My gratitude to all of you who have responded to my query both on- and off-list. I appreciate all the suggestions for works to check out -- lots of great stuff to look at and think about as I move forward with this workshop!
And Dave, thank you for offering your critiques of my request and your suggestions for how I might approach my class differently. My best, Kate On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:29 PM kate lain <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Frameworkers. I’m teaching a multi-part film/video-making workshop > for high schoolers. We’re exploring rituals of care, different self-care > practices, calming techniques, etc., and the students will be making a > collaborative collage film/video related to all that. I’d love to show > them some examples of moving image works for inspiration (or send them > links to things they can check out on their own). > > Do you have any recommendations for short films, videos, animations, gifs, > video art, etc. in the experimental/art vein that are that are viewable > online that might fit with this? (I'm not looking for things like straight > documentaries on self-care or anything -- I'm thinking about works that are > more poetic, more in the arena of video art or experimental film.) Note > that these students are brand new to experimental film, so I’m not looking > for particularly challenging works that could be frustrating to them. > Instead, I’m looking for pieces that are slower, poetic, perhaps > repetitive, meditative that someone might be able to relax into. A couple > of films that come to mind are Amy Halpern’s “Invocation” (except there's > no digital version, dang it, and I can only show digital at this school) > and James Whitney’s “Lapis”. But I hope to find more works that, like > "Invocation," work with representational imagery—and works that, in > particular, use documentation/documentary-style moving images since the > students will recording visuals and audio at the school site where we’re > working (though we may do some basic animation as well). > > I’m particularly interested in works by artists of color and queer > artists, but I’m open to other suggestions as well. Thank you in advance > for any recommendations! > > Best, > Kate Lain > > -- > kate lain > katemakesfilms.com > > -- kate lain katemakesfilms.com insta: @katelainprojects <https://www.instagram.com/katelainprojects/>
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