Shifting focus from our earlier discussion, this episode focuses on Myron Ort's found footage films and film portraits. The epic 5 hour film cycle Eikono-Klastes is made up of found footage as well as hand painted film to create an enormous exploration of history and the moving image. It also includes re-contextualising of often very non-PC footage in order to create a new framework through which to view more difficult aspects of human history.
The whole cycle is viewable on Youtube here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUEvOLwEmGMdHLIky44ttSnKhYTLvrl-Z
And you can view/purchase Myron's films and paintings on his website:
https://www.myronort.com
Filmmakers mentioned in this episode include:
Bruce Conner
Joseph Cornell
Ken Jacobs
