The Church of London. Experimental Film - married, show, name, cinema, scene, book, story, documentary. Experimental films are very different from feature-length Hollywood fiction films.
In Mothlight (1963), Stan Brakhage (1933–2003) completely avoids "normal" filmmaking (he doesn't even use a camera) by sprinkling seeds, grass, dead moths, and bee parts directly onto the film stock; the result is a three-minute rhythmic "dance" between nature and the projector mechanism. There are many types of experimental film, but despite their diversity, it is possible to pin down tendencies that help make experimental film a discrete genre.
Edward Small identifies eight traits of experimental films and in the process defines important differences between the avant-garde and Hollywood. Most obviously, production is a collaborative enterprise, but most experimental filmmakers conceive, shoot, and edit their films alone or with a minimal crew. Often they even assume the responsibility for the distribution of the finished film. Many experimental films violate one or more of the above traits. Daido Moriyama 森山大道 « I c. U c. Wii c. Oishii! Above is a photo of Daido Moriyama adding comments to his works at his show.
(Photo taken from white-screen.jp) He is a photographer; furthermore, he is a Visual Anthropologist. Moriyama, born in 1938, began his career as early as when he was 20. He first started off as a graphic designer but two years later he began his study of photography under photographer Takeji Iwamiya. [1] Moriyama often described himself as a “stray dog” where he will wander around the town to find something or do something–find the subject then take pictures.
He enjoys taking pictures of–literary–things he sees where his photos explore a lot about the reality happening. The most influencial photographer of his life is William Klein. Above is a photo taken by William Klein. International Center of Photography Library. The urban environment, with its fast pace, constant motion and blur of activity has consistently been a subject for the well-known Japanese postwar photographer Daido Moriyama.
Whether contemporary images of his Shinjuku, Tokyo neighborhood or vintage 1971 photos taken during his first trip to New York with close friend and graphic designer Tadanoori Yokoo, Moriyama’s ability to capture the nervous and dark edges of a city and tame it within a raw exuberance and vitality is emblematic of his highly charged visual language. Nearly 40 years since his first trip to New York, Moriyama returned to the city this past week to participate in several events at Japan Society and the Aperture Gallery. Particularly of interest were Moriyama’s comments about American photographer William Klein, who he freely praised as one of his earliest and most profound influences. I began photography at the age of 22 – 23, and that is when I encountered William Klein’s New York. William Klein. Daido Moriyama. Jellyfish Lake Filmed With A 5D Mark II.
Hacking Photography For The Love of It. Experimental/Avant-Garde. Like many of the predominant art movements in the Twentieth Century, American Experimental Film, one could argue, saw its birth in New York City.
Conversely, one could easily claim that the movement began on the opposite coast (in San Francisco, for instance, where truly significant developments were made, or in the shadow of Hollywood, where several filmmakers got their start. Regardless, though heavily influenced by the German Expressionists (F.W. August Sander. (German, 1876–1964) German photographer.
Daido Moriyama – Paul Davies. Top 5 art events and exhibitions around the world you can't miss in october 2012. Madrid: María Blanchard October 17 – February 25, 2013 The exhibition dedicated to María Blanchard (Santander, 1881 – Paris, 1932) seeks to recover this Spanish artist who experienced painting with all of its uncertainties and convictions and who would end up becoming one of the great figures of the avant-garde.
Her artistic development came late and she did not reach creative maturity until well into her thirties, after moving to Paris. For many years, until the 1960s with the arrival of the book by Rodríguez Alcalde, she was the object of a biased vision that reduced the study of her pictorial work to a few clichés and focused primarily on finding a biographical justification for her style. Daido Moriyama: Journey to Something. Today a solo exhibition of one of Japan’s foremost photographers is opened at the Reflex Art gallery in Amsterdam.
For Journey to Something, Daido Moriyama has pulled shots from his archive as well as new images. We were very honoured to do a short interview with the man himself. BLEND\: You started out as a graphic designer. Dezeen - architecture and design magazine. Chapter MovieMaker. Magazine. Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room - Phalli's Field (Floor Show) (1965) For nearly half a century now, Yayoi Kusama’s personal history has preceded her: the artist arrived in New York from Japan in the late 1950s, and soon became the city’s avant-It Girl, receiving praise from and exhibitions with the likes of Donald Judd, Frank Stella and Yves Klein.
Though she preferred the somewhat antiquated ‘avant-garde’ label to Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism or Fluxus, hers was nonetheless the perfect art practice for the wild 1960s. Whitney Museum of American Art: Home. NY Arts Magazine - Home. 2008 February 18 « Ground Glass. The blogosphere is full of ‘best of’ lists and rankings.
The blog is a perfect venue for this type of information. So I thought it would be nice to create a women in the history of photography list. The weirdest Alice in Wonderland movie ever made. British Journal of Photography. Magazine - Archives. Lee Frost Photography. Greatest Films - The Best Movies in Cinematic History. Adventures in Vertigo. Juxtapoz Magazine.