Montreal International Festival of Films on Art
Bitings and Other Effects (Clara van Gool, Netherlands, 1995)
Winner, National Film Board of Canada Creativity Award
In a performance choreographed for the screen, victims of the poisonous tarantula-bite involuntarily dance the tarantella through the streets of Palermo, Sicily from the surrounding hills and sea, through the outskirts of the town, the old historic center, down a labyrinth of old alleyways, and through lush gardens to the Villa Palagonia. A particularly inventive use of architectural and urban settings. (35mm, 30 min.)
The Outrage (Mark Karlin, Great Britain, 1995)
Winner, Best Essay Award
A creative documentary exploring the involvement of an unseen fictional character with the paintings of Cy Twombly. Not intended as a profile of the artist or an explanation of his art, the video encourages viewers to explore their own reactions to the paintings. (Video, 55 min.)
Arte Negata (Art Denied) (Nino Criscenti, Italy, 1996)
Winner, Best Reportage Award
An investigation into the devastated and neglected artworks of Italy, "the land of art." From Milan to Naples, the film visits cellars and attics, closed museums, pillaged churches and palaces in ruin, where thousands of "invisible" artworks continue to deteriorate. (Video, 55 min.)
L'Origine du Monde (The Origin of the World) (Jean-Paul Fargier, France, 1996)
Winner, Best Educational Film Award
An exploration of the artist Gustave Courbet's most controversial painting. An explicit depiction of female genitalia, L'Origine du Monde was painted at the behest of a Turkish diplomat in 1866. Was the painting Courbet's manifesto of realism? And what happened to the painting, which vanished for years before turning up in the collections of the Musée d'Orsay in 1995? A thoughtful examination of a still-provocative topic. (Video, 28 min.)
Make Me Think: Bruce Nauman (Heinz Peter Schwerfel, France/Great Britain/ Germany, 1996)
A profile of the artist, widely considered one of the most important Conceptualist and Minimalist artists at work today. (35mm, 70 min.)
His Comedy (Paul Bush, Great Britain, 1994)
An innovative short animation based on Gustave Doré's 19th-century engravings for Dante's Divine Comedy. All of the film's images were produced by engraving them directly into the 35mm color film stock. (35mm, 8 min.)
5th International Biennial of Films on Art at the Centre Georges Pompidou
Les Couleurs du silence (The Colors of Silence)
Milka Assaf, France, 1995
Lucebert, temps et adieux (Lucebert, Times and Farewells)
Johann van der Keuken, Netherlands, 1994
Lee Miller ou la traversée du miroir (Lee Miller Through the Mirror)
Sylvain Roumette, France, 1995
