{"id":59,"date":"2009-04-13T21:18:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-14T04:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=59"},"modified":"2010-08-02T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T23:16:45","slug":"early-avant-garde-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/59","title":{"rendered":"[early] Avant Garde Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

A collection of historical bits and ends  . . . .<\/p>\n

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\nF.T. Marinetti’s Futurist Manifesto as film, by D. Christie<\/em>‘An animated\/live action interpretation of F.T. Marinetti’s 1909 Futurist Manifesto. Inspired by the artwork and design of Norman Bel Geddes and Raymond Loewy.’<\/p>\n

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\nMarcel Duchamp’s Anemic Cinema (1926) <\/em>(turn off the sound if you’re a purist)<\/p>\n

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\nWalther Ruttmann’s Opus I (1921)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nHans Richter’s Rhythmus 23 (1923)<\/em>Info: weirdwildrealm.com\/f-hans-richter.html<\/A> <\/p>\n

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\nLaszlo Moholy-Nagy’s Light Space Modulator (experimental short film, 1930)<\/em>Info: cybermuse.gallery.ca\/cybermuse\/enthusiast\/acquisitions\/2000-2001\/moholy_text_e.jsp<\/A><\/p>\n

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\nMoholy Nagy film preview: Lichtspiel Schwarz Weiss Grau (1930)<\/em>Titles feature types by Paul Renner (Futura Black) and Herbert Bayer (Universal)<\/p>\n

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\nMoholy-Nagy’s Light Space Modulator, recreation<\/em>‘a short documentation from the replica of moholy nagy’s light space modulator in Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven, Holland’<\/p>\n

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\nViking Eggeling’s Symphonie Diagonale (1921-24)<\/em>Info: myspace.com\/vikingeggeling<\/A><\/p>\n

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\nMan Ray: Le Retour a la Raison (1923)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nFernand Leger and Man Ray’s Ballet M\u00e9canique (1924)<\/em>Info: antheil.org<\/A><\/p>\n

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\nHans Richter: Inflation (1928)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nFluxus: Fluxfilm 8 (1966)<\/em>Info: en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fluxus<\/A><\/p>\n

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\nTony Conrad: Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain (1972)<\/em>‘Performance of Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain<\/em> by Tony Conrad, assisted by Mick “Mike” Flower (of Vibracathedral Orchestra), Angharad Davies and Ryoko Kuwajima – at Leeds City Art Gallery, UK on Monday 3rd April 2006. Extract recorded live to camera, though the other 88 minutes were pretty similar to this.’<\/p>\n

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\nHarry Everett Smith: Early Abstractions (1946-57)<\/em>Info: en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harry_Everett_Smith<\/A><\/p>\n

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\nBrian Eno and Harold Budd: The Plateaux of First Light<\/em> ‘Music by Brian Eno H.Budd Album:The Plateaux of Mirror. First Light. This video takes the point of view of a fly flying in cigarette smoke.’<\/p>\n

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\nBenny Hill: Avant Garde Cinema<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t
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