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UK based film and video maker Ruth Novaczek has developed a distinctive style of montage, in which she freely combines material she photographs herself with an array of found footage from near innumerable sources. The style, which she describes as "Bricolage" has come to characterise much of her mature work. Photographing material on super-8, lo-res video, camera phones etc. and editing on free software, particularly iMovie, Ruth's work emphasises the accessibility of media tools to an ever increasing number of people, while acknowledging our existence in a multimedia society.

Her methods are combined with regular themes: explorations of feminist perspectives on culture and history, references to lesbian romantic relationships, a diasporic, (rootless) cosmopolitan sense of self, and a strong thread of international Jewish heritage.

Described by Chris Kraus and Dinah Johnston as "The Patti Smith of Film", these are works that interpret and reinterpret media fragments to deepen (and question) our understanding of the cultural artefacts that surround us.

For more about Ruth and her films, visit:

https://www.ruthnovaczek.com/home

View a selection of her films here:

https://vimeo.com/ruthnovaczek

For DVDs of Ruth's films visit:

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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:

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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.