Robert Beavers Study Day: Voice, Interval & Place
Date: 15 November 2008 | Season: Robert Beavers 2008
ROBERT BEAVERS STUDY DAY: Voice, Interval & Place
Saturday 15 November 2008, from 1-6pm
Norwich Aurora Festival
Robert Beavers will present an afternoon seminar on personal filmmaking following the themes of voice, interval and place. This rare opportunity to participate in an extended dialogue with the filmmaker will include screenings and detailed discussion of works by Robert Beavers, Gregory J. Markopoulos, Bruce Baillie and several contemporary filmmakers working in 8mm and 16mm.
“Starting from an observation made by the poet, Elizabeth Bishop, that theories can only be about others’ works or one’s own in retrospect or wishful thinking, I hope to open a discussion about what a filmmaker’s voice might be and how it is sometimes related to a sense of place. I will present films by others and an early work of my own, and time allowing, I may discuss one or two points towards the future to fulfil our poet’s category of wishful thinking.
“While viewing these films, I hope to speak about some of the material differences and discuss with the participants how these differences have affected the resulting films. This can provide participants with some background to this area of filmmaking and an opportunity for a comparison of sources for their own decisions as filmmakers or dedicated film spectators.
“I will concentrate also upon qualities of the senses in filmmaking and the search for a richness in the development of technique to give form to thought and emotion.” —Robert Beavers
Films to be shown and discussed:
Francois Boué, Tectonica: Ur-Haus (Yawpo), 1998-99, Super-8, 18fps, colour, sound, 7 min
Francois Boué, Micropolis: Tabu Mana, 1998, Super-8, 18fps, colour, silent, 3 min
Francois Boué, Tabu Mana II: Gods to Go, 1998, Super-8, 18fps, b/w, silent, 4 min
Francois Boué, Goetheanum, 2005, Super-8, 18fps, colour & b/w, silent, 8 min
Bruce Baillie, Valentin de las Sierras, 1967, 16mm, 24fps, colour, sound, 10 min
Ute Aurand, Maria und die Welt, 1995, 16mm, 24fps, colour & b/w, sound, 15 min
Robert Beavers, The Stoas, 1991-97, 16mm, 24fps, colour, sound, 22 min
15 minute break
Helga Fanderl, Tombs, 2004, 16mm, 18fps, b/w, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Broadway, 2006, 16mm, 18fps, b/w, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Drawing Cobblestones, 2006, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Golf House, 2006, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Leaden Waves, 2006, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Shadows on a Red Wall, 2006, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Skating, 2005, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Warriors Mark, 2007, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 2 min
Helga Fanderl, Louïe, 2007, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 3 min
Helga Fanderl, Glaciers, 2006, 16mm, 18fps, colour, silent, 1 min
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Bliss, 1967, 16mm, 24fps, colour, optical sound, 6 min
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Eniaios IV, Reel 2, late 1980s, 16mm, 24fps, colour, silent, c.25 min
Jeannette Muñoz, Cronica : El Cortijo, 2000-06, 16mm, 24fps, colour & b/w, silent, 15 min
Jeannette Muñoz, Envios (excerpts), 2003-08, 16mm, 24fps, colour & b/w, silent, c.10 min
Ute Aurand, Am Meer, 1995, 16mm, 24fps, colour, sound, 3 min
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