thanks for posting this i am out of new york traveling extensively so i was not aware of his transformation
brahkage always showed there when in nyc - not the archive - that says a lot i think i remember howard also had great photo exhibits when i showed my only really long film there to not that large of an audience i apologized to him and he said - better to have a film with substance with a few people seeing it - its similar to what su fredrick says - she would rather have her work seen by people that can get it than the masses that cannot i am not sure i agree with them i think underground film can plant seeds that shift the consciousness of the masses but i think they were also discussing the ideal of making your own work no matter what - having your own voice in the face of anything - people not coming to your film screenings or people rejecting your voice out of their 'own' largely academic & capitalistic market constraints it takes a immeasurable amount of knowingness to stand as yourself against such bitter winds On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:56 AM, David Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Howard Guttenplan and the Millennium Film Workshop will be forever > inextricably linked. > With absolute devotion until the very end, Howard dedicated his energy and > expertise to keeping the Millennium going. > With inexplicable grace he withstood the recent indignities he was made to > suffer. > During his tenure as Executive Director, Howard single handedly > demonstrated acute discernment > in his "Personal Cinema" programs which made a place for the most > accomplished and celebrated film artists > to project their work in close proximity with totally unknown makers of > consequence. > In a kind of fearless visionary egalitarianism Howard insisted on a > monthly Open Screening program > which functioned as an important portal for the self-taught, socially > misaligned and/or politically maladroit outsider > to be discovered and to assimilate into the experimental film community > regardless of resume or lack thereof. > Howard's Millennium was open to both the big fish and the little fish, the > somebody's and the nobody's > in vibrant aesthetic exchange. > His great love was not film per se but the continuum of the experimental > film medium, > the linked progression of forms from one artist to another over time, > with invention and innovation as its most telling attribute. > The Millennium Film Workshop Archives will testify abundantly to the > astonishing procession of makers > who made this love manifest. Howard welcomed and treated each of these > artists with uncommon respect. > Howard's own film oeuvre is a shining example of what is possible > when one is totally dedicated to a highly evolved form of truth and beauty. > In all these ways he changed my life. > > -DB > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > -- Cari Machet NYC 646-436-7795 [email protected] AIM carismachet Syria +963-099 277 3243 Amman +962 077 636 9407 Berlin +49 152 11779219 Reykjavik +354 894 8650 Twitter: @carimachet <https://twitter.com/carimachet> 7035 690E 5E47 41D4 B0E5 B3D1 AF90 49D6 BE09 2187 Ruh-roh, this is now necessary: This email is intended only for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this information, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email without permission is strictly prohibited.
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