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New Limited Edition Book with print and DVD

Posted in Exhibitions, Experimental film, Experimental video, Reading on September 24, 2011 | Comments Off

Peter Hay Halpert Fine Arts is now accepting pre-orders of Ron Diorio’s new photography book, Empire City. Printed in a very limited edition of only 50 copies, every signed and numbered copy includes a corresponding print and DVD of Diorio’s video work. Empire City exclusively features Diorio’s architectural photography, and follows the 2010 publication of [...]

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NYFF Views from the Avant Garde Day 3: Song Cycle

Posted in Reading, Thinking, Watching, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Song Cycle Pastourelle Nathaniel Dorsky, USA, 2010, 16.5m. There was some buzz in line about seeing “Nathaniel’s” new film so I was happy to know that as the first film in this set I would see it before I was going leave. I felt like I had been dropped into a midtown church in the [...]

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NYFF Views from the Avant Garde Day 3: Séance

Posted in Reading, Thinking, Watching, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 9, 2010 | Comments Off

Séance bust chance Stephanie Barber, USA, 2010, 7m. The third consecutive Barber piece in the program and clocking only seven minutes bust chance didn’t have me checking my watch. This was a smart use of someone else’s footage and added manipulated audience reaction soundtrack. If I put aside “razor’s edge” Ms. Barber is one of [...]

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NYFF Views from the Avant Garde Day 3: Landing on the Edge

Posted in Reading, Thinking, Watching, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 8, 2010 | Comments Off

Landing on the Edge Place for Landing Shambhavi Kaul, USA, 2010, 6m. Ms. Kaul noted before the film that it was entirely shot in mirrors which created some interesting framing choices. A good choice to lead off this session. Hearts are Trump Again Dani Leventhal, USA, 2010, 14m. Two and half days in and the [...]

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NYFF Views from the Avant Garde Day 3: Sea Scrolls

Posted in Reading, Thinking, Watching, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 7, 2010 | Comments Off

Sea Scrolls Atlantis Pieter Geenen, China/Belgium, 2008, 11.18m. If Google Street was in the experimental movie business, this might be the kind of movie they would deliver. The never blinking eye, always scanning, never stopping, never making judgments. Dining Cars Arianne Olthaar, Netherlands, 2009, 15.5m. I remember going to Flordia by train and having dinner [...]

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