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John Cage Performs James Joyce (excerpt) by Takahiko Iimura

Posted on December 5, 2011 by admin

John Cage Performs James Joyce by Takahiko Iimura
1985, DVD, b&w, sound, 15 min.
Sound by and with John Cage Document of a voice performance by John Cage who ‘reads’, ‘vocalizes’ and ‘whispers’ in three different manners his artificial language taken from … Continue reading →

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Cine Dance: The Butoh of Tatsumi Hijikata (excerpt) by Takahiko Iimura

Posted on December 5, 2011 by admin

Cine Dance: The Butoh of Tatsumi Hijikata by Takahiko Iimura
1963-1965, DVD, b&w, sound 33 min.
Music: Tomomi Adachi. The Black Butoh dance created by Tatsumi Hijikata is closer to the neo-dada movement taking over the provocative, cynical and absurd forms … Continue reading →

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Dictionary (excerpt) by Coleen Fitzgibbon

Posted on September 16, 2011 by admin

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Birth of a Nation (excerpts) by Jonas Mekas

Posted on July 16, 2011 by admin

1997, DVD NTSC, color, sound, 85 min
ne hundred and sixty portraits or rather appearances, sketches and glimpses of avant-garde, independent filmmakers and film activists between 1955 and 1996. Why BIRTH OF A NATION? Because the film independents IS a nation … Continue reading →

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Another Occupation (excerpt) by Ken Jacobs

Posted on July 16, 2011 by admin

2011, color and black & white, sound, 15 min
A mostly black and white train ride along a jungle stream. The military appear in this pith-helmet special, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys, natives in line. I exhort the open spaces to … Continue reading →

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