Category: film

Optic Nerve

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Jason Hedges, “hardcore epicurean, master mixologist, novist sommelier, ” posted this on myspace. I could not find it on MoCA‘s website.

CALL TO ARTISTS:
MOCA SEEKING FILM AND VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
FOR UPCOMING OPTIC NERVE IX SHOWCASE

Deadline: June 22, 2007
Screening: July 28, 2207

(North Miami) – The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) is seeking film and video submissions for the ninth annual Optic Nerve, the museum’s popular film and video showcase featuring the work of emerging South Florida artists and filmmakers.
Rules: Submissions must be on VHS or DVD, no more than 6 minutes in length, contain original material and has been made within the last 2 years. All applicants must include the artist’s resume, contact information, a brief description of the work, a biographical statement, price of work and number of edition. Submissions must also include a $10 entry fee for MOCA members, $20 for non-members, payable in check or money order to Museum of Contemporary Art. Entries are limited to two submissions per person. A separate entry fee applies to each submission. Films will be selected by a jury of film and art professionals, and will be screened at MOCA during Optic Nerve on Saturday, July 28, 2007 at 7PM. One of the films will be purchased for MOCA’s Permanent Collection.

Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked no later than June 22, 2007. Only those submissions accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope will be returned.
All artists will be notified early July via mail if their work has or has not been selected for the July 28th screening.

Optic Nerve is sponsored by Starbucks Coffee Company.

“Optic Nerve has become a wonderful way to discover new South Florida artists. It has also inspired artists to create new works for submission to the jury,” said MOCA Executive Director Bonnie Clearwater.

La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?(Can Dialectics Break Bricks?)

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http://www.ubu.com/film/vienet_dialectics.html
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From bopsecrets.org

“Imagine a kung fu flick in which the martial artists spout Situationist aphorisms about conquering alienation while decadent bureaucrats ply the ironies of a stalled revolution. This is what you’ll encounter in René Viénet‘s outrageous refashioning of a Chinese fisticuff film. An influential Situationist, Viénet stripped the soundtrack from a run-of-the-mill Hong Kong export and lathered on his own devastating dialogue. . . . A brilliant, acerbic and riotous critique of the failure of socialism in which the martial artists counter ideological blows with theoretical thrusts from Debord, Reich and others. . . . Viénet’s target is also the mechanism of cinema and how it serves ideology.”

( via The Postmodern Anarchist )

I never panic

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It might be because I am been introduced to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I borrowed from library the dvd of the 1981-2 television program. I am really hitching to listen the original BBC radio version. There is just too much on the internet about Douglas Adams and his works. I would like to offer some images.

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Stage for Disaster Area

host of Disaster Area concert

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I also would like to offer works by William Cordova, which might have been informed by “The Guide.” here. And especially his exhibition “William Cordova: No More Lonely Nights, organized by MOCA November 29, 2003 – February 8, 2004”. More images are pending.

Riding around town

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I have been thinking about Martin Scorsese‘s Taxi Driver for a while now, since I saw it last. I was really impressed by the way filmmakers moved about the city. Many elements, from Bernard Herrmann‘s score to the cinematography and generally Scoresese’s choices, are superb. There is a good sense of movement and rhythm. This is Herrmann’s last score and it is very impressive–conveying subtlety and a metered pace of an unhurried cab. (Terence Blanchard‘s score for Spike Lee‘s 25th Hour also had a very good pacing and measured beat; I’ll compare these two scores later.)

Pimps of nyc.

Driving around nyc. Texas chainsaw massacre in the theatre,

One interesting note from Wikipedia:

In the original screenplay Sport, as well as other minor characters, were black. Scorsese thought that this would make the film appear to be racist, and they were changed to white roles.