Sunday, March 30, 2008

Fluxus Anthology

FLUXFILM N:O 1–31 and 36–37 Print: Light Cone, 16mm, 100 min. Viewed at Cinema Orion, Helsinki, 30 March 2008.
Fluxfilm n:o 1: Zen for Film D: Nam June Paik, 1962-1964, 7 min 16 mm b&w silent - white screen
Fluxfilm n:o 2: Invocation of Canyons and Boulders D: Dick Higgins, 1966 1 min 16 mm colour silent - the devouring mouth
Fluxfilm n:o 3: End After 9 D: George Maciunas, 1966 1 min 20 sec 16 mm b&w silent - just the title
Fluxfilm n:o 4: Disappearing Music for Face D: Chieko Shiomi, 1966 10 min 16 mm b&w silent - mouth
Fluxfilm n:o 5: Blink D: John Cavanaugh, 1966 2 min 30 sec 16 mm b&w silent - flicker
Fluxfilm n:o 6: 9 Minutes D: James Riddle, 1966 9 min 16 mm b&w silent - seconds numbered
Fluxfilm n:o 7: 10 Feet
D: George Maciunas, 1966 0 min 28 sec 16 mm b&w silent - counter
Fluxfilm n:o 8: 1000 Frames D: George Maciunas, 1966 0 min 42 sec 16 mm b&w silent - counter
Fluxfilm n:o 9: Eye Blink D: Yoko Ono, 1966 1 min 16 mm b&w silent - slow motion of opening eye
Fluxfilm n:o 10: Entrance to Exit D: George Brecht, 1966 6 min 30 sec 16 mm b&w opt - from light entrance to dark exit sign
Fluxfilm n:o 11: Trace n:o 22 D: Robert Watts, 1966 1 min 15 sec 16 mm b&w silent - Marilyn, thighs, mons pubis
Fluxfilm n:o 12: Trace n:o 23 D: Robert Watts, 1966 3 min 16 mm b&w silent - road marks, mons pubis, penis ersatz, bare breasts
Fluxfilm n:o 13: Trace n:o 24 D: Robert Watts, 1966 1 min 19 sec 16 mm b&w silent - X-ray of talking and eating head
Fluxfilm n:o 14: One D: Yoko Ono, 1966 4 min 30 sec 16 mm b&w silent - extreme slow motion of lighting a match
Fluxfilm n:o 15: Eye Blink D: Yoko Ono, 1966 1 min 16 mm b&w silent - fast eye blink
Fluxfilm n:o 16: Four D: Yoko Ono, 1966 5 min 30 sec 16 mm b&w silent - four-split screen of bare buttocks (back and thighs)
Fluxfilm n:o 17: Five O'Clock in the Morning D: Pieter Vanderbek, 1966 4 min30 sec 16 mm b&w silent - slomo - pebbles on white
Fluxfilm n:o 18: Smoking D: Joe Jones, 1966 6 min 16 mm b&w silent - extreme slow motion
Fluxfilm n:o 19: Opus 74, Version 2 D: Eric Andersen, 1966 1 min 20 sec 16 mm colour silent - overlong director credit
Fluxfilm n:o 20: Artype D: George Maciunas, 1966 4 min 20 sec 16 mm b&w silent - flicker film of a circle pattern *
Fluxfilm n:o 22: Shout D: Jeff Perkins, 1966 2 min 30 sec 16 mm b&w silent - the word "Shout" expands, DP: Y. Ono, a silent on shouting
Fluxfilm n:o 23: Sun in Your Head D: Wolf Vostell, 1966 6 min 16 mm b&w silent - flicker grid - "television decollage", early video art
Fluxfilm n:o 24: Readymade D: Albert Fine, 1966 0 min 45 sec 16 mm colour silent - abstract colour *
Fluxfilm n:o 25: The Evil Faerie D: George Landow, 1966 3 min 16 mm b&w silent - clown expression
Fluxfilm n:o 26: Sears Catalogue 1-3 D: Paul Sharits, 1965 0 min 28 sec 16 mm - the catalogue page by page by frame
Fluxfilm n:o 27: Dots 1 & 3 D: Paul Sharits, 1965 0 min 35 sec 16 mm
Fluxfilm n:o 28: Wrist Trick & Unrolling Event D: Paul Sharits, 1966 2 min 30 sec 16 mm b&w silent
Fluxfilm n:o 29: Word Movie D: Paul Sharits, 1966 4 min 16 mm colour optical - ultra fast words
Fluxfilm n:o 30: Dance D: Albert Fine, 1966 2 min 16 mm b&w silent - spastic shadow boxing
Fluxfilm n:o 31: Police Car D: John Cale, 1966 1 min 16 mm colour silent - a beacon in the night
Fluxfilm n:o 36 D: Peter Kennedy, Mike Parr, 1970 2 min 30 sec 16 mm b&w opt - the tips of the shoes
Fluxfilm n:o 37 D: Peter Kennedy, Mike Parr, 1970 2 min 16 mm b&w silent - cells added, until image gets dark
According to Light Cone the most complete version of Fluxus Anthology, five films missing: Fluxfilm n:o 21: Babyfootage (Alyson Knowles), Fluxfilm n:o 32: Intermission (Milan Knizak), Fluxfilm n:o 33: Indeterminate Movie (Milan Knizak), Fluxfilm n:o 34: Rainbow Movie (Ay-O), Fluxfilm N.o 35: Moon Landing (Geoffrey Hendricks). - Basic experiments in perception, provocations of the cinema experience, back to zero, films that are non-films, Being and Nothingness. - Moment s of beauty and humour (Yoko Ono), sex (Robert Watts) and great flicker (George Maciunas, Albert Fine).

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