Tony Conrad Revisits Tony Conrad
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IFFR 2005
The legendary avant-garde film maker and musician Tony Conrad (see also his contribution to Exploding Cinema/Sound Check) recently had a series of film copies reconstructed, the original negatives of which were once lost in New York film labs. In this way, we finally get the chance to broaden our horizons on the radical and varied oeuvre of an artist who is still only associated with one title (The Flicker, 1966). At our request, he presents a selection of his works, from his early, formal experiments with and on film to more recent video projects. (EC)
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Film Feedback
The cybernetics of video applied to film production. Film Feedback was produced in ‘real time’ by processing and projecting the film while it was being… -
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4-X Attack
Machine-gun roll of 4-X negative film was exposed ‘under pressure’ and flashing in its exploded physical state. -
Straight and Narrow
A subjective screen experience in motion and colour. Black & white flicker generates subtle but precise patterns of colour, using horizontal and vertical stripes.
