A few years ago, as I discovered more and more things about experimental film and video, I wondered if anybody back in Turkey was interested in these “things”. At that point, it was my fifth or sixth consecutive year living in Buffalo; I went back to Turkey usually every summer, but I hadn’t lived there [...]

There was a year in my life where I tried to write something really substantial on Robert Breer, but ended up not being able to get anywhere with it; I read what I could, but as is often the case with work like this, couldn’t see all I wanted. Our department had some of his [...]

Last April we had a little double screening of Hollis Frampton‘s HAPAX LEGOMENA and David Gatten‘s THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE DIVIDING LINE. Here’s Prof. Michael Zryd speaking of HAPAX, and Gatten introducing his project, along with his Q and A. I’ve posted them before, but as this is my brand-spankin’ new space, figure I [...]

  Following up on the recent post on the International Experimental Media Congress, here’s a resource on the contentious previous one held in 1989; under various names, they’ve been held numerous times before (I believe the latest was the 8th edition, if you will.) It’s oft-referenced, and it’s presence was felt at the recent one [...]

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  I recently attended the International Experimental Media Congress in Toronto. It was a fun affair, and I got to meet some wonderful people; the organizers got me a billet option at Eli Horwatt’s house, and I tagged along through the events, morning till the late a.m. Here’s two reviews of the event, one on [...]