Film Comment poll

[Quentin Turnour]

Thanks Michael; the beginning of the thread was actually in a discussion 
begun about Markus about why Japanese experimental cinema is not more 
widely seen in the West. I was arguing that one of the problems was the 
difficulty enthusiastic experimental programmers have in getting potential 
Japanese distributors to respond to their approaches ( This is 
acknowledging that these are generalist experimental and Artist video 
programmers who, unlike many on this list, are unable to speak Japanese 
and who whilst know the work and have researched and know the sources are 
not been regular Japanese visitors)

In this, I'm afraid, Image Forum don't have the best reputation. If you 
can suggest personal contacts or people we should be getting to know to 
change this, please let me know (perhaps off-list).

Quentin Turnour, Programmer, 
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Re: Film Comment poll
    by Quentin Turnour <Quentin.Turnour at nfsa.gov.au>
     ...I was thinking of... the Artist's Film and Video Study and 
Research collection at St Martin's Collage in London; not so much an 
exhibitor, but perhaps the leading such collection in the UK for 
researching experimental cinema practice and history. They have been 
trying to 'internationalise' their collection; the curators there know and 
deeply appreciate Japanese experimental cinema, but have mentioned that 
attempts to build a links to build a collection of some key Japanese works 
have been very difficult. 

Sorry I missed the beginning of this thread.  If, as I understand, you are 
looking for good examples of Japanese experimental cinema, you should try:
IMAGE FORUM
http://www.imageforum.co.jp/

If experimental video is part of your interest, I can direct you to other 
sources.

All best,
Michael Goldberg
ivw at gol.com




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