How to Enjoy Experimental Film H2EEF

Filmmakers Peter Tscherkassky and Eve Heller return to the show to discuss their most recent films: Train Again and Singing In Oblivion respectively. These are two truly masterful films, capable of thrilling and moving in equal measure. Whether in Peter's visceral exploration of locomotive and cinema history Train Again or Eve's searching investigation of personal and cultural heritage in Singing in Oblivion, these are both captivating works that deploy found footage to strikingly different effect.

Eve’s films are frequently programmed worldwide, but you can find information about her work and film links on request from Sixpack film:https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/filmmaker/4196/Peter’s films are available on 3 DVDs from Sixpack, as well as being included on Noel Lawrence’s curated Experiments in Terror collections (produced by Craig Baldwin’s Other Cinema company) and on a recent blu-ray produced by Found Footage Magazine. Many of his films are also available to download from Sixpack. Visit his site here:http://www.tscherkassky.at

This episode was facilitated by filmmaker and fan of the show Dave Beaumler. Sincerest gratitude for his help.

In a first for this show, two filmmakers join appear together in conversation. Partners Eve Heller and Peter Tscherkassky join the show to discuss their practices. Together they produced the book Film Unframed: A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema, but their practices, whilst both deploying found footage are very distinct.

Eve Heller's films include found footage and photographed footage, produced exclusively on celluloid film and marked by particular engagement with the ideas of time, duration and memory.

Peter Tscherkassky has achieved worldwide renown for his films, which are frequently highly kinetic, visceral experiences, prompting the viewer to become aware of film as a fundamentally 3 dimensional medium. Also often working with found footage, Peter often deploys a method of contact printing (placing frames onto unexposed film and exposing the sections he wishes to reproduce by exposing them to a light source eg. a laser pointer).

Eve's films are frequently programmed worldwide, but you can find information about her work and film links on request from Sixpack film:

https://www.sixpackfilm.com/en/catalogue/filmmaker/4196/

Peter's films are available on 3 DVDs from Sixpack, as well as being included on Noel Lawrence's curated Experiments in Terror collections (produced by Craig Baldwin's Other Cinema company) and on a recent blu-ray produced by Found Footage Magazine. Many of his films are also available to download from Sixpack. Visit his site here:

http://www.tscherkassky.at

This episode was facilitated by filmmaker and fan of the show Dave Beaumler. Sincerest gratitude for his help.

Born in 1939, Barbara Meter is one of the most distinguished experimental filmmakers currently working in The Netherlands. Barbara's films are highly personal, but with universal appeal, addressing themes of love, friendship, loss and memory. In a career spanning from the late 60s to the present day, her work incorporates experimental, narrative and documentary works. In this episode, Barbara discusses her experimental and documentary films, from her first experimental film in 1970 From the Exterior to her most recent works Nachtlicht and I Know Where You Live, but Not Where You Went.



For a DVD featuring 11 of Barbara's films, visit Re:Voir's site:

https://re-voir.com/shop/en/babara-meter/821-barbara-meter-zuiver-film-9789059390270.html?search_query=Barbara+meter&results=60



For a DVD featuring her film Departure on Arrival, click here:

https://re-voir.com/shop/en/film-revoir-experiemental-film-dvd/762-studio-een-experimental-films-from-the-lowlands.html?search_query=lowlands&results=2



See a selection of Barbara's films on Vimeo:

https://vimeo.com/user11331228



Visit:

https://www.barbarameter.com

On Thursday, 10 new episodes will begin to appear in your podcast feeds.

In this clip package, you will hear the voices of the guests for the coming season (in order of appearance):

Barbara Meter

Eve Heller

Peter Tscherkassky

Ruth Novaczek

Helga Fanderl

Louise Bourque

Sapphire Goss

Vivian Ostrovsky

For our first ever "EXTRA" episode, we are joined once again by R. Bruce Elder, once described by Jonas Mekas as "the most important North American avant-garde filmmaker to emerge during the 1980s".

Bruce has supplied an additional essay discussing the Gerrard St. Village / Isaacs artists scene at the time that Michael Snow was a young man, offering some insights into artists and styles that may have contributed to Snow's own work.

A special extended episode in tribute to filmmaker Michael Snow (1928-2023), focusing on four major works: Rameau's Nephew by Diderot Thanx to Denis Young by Wilma Schoen, So Is This, La Region Centrale and the iconic Wavelength.

Featuring interviews and analyses from:

R. Bruce Elder

Nicky Hamlyn

Chris Meigh-Andrews

Jim Shedden

Steven Woloshen

as well as archive interviews with Michael Snow himself and Jonas Mekas.

Mekas appears courtesy of Jim Shedden, as part of his film "Michael Snow Up Close".

The most recent featured interview with Michael Snow was conducted by R. Bruce Elder for the Brakhage Center at CU Boulder.

Archive interviews with Michael Snow were carried out by Jim Shedden for the TV show "Independent Visions" and his film "Michael Snow Up Close".



View Jim's film here: https://vimeo.com/24502091

View Jim's series here: https://vimeo.com/41290742



Find films of Michael Snow on DVD here: https://re-voir.com/shop/en/

And some filmmaker-approved uploads of Snow's films here: https://ubu.com/film/snow.html