Found Film Footage by George Clark
Rose Hobart, Joseph Cornell “One need not look for new, as yet unseen images, but one must work with existing ones in such a way that they become new,” Harun Farocki. To accompany the article on...
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Danse Macabre, directed by Pedro Pires From over nine years of commissioning and viewing screen-based dance, these are the seven that most vividly remain in my mind. They span the spectrum of what is...
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Eyes Without a Face, Georges Franju A host of new, interactive viewing technologies mean that when it comes to moving images we’re increasingly used to being in the driving seat. All of the works below...
View ArticleEditing by Jo Ann Kaplan
Orphee, Jean Cocteau Here are 8 “magic” cuts. By “magic” I mean cuts or edits, or sequences made therefrom, which make my heart stop and my mouth open in suspension of disbelief, amazement, and excess...
View ArticleGreg Kurcewicz on Country and Western music on YouTube
Waylon Jennings on YouTube My 7 wonders are all to do with Country and Western, a genre of music that I have begun to explore more of over the last few years. I vividly remember one afternoon as a...
View ArticleIdentical Twins in Hollywood Films
Dead Ringer, Paul Henreid These Seven Wonders are inspired by Factum, the latest multi-channel video installation by artist Candice Breitz, that explores the experiences of identical twins in Toronto....
View ArticleIt’s not a rip off, it’s a homage
Magnetic Movie, Semiconductor, 'homaged' in a recent IBM commercial Art has always influenced commercial creatives, and artists have often drawn on – appropriated, even – other parts of culture. It’s...
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