Books and Websites
Below are some
books and links which can help you with your research. (OP means Out of
print)
Dwoskin; Film is ... : the
international free
cinema
The Overlook Press,
1975 (OP)
Peter Gidal, Materialist
Film
Routledge, 1989 (OP)
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
Nicky Hamlyn, Film Art
Phenomena
BFI 2003
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
Julia Knight (Editor), Diverse
Practices: A Critical Reader on
British Video Art
University of Luton Press,
1996
Buy from Amazon.co.uk
Malcolm Le Grice, Abstract Film
and Beyond
Studio
Vista, 1977 (OP)
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Michael O'Pray, The British
Avant-Garde Film: 1926-1995, An
anthology of writings
University of Luton Press, 1995
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Michael O'Pray, Avant-Garde Film:
Forms, Themes and
Passions
Wallflower Press, 2003.
A.L. Rees, A History of
Experimental Film and Video:
From Canonical Avant-garde to
Contemporary British
Practice
University of
California Press, 1999
P. Adams Sitney: The Avant-Garde
Film: A Reader of Theory and
Criticism, Visionary Film (3rd
Edition)
Oxford
University Press, 2002
P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film:
The American Avant-Garde
1943-1978 (2nd Edition)
Oxford University Press, 1979
Other useful titles include:
Stan Brakhage, Film at Wit's End:
Eight Avant-Garde
Filmmakers
McPherson
& Co., 1991
David Curtis, Experimental
Cinema: A Fifty Year
Evolution
Studio Vista,
1971 (OP)
David Curtis (ed) A Directory of
British Film and Video
Artists
Arts Council of
England/University ofLuton/John
Libbey, 1995
Wheeler Winston Dixon, The
Exploding Eye : A Re-Visionary
History of 1960s American
Experimental Cinema
State University of New York Press, 1997
Peter Gidal (Editor), Structural
Film Anthology
British
Film Institute, 1976
John Hanhardt (ed), Video
Culture: A Critical
Investigation
Gibbs
Smith Publisher, 1987 (OP)
Jan-Christopher Horak (Editor),
Lovers of Cinema : The First
American Film Avant-Garde
1919-1945
University of
Wisconsin Press, 1996
David E James (ed), To Free The
Cinema: Jonas Mekas and the New
York Underground
Princeton University Press, 1992
Rudolf E. Kuenzli, Dada and
Surrealist Film
MIT
Press, 1996
Stephen Koch, Stargazer: The
Life, World and Films of Andy
Warhol (3rd Edition)
Marion Boyars Publishing,1991.
Malcolm Le Grice, Experimental
Cinema in the Digital
Age
British Film Institute, 2001
Lenny Lipton, Independent
Filmmaking
Simon
& Schuster, 1983 (OP)
Scott MacDonald, A Critical
Cinema: Interviews With
Independent Filmmakers
University of California Press, 1988 (OP)
A Critical Cinema 2: Interviews
With Independent
Filmmakers
University of
California Press, 1992
A Critical Cinema 3: Interviews
With Independent
Filmmakers
University of
California Press, 1998
Avant-garde Film: Motion
Studies
Cambridge University
Press, 1993
The Garden in the Machine: A
Field Guide to Independent Films
about Place
University
of California Press, 2001
Michael Maziere & Nina
Danino (editors): The UNDERCUT
READER Critical Writings on
Artists' Film and
Video.
Wallflower Press, 2002
Jonas Mekas, Movie Journal: The
Rise of a New American Cinema
1969-1971
Macmillan,
1972 (OP)
Rachel O Moore, Savage Theory:
Cinema as Modern Magic
Duke University Press 2000
Bill Nichols (ed) Maya Deren and
the American
Avant-Garde
University of
California Press, 2001
James Peterson, Dreams of Chaos,
Visions of Order : Understanding
the American Avante-Garde
Cinema
Wayne State
University Press, 1994
Lauren Rabinovitz, Points of
Resistance: Women, Powers and
Politics in the New York
Avant-Garde Cinema,
1943-71
University of
Illinois Press, 1991
Sheldon Renan, The Underground
Film: An Introduction to its
Development In America
EP Dutton, 1967 (OP)
Robert Russet & Cecille
Starr, Experimental Animation:
Origins of a New Art
Da
Capo Press, 1988 (OP)
Edward S. Small, Direct Theory :
Experimental Film/Video As a
Major Genre
Southern
Illinois University Press, 1995
Parker Tyler, Underground
Film
Da Capo Press, 1995
Amos Vogel, Film As A Subversive
Art
Random House, 1974
William C. Wees, Light Moving in
Time : Studies in the Visual
Aesthetics of Avant-Garde
Film
University of
California Press, 1992
Gene Youngblood, Expanded
Cinema
EP Dutton, 1970 (OP)
[available as a .pdf file online]
David Curtis, A History of Artists' Film and Video in Britain 1897-2004
British Film Institute, 2007
Jackie Hatfield, Experimental Film and Video: An Anthology
John Libbey & Co Ltd, 2006
Laura Mulvey, Death 24x a Second: Stillness and the Moving Image
Reaktion Books, 2005
Vivian Sobchack, Persistence of History: Cinema, Television and the Modern Event
Routledge, 1997
Michael Rush, Video Art
Thames & Hudson, 2007 (2nd ed.)
Vivian Sobchack, Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment & Moving Image Culture
University of California Press, 2004
Doug Hall & Sally Jo Fifer, Illuminating Video: An Essential Guide to Video Art
Aperture, 2005
Catherine Elwes, Video Art: A Guided Tour
I.B. Tauris, 2005
Takahiko Iimura, From Takahiko Iimaura: Films & Video Installations
Roma: Diagonale, 1997
Mark Rosenthal, Understanding Installation Art: From Duchamp to Holzer
Prestel Publishing, 2003
Websites
LUX website
Includes a complete online catalogue of the
LUX archive of artists' film and video, plus features on new artists and
works, a calendar of London-based artists film events, and further
resources. To subscribe to the LUXNEWSWIRE, a monthly e-newsletter for
those interested in and making artists' moving image work, go the the LUX
homepage and click on 'subscribe'.
Practical Film and Video Resources
NO.W.HERE Lab, 14 Kingsgate Place, NW6 2TA, 0207 372 3925. www.nowhere-lab.org
NO.W.HERE lab provides access to film equipment and courses on a range of film processes, such as optical printing. Sells film stock and offers black and white film processing services as well as regular forums and discussions on artist film and video practice.
Soho Images, 8 - 14 Meard St, W1F 0EQ, 0207 437 0831, www.Sohoimages.com
16mm colour print processing available. Contact: Len Thornton.
Widescreen Centre, 47 Dorset Street, London W1U 7ND, 0207 935 2580
Widescreen Centre, 18 Lady Bay Road, West Bridgeford, Nottingham NG2 5BJ, 0115 945 5459
Both stores offer specialised super 8mm and 16mm stock and equipment
PEC Video Ltd, 65-66 Dean Street, London W1D 4PL, www.pec.co.uk
Supplies for film and video production, from slicing tape to film reels.
Stanley Productions, 147 Wardour Street, W1F 8WD, 0207 7439 0311.
Transfer and tape dubbing services. Sellers of film and tape stock.
Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook
www.kftv.com/country-GBR.html
Lists the contact details of over 50,000 companies and crew operating in the film, TV and commercial production industries world wide – including over 11,500 in the UK.
UK University courses
Several universities in
the UK run courses that involve elements of artists' film and video.
Contact course administrators directly to find out what relevant courses
are currently running.
Birkbeck MA in Film and Visual Culture
University of Central Lancashire MA in Experimental Film
School Of Television and Imaging, Duncan Of Jordanstone College Of Art And
Design MSc in Electronic Imaging
University of East London BA Fine Art [with film component] BA Film
History
University of Essex Undergraduate Film Courses
University of Essex Postgraduate Film Courses
University College for the Creative Arts Film & Video
University College for the Creative Arts MA Artists' Film, Video and Photography
London Metropolitan University MA Digital Film and Animation
School of Art and Design, University of Salford, Greater Manchester
MA/PgDig Creative Technology
Southampton Solent University
MA Film
University College for the Creative Arts Animation
School of Creative Arts University of the West of England, Bristol MA Documentary Film & Video
Online information and writing on artists' film and video
There are many sites on the internet with information on artists' film and video, includings research around particular periods and themes, filmographies and critical writings. Below is a list of some of the most useful.
Animation Research Centre at University College for the Creative Arts, UK
UK based animation research centre
British Artists' Filmographies 1920 - 2000
The AHRB Centre for British Film and Television Studies, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Ongoing project to create a comprehensive filmography of British artists' film and video including single screen and installation work as well as current locations.
Early Video Project, USA
Resources and tape lists for late 1960s and early 1970s US video art.
Flicker
Excellent portal site for information on international artists' film and video
Film and Video Art Information, Western Connecticut State University, USA
Information on international film and video artists, filmographies and bibliographies mostly written by university students.
Fred Camper, USA
Website of Chicago-based critic Fred Camper, includes extensive writings on experimental film and video including comprehensive work on Stan Brakhage.
Iota Center, Los Angeles, USA
The Iota Center is an organisation which preserves and promotes the art of abstract animation. They hold a large collection of materials at their center and are currently developing an online database of abstract animators and their work.
CINOVID Internet database for experimental film and video art, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Germany
Large database of international experimental film and video works drawn from festivals and international distributors, which includes genre/subject classifications and synopsis of works.
Robert Haller, USA
Website of US writer and curator Robert Haller, including writings from his various curatorial projects.
Video History Project, Experimental TV Center, USA
Research resources concerning the the history of video art and community television in the USA.
