Anne Walton on Long Film

[above: the light at 2pm on Friday during Long Film For Ambient Light] [The following is a short series of excerpts from an interview with Anne Walton, recorded by Lucas, Friday 16th March 2007, 2pm. These quotes are cut from a longer conversation. The full transcript will be more interesting!] I felt a smoothness… like …

Reel Rescues – Film in the Library

Our friend Sally Golding of Otherfilm is presenting this great programme up in Brisbane: Reel Rescues at the State Library of Queensland Reel Rescues is an exhibition of home movies, silent films and original newsreels, acting as a time capsule of Queensland life from the 1920s through to the 1970s in moving image form. The …

expansive cinema at the agnsw

passing along this info! Programme at the AGNSW for all fans of experimental cinema Saturday 16 June 2pm Saturday 23 June 12noon Saturday 7 July 12noon Saturday 21 July 2pm Domain Theatre, Lower Level 3 This series focuses on the enduring traditions and lasting influence of experimental and avant-garde filmmaking. This is so-called formalist cinema, …

MIKE LEGGETT: expanded screen, performed film, structural film 1970-1981

[update – there is a review article of this event at Realtime magazine here.] Teaching and Learning Cinema presents: MIKE LEGGETT: expanded screen, performed film, structural film 1970-1981 Saturday 28 April 6.30pm-10pm [view installations of Unword and Vistasound from 6pm-730pm, film screenings from 730pm-9.30pm] Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) 257 Oxford Street, Paddington NSW 2021 …

THIS TIME: TLC Screening at SYDNEY

The Teaching & Learning Cinema invites you to “THIS TIME“, a film screening this Sunday, April 1st, 2007 6.30pm for a 7pm start at ˜Sydney”, Cleveland St (next to Fatima’s) (see http://officialsydney.com) The screening follows along from a residency that Lucas Ihlein and Louise Curham have been doing in the majestic Track 12 at Performance …

Flemo: notes from Long Film

[Lucas and Flemo about 9pm on Friday 16 March, photo by Peter Shaw taken from outside Track 12] A few folks who we invited to experience our private “screening” of Long Film for Ambient Light have begun to filter back with their thoughts after the event. First cab off the rank is Flemo. Thanks for …

Long Film Dream

Long Film for Ambient Light related dream, 23 march 2007, 5.30am: This bizarre dream popped up about 5 days after we did our experiment with Long Film. Talk about mental residue. Remember, all characters are fictional and their resemblance to any person living or dead etc…xx Lucas We’re in New York and Anthony McCall is …

Lucas: notes from Long Film for Ambient Light

16 march 2007 noon (written at 1.30pm) I pressed go on the timer. Set it to 23 hours 59 minutes. But we still were setting up, so didn’t really take the moment to just be here. Kat was still vacuuming. The space felt clean and neat, there was a “coming into clarity” about the whole …