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How to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Special "Shared Time" with Peter Donebauer (PART 2)View one of Peter Donebauer's videos here for one month only!https://vimeo.com/677063525?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ciPassword: danadamsThis episode has been timed to coincide with two screenings of Peter's work at Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn NY. https://www.spectacletheater.com/peter-donebauer-the-water-cycle-and-the-mandala-cycle/Artist Peter Donebauer joins the show again to discuss further steps in his most unusual body of work. Here, we discuss his three major cycles, post his breakthrough Creation Cycle: The Water Cycle; The Mandala Cycle and Thames Reflections.We'll also...
2025-11-1439 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Special "Videomyths" with Peter Donebauer (PART 1)View one of Peter Donebauer's videos here for one month only!https://vimeo.com/1133386257?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ciPassword: danadamsThis episode has been timed to coincide with two screenings of Peter's work at Spectacle Theater in Brooklyn NY. https://www.spectacletheater.com/peter-donebauer-the-water-cycle-and-the-mandala-cycle/UK video artist Peter Donebauer has enjoyed a rich and varied career, encompassing pioneering video art, work in commercial television, teaching and developing groundbreaking video equipment (The Videokalos Synthesiser). Here, he discusses his first steps toward moving image ar...
2025-11-1333 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF EXTRA: "Imprints" and "Codes for North" with Stephen BroomerAs well as being a teacher, publisher of great Canadian experimental films, producer of video essays and numerous other talents, Stephen Broomer is a prolific writer and editor. Here, we discuss two of his major book publications (one as author and one as co-editor) with a third due to be published soon.
The first of these books is Imprints: The Films of Louise Bourque, which he co-edited with Clint Enns and which collates a host of essays and supplementary material about Bourque's films. Louise has appeared previously on this show and the book was...
2025-02-0615 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Spotlight: "Restless Reflection" Stephen Broomer Discusses Josephine MassarellaIn the final of our brief surveys of the work of three significant Canadian experimental filmmakers, Stephen Broomer (responsible for the publishing of works by the three artists discussed recently) returns to the show to discuss the work of Josephine Massarella (1957-2018).
Massarella's career spans works involving various formally radical approaches to filmmaking. From durational works like One Woman Waiting and Interference to more restless works using flicker such as Light Study and No End, the central concerns of her work remain consistent, including feminist and ecological concerns as well as a strong sense...
2025-01-3049 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Spotlight: "Look, Make, Learn, Teach" with Richard KerrRichard Kerr is a giant in Canadian experimental film. His works span from early personal projects such as On Land, Over Water: Six Stories to his fiercely urgent trilogy of films with a focus across the border to the United States: The Last Days of Contrition (1986), Cruel Rhythm (1991) and Field Trip (2021). His output also includes formally radical works of "accelerated cinema" featuring, as you'll hear, Richard's theory of "Total Movement" in films such as Plein Air and House Arrest.
An all-round artist, Richard's work also includes photography, painting and "film weavings", many of which...
2025-01-2359 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Spotlight: Electric Poetry with R. Bruce ElderPlease be advised that this episode contains discussion of subjects that some listeners may find troubling.
R. Bruce Elder is one of the most prolific and acclaimed artist filmmakers currently working in Canada. In this episode we discuss Bruce's journey toward his personal filmmaking practice and focus particularly on the first two films in his epic "Book of Praise" cycle: A Man Whose Life Was Full of Woe Has Been Surprised by Joy and its emotionally devastating follow up Crack, Brutal Grief. Both of these films have been recently released on the Canadian home...
2025-01-161h 08How to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Special: "Cinéma Graphique" with Dominique WilloughbyFilmmaker, video artist and current president of the Paris Films Co-Op Dominique Willoughby returns to the show to discuss his own film and video works.
Fascinated by the hypnotic power of cinema, his films and videos are simultaneously mesmerising and energetic experiences. In this episode, Dominique discusses his career from his earliest experimental works, (inspired variously by CinéDoc founders Guy Fihman and Claudine Eizykman as well as international artists Len Lye and Michael Snow) as he forged his own path to create a unique body of work. Also fascinated by pre-cinema artefacts, particularly P...
2024-11-2848 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Special: "La Jouissance-Cinéma" with Dominique WilloughbyA special episode to coincide with the start of the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the Paris Films Co-op CinéDoc. A series of special screenings are taking place in Paris from the 20th to the 30th of November and the programme will appear online shortly after.
This episode features music from Parazite Système Sonore: Spot Phelizon & Joëlle Colombeau
Filmmaker Dominique Willoughby is the current president of the Paris Films Co-op. In this episode, Dominique traces the journey of the Co-op from its inception in 1974, thanks to two key filmmakers: Claudine Eizykman and Guy Fih...
2024-11-2041 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 51 "Chemical Archeology" with Sapphire GossInter-disciplinary artist Sapphire Goss joins the show to discuss her varied work, involving art objects, installation work, still photography and our particular focus here: film and video work. In a hybrid practice, bringing together celluloid film, digital video and pre-cinema artefacts, (particularly stereoscopic photography) these are haunting works in the truest sense: the screen is haunted by otherworldly decayed and decaying images and the viewer is haunted in turn by the works’ mesmerising presence.
To learn more about Sapphire's work
Visit: sapphiregoss.com
2024-06-0634 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 50 Here and There and Wherever She Is with Vivian OstrovskyVivian Ostrovsky is a truly international filmmaker (as well as curator). Born in New York to a Belarusian father and Ukrainian mother, Vivian has been somewhat nomadic all of her life, regularly finding herself in Rio, Paris, New York and Tel Aviv. “Home”, she writes “is wherever I feel at home – and that might be in a hotel or on a plane or on my way to an unknown destination with a camera and recorder in my bag”.
Her works freely combine footage she has shot herself with an array of found footage, featuring both heart...
2024-05-3032 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 49 The Dreamer in the House with Louise Bourque (PART 2)A continuation of our discussion of the films of Louise Bourque. In this episode, we take a closer look at a handful of Louise's films (including her latest film "Bye Bye Now"), focusing in particular on the images of houses that recur regularly in her filmography. Additionally, we discuss some of the formal concerns informing her work, including both the physical interventions with the film strip itself and the methods by which the results are presented to the viewer.
Here are a few links to her films that are viewable online:
From Light Cone
2024-05-2334 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 48 Exhumations with Louise Bourque (PART 1)Louise Bourque is one of the most distinguished film artists currently working in Canada. She was born in Edmundston New Brunswick and has been making films since the late 1980s. Her body of work, by her own admission, is not vast, but it reveals a filmmaker of incredible focus and determination when it comes to producing the work she desires.
Hers are not films that always give themselves over to analysis very easily. Instead, they are instantly gripping, compelling the audience’s full attention from start to finish, often using intense visual and auditory means to bring the...
2024-05-1631 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 47 Constellations with Helga Fanderl (PART 2)Helga Fanderl returns to discuss her work, focusing on some specific films that can now be seen on a new DVD from Re:Voir, as well as conversations about how she programmes her work. We discuss both how she assembles programmes of her short films as well as the long process of selecting the films for inclusion on this disc. In addition, Helga shares a number of stories giving background for several of her films in this in depth and occasionally emotional discussion about the making of Helga’s films.
https://re-voir.com/shop/en/helga-fanderl/1564-he...
2024-05-0931 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 46 "Film Poetry" with Helga Fanderl (PART 1)Born in Ingolstadt in Germany, Helga Fanderl studied German, Italian and French languages and literature in Munich, Paris and Frankfurt, with an interest in becoming a poet herself. However, quite by chance, she was introduced to super-8 filmmaking via a friend and would soon find herself in the classes of Peter Kubelka.
Since then, Helga has carved a unique career as a film artist, discovering an intensely visual engagement with the world around her. Consistently working with the Super 8 medium, she produces films by in-camera editing, meaning that most of her films are the length of a...
2024-05-0231 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 45 Cultural Contributions with Ruth NovaczekUK based film and video maker Ruth Novaczek has developed a distinctive style of montage, in which she freely combines material she photographs herself with an array of found footage from near innumerable sources. The style, which she describes as "Bricolage" has come to characterise much of her mature work. Photographing material on super-8, lo-res video, camera phones etc. and editing on free software, particularly iMovie, Ruth's work emphasises the accessibility of media tools to an ever increasing number of people, while acknowledging our existence in a multimedia society.
Her methods are combined with regular themes: explorations...
2024-04-2536 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 44 Train Again and Singing in Oblivion with Eve Heller & Peter Tscherkassky (PART 2)Filmmakers Peter Tscherkassky and Eve Heller return to the show to discuss their most recent films: Train Again and Singing In Oblivion respectively. These are two truly masterful films, capable of thrilling and moving in equal measure. Whether in Peter's visceral exploration of locomotive and cinema history Train Again or Eve's searching investigation of personal and cultural heritage in Singing in Oblivion, these are both captivating works that deploy found footage to strikingly different effect.
Eve’s films are frequently programmed worldwide, but you can find information about her work and film links on request from Sixpack fi...
2024-04-1836 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 43 Lost & Found with Eve Heller & Peter Tscherkassky (PART 1)In a first for this show, two filmmakers join appear together in conversation. Partners Eve Heller and Peter Tscherkassky join the show to discuss their practices. Together they produced the book Film Unframed: A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema, but their practices, whilst both deploying found footage are very distinct.
Eve Heller's films include found footage and photographed footage, produced exclusively on celluloid film and marked by particular engagement with the ideas of time, duration and memory.
Peter Tscherkassky has achieved worldwide renown for his films, which are frequently highly kinetic, visceral experiences, prompting the...
2024-04-1139 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 42 Appearances & Departures with Barbara MeterBorn in 1939, Barbara Meter is one of the most distinguished experimental filmmakers currently working in The Netherlands. Barbara's films are highly personal, but with universal appeal, addressing themes of love, friendship, loss and memory. In a career spanning from the late 60s to the present day, her work incorporates experimental, narrative and documentary works. In this episode, Barbara discusses her experimental and documentary films, from her first experimental film in 1970 From the Exterior to her most recent works Nachtlicht and I Know Where You Live, but Not Where You Went.
For a DVD featuring 11...
2024-04-0432 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmTRAILER: Series 5On Thursday, 10 new episodes will begin to appear in your podcast feeds.
In this clip package, you will hear the voices of the guests for the coming season (in order of appearance):
Barbara Meter
Eve Heller
Peter Tscherkassky
Ruth Novaczek
Helga Fanderl
Louise Bourque
Sapphire Goss
Vivian Ostrovsky
2024-04-0102 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF EXTRA: R. Bruce Elder on Michael Snow and the Toronto Art SceneFor our first ever "EXTRA" episode, we are joined once again by R. Bruce Elder, once described by Jonas Mekas as "the most important North American avant-garde filmmaker to emerge during the 1980s".
Bruce has supplied an additional essay discussing the Gerrard St. Village / Isaacs artists scene at the time that Michael Snow was a young man, offering some insights into artists and styles that may have contributed to Snow's own work.
2023-10-0545 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Special "Michael Snow: An Approachable Giant"A special extended episode in tribute to filmmaker Michael Snow (1928-2023), focusing on four major works: Rameau's Nephew by Diderot Thanx to Denis Young by Wilma Schoen, So Is This, La Region Centrale and the iconic Wavelength.
Featuring interviews and analyses from:
R. Bruce Elder
Nicky Hamlyn
Chris Meigh-Andrews
Jim Shedden
Steven Woloshen
as well as archive interviews with Michael Snow himself and Jonas Mekas.
Mekas appears courtesy of Jim Shedden, as part of his film "Michael Snow Up Close".
The...
2023-09-281h 12How to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Special: Stephen Broomer & Black ZeroAn in depth conversation with artist, preservationist, educator and writer Stephen Broomer about his new home video label Black Zero. With the first three titles now available, Stephen discusses all three titles in detail as well as their restoration processes for home media releases and a broader discussion about viewing experimental cinema in your own home. There is a lot of variety in the releases so far, from the psychedelic influenced social commentary conceived as "cinema therapy" in Palace of Pleasure by John Hofsess, the diaristic, structural explorations of Keith Lock's Everything, Everywhere, Again, Alive to the madcap caper...
2023-03-3055 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 41 "Angelic Bodies" with Marie LosierMarie Losier returns for part 2 of our discussion, this time with more of a focus on her feature length works: Cassandro the Exotico!, Felix in Wonderland and the Teddy Award winning The Ballad of Genesis P and Lady Jaye, though some of the shorter film and video works are discussed as well. We discuss the highs and lows encountered when working so closely with those who star in these films as well as the process of making real-life subjects into the stars of the films. In addition, the impact of music on Marie and her films is a focus h...
2023-03-2329 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 40 "Portraits and Collages" with Marie Losier (PART 1)Described by Guy Maddin as "The most effervescent and psychologically accurate portrait artist working in film today", Marie Losier. Marie joins H2EEF for the first of two episodes discussing her extensive and growing body of work. Regularly associated with the field of film portraits, Marie’s work also includes improvised performances involving a camera, collage like editing, careful choreography and references to commercial film, particularly musical comedies. Working in collaboration often with other artists, Marie’s films feature performances by and portraits of such luminaries as the Kuchar Brothers, Guy Maddin, Felix Kubin, Alan Vega, Richard Foreman and many...
2023-03-1630 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 39 "In Search of North" with Ingo PetzkeFilmmaker Ingo Petzke joins H2EEF from Germany to discuss his body of film work. Made mostly between the 70s and 80s, these films arguably straddle two dominant schools of filmmaking in Germany at this time. There is a clear focus on material as an art material, as well as a focus on film as personal vision, often showing an interest in Scandinavian, Nordic landscapes. He also discusses other works including his close friends Dore O., Werner Nekes and Bastian Clevé.
Ingo stopped making films in the 80s, but remains a busy film programmer, writer and teacher wi...
2023-03-0938 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 38 "Radical Immediacy" with John WoodmanFilm and video artist John Woodman joins H2EEF to discuss his observation and often landscape based works. Described by Malcolm LeGrice as having produced “a sensitive body of creative work”, John’s works are often durational, regularly using one single take to observe and reflect upon particularly natural phenomena and how spaces change over time. It is shot through with a real joy in observing the world around us, noting how easily our perceptions can shift. Many of John’s films are distributed in the US by Canyon Cinema. A DVD of John’s work is available from Lux in the...
2023-03-0236 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 37 "Imitations of the Natural" with Inger Lise HansenNorwegian filmmaker Inger Lise Hansen joins H2EEF for a discussion about her work in film. Whether in the extraordinary time lapse of her early films Static, Hus and Adrift or the innovative use of inverted camera in her Trilogy (available in a DVD and book from Lux) or the introduction of digital video alongside celluloid film in her latest film Tåke, Inger Lise’s work proposes alternative perspectives on the world, in which the viewer is encouraged to participate.
Artists discussed in the episode include:
Emily Richardson
Nicole Hewitt
Farhad Kalantary
Jan...
2023-02-2337 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 36 "Dimensional Shifting" with Peter RoseFilmmaker Peter Rose makes a welcome return to the show, this time discussing his transition from celluloid film to video, then to installation work and his latest explorations in 3-D (or should we say 6-D!) works for individual viewing using headsets for your mobile phone. Whether in individual or communal viewing experiences, Rose probes the limits of vision itself by toying with the dimensions of cinema to hint at dimensions beyond our normal perceptions.
Artists discussed in this episode include
Jeanne Jaffe
Ken Jacobs
Nisi Jacobs
All of the works discussed in t...
2023-02-1632 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 35 "The Filmmaker Who Could Not See Far Enough" with Peter RoseAmerican film and video artist Peter Rose joins the show for the first of a two-part discussion about his life and work. In this episode we discuss Peter's earliest work in 8 and 16mm film, which proposed and explored expanded realms of perception, such as in the psychedelic influenced Incantation, but he then began to explore the formal possibilities of film to access dimensions far beyond those of traditional filmgoing. Through use of multiple camera angles and split screens, these films toy with the idea of time and movement in engaging new ways.
Filmmakers and artists discussed in t...
2023-02-0935 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 34 "Freshness of Vision" with Guy Sherwin (PART 2)Guy Sherwin makes a most welcome return to the show to continue our conversation about his prolific and varied output. In this episode, we discuss some of Guy's film performance works as well as several of his more lyrical and personal films. Through work that combines the personal with structural rigour, these films form a sensitive and highly original body of work.
Filmmakers and artists discussed in this episode include
Malcolm LeGrice
Peter Gidal
David Larcher
Siobhan Davies
2023-02-0229 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 33 "Rhythms of Contemplation" with Guy Sherwin (PART 1)One of the most prolific and multi-faceted film artists currently working in the UK, Guy Sherwin joins H2EEF for the first of a two-part conversation. In this episode, we cover the origins of Guy's film works as well as discussing the variety of stylistic features that inform his work.
Artists & Filmmakers discussed in this episode include:
Anne Rees Mogg
Chris Wellsby
Malcolm LeGrice
Peter Gidal
Anna Thew
Read about some of Guy's film performances here: http://www.thislongcentury.com/guy-sherwin
2023-01-2632 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 31 "Enchanted Pixellations" with Paul BushOne of the most noted experimental animators in the UK, Paul Bush joins the show to discuss his life and work, both in scratch animation and stop motion.
Ever popular with audiences, Paul has produced extraordinarily beautiful films, one of which was described by one critic as being akin to “reading a book by moonlight”.
Watch Paul's films online here:
https://vimeo.com/user5238437
You can also find some early works as well as writings uploaded on Paul's own website:
https://www.paulbushfilms.com
2023-01-1934 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmTrailer: 10 New Episodes Coming Soon!Coming next week wherever you get your podcasts:
10 new episodes of How to Enjoy Experimental Film
Featuring
Paul Bush
Guy Sherwin
Peter Rose,
Inger Lise Hansen
John Woodman
Ingo Petzke
Marie Losier
2023-01-1201 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF SPECIAL. Christian Lebrat: Into the VortexFrench filmmaker, author, photographer and video maker Christian Lebrat joins How to Enjoy Experimental Film to discuss his entire output of works made on celluloid film.
Christian produced these works between 1975-1985 and can see and read Christian’s work from Re:Voir, either using their smartphone app or on DVD.
The films:
Film No. 2 (1976)
Couleurs délicieuse sur fond bleu (1976)
Organisations I, II, III (1977)
Liminal Minimal (1977)
Réseaux (1978)
Trama (1978-80)
Autoportrait au dispositif (1981)
Holon (1981-82)
Le Moteur de l’action (à. M. D.), 1985
Often wrongly d...
2022-12-0847 min
How to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF LIVE "Three Steps to the Avant-Garde" with Neil Henderson and Andrew VallanceRecorded live at Anglia Ruskin University, we are joined by filmmakers Neil Henderson and Andrew Vallance, as they discuss their "ways in" to experimental cinema as well as how closely linked Avant-Garde cinema is to more mainstream work. The speakers have each chosen a handful of films to discuss to illustrate their points as well as recommending others to the audience.
As this is a live recording, please expect some background noise.
This episode was made possible thanks to Simon Payne, who organised the event and who co-edited the book FILM TALKS: 15 CONVERSATIONS ON EXPERIMENTAL...
2022-03-311h 13How to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 31 "Secret Whispers" with Sandy DingFilmmaker Ding Xin, more commonly known as Sandy Ding produces extraordinary "psychoactive" films, which lull the viewer into states of altered consciousness to weave his very special kind of cinematic magic. In this in-depth interview, he discusses his filmmaking methods as well as his wide ranging interests in noise music and hypnosis. Sandy graduated from CalArts in 2007 and now teaches at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.
A DVD of his films can be purchased from the Paris-based distributor Re:Voir.
https://re-voir.com/shop/en/revoir/766-sandy-ding-psychoecho.html
and some films...
2022-03-1737 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 30 "Absent Presence" with Emily RichardsonFilmmaker Emily Richardson joins us to discuss her highly atmospheric explorations of spaces and locations, many of which are in states of transition. Working both in film and digital video, Emily's works communicate a sense of immanence in often anxious atmospheres hinting at something just unseen at the periphery of our vision. These spaces are often "haunted" by soundscapes created by recording and manipulating sounds recorded on the locations.
For more information, visit emilyrichardson.org.uk
2022-03-1036 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 29 "Things Close At Hand" with Nick CollinsProlific filmmaker Nick Collins joins us to discuss his extensive body of film work. Shot in some of the filmmaker's most frequently visited locations, these are films that defy classification, despite the regular presence of landscapes and of carefully controlled structures. Simply put, we are in the presence of a filmmaker who explores the world around him and we are gently invited to explore with him. Extremely hard to label, Nick's cinema might even transcend the label of experimental film, with appeal far beyond what is sometimes described as a "niche" interest.
Nick's films can be found h...
2022-03-0334 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 28 "Coherent Complexity" with Bret BatteyBret Battey is a composer and visual musician, who creates both electro-acoustic music together with digital moving image art. The films are as complex visually as the music is to listen to, but together they create an altogether gripping and captivating experience. Musically, Bret is influenced as much by the sweep of late romantic composers such as Gustav Mahler as he is by the granularity of Iannis Xenakis, or the 'organised noise' of Edgard Varése and a host of other more recent electro-acoustic composers. Visually, he works often by digitally manipulating photographs (which he has often taken himself) t...
2022-02-2435 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 27 "I Am Not A War Photographer" with Lynne SachsThe incredibly prolific Lynne Sachs returns to the show to discuss her films, particularly those found under the collective title "I Am Not A War Photographer". These titles include: States of Unbelonging, Which Way is East, Investigation of a Flame, The Las Happy Day and Your Day is My Night. We also discuss her films Film About a Father Who... as well as film as an act of civil disobedience. Many of Lynne's films can be found on her personal Vimeo page, as well as The Criterion Channel and, in the case of Film About A Father Who... on...
2022-02-1734 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 26 "Reverberations" with Lynne SachsOne of the leading figures in the field of experimental documentary, Lynne Sachs joins H2EEF to discuss her extraordinary body of work. In subjects ranging from the personal to the global political, Lynne's films are consistently sensitive and completely compelling. In this episode, she discusses the field of experimental documentary in general as well as her ways into the field.
Filmmakers discussed in this episode include:
Jonas Mekas
MM Serra
Chantal Akerman
Robert Altman
Jean-Luc Godard
Sharon Greytak
2022-02-1030 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 25 "Affinities" with Larry Gottheim (Part 2)Larry Gottheim returns to the show to discuss some of his mid and late period works as well as the questions some of these films raise. It includes a discussion of how Larry found himself travelling to Haiti and becoming deeply involved with Voodoo as well as the deep self questioning that led to his latest films Chants and Dances for Hand and Knot/Not, both of which can be downloaded from the New York Filmmakers' Co-Operative Vimeo page. Some of the discussions travel to quite dark thematic areas and Larry will be discussing the problems, both intellectual and...
2022-02-0332 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 24 "Manifestations" with Larry Gottheim (PART 1)One of the giants of the American Avant-Garde, Larry Gottheim joins H2EEF to discuss his life and work from his near legendary early films like Blues, Fog Line and Barn Rushes to his mid-period work (more recent work will be discussed in part 2).
The serenity and beauty of Larry's early films can be enjoyed in a DVD produced by the New York Filmmakers' Co-Operative and Re:Voir and more recent works are available via the NYFMC's on-demand Vimeo page.
Filmmakers discussed in this episode include:
Stan Brakhage
Tony Conrad
Ernie Ge...
2022-01-2731 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 23 Memory & Matter with Bill MorrisonFilmmaker Bill Morrison, whose work explores found and often decayed film footage, discusses his work and the nature of memory when contained in found footage. Broadly describable as documentary films, Bill's works have a hypnotic quality (his production company is even called Hypnotic Pictures!), which feature footage both from fiction and documentary films as well as home movies, scientific documentations and more. He recently collaborated with composer David Lang on the short film Let Me Come In for LA Opera as well as the feature film The Village Detective: A Song Cycle. His feature Decasia (in collaboration with composer...
2022-01-2037 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 22 "Romancing the Rotoscope" with Jeff ScherPainter who makes experimental films and experimental filmmaker who paints, Jeff Scher joins us to discuss his complete embrace of the term "experimental" across a rich and varied body of work including rotoscope animations and live action films.
A student of Adolfas Mekas, Scher also teaches animation at NYU.
Jeff has collaborated with musicians as diverse as Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Graham Nash as well as winning a Creative Arts Emmy for his work on the HBO special The Tattoo on Great Grandpa's Arm.
Many of Jeff's films are available on 2 DVDs f...
2022-01-1333 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF Special: Kurt Kren- Lord of the Frames, with Nicky Hamlyn, Simon Payne, Anna Thew & Steven WoloshenIn a special extended episode of How to Enjoy Experimental Film, FOUR filmmakers gather to discuss one of their favourite filmmakers: Kurt Kren.
Nicky Hamlyn and Simon Payne have edited (with the late A.L. Rees) the first English-Language study of Kren's films, while Anna Thew, who has regularly programmed Kren's works for screenings, shares some stories of her own association with Kren and his films. Steven Woloshen, who lists Kren as one of his favourite filmmakers, starts the ball rolling with questions sent in specially for this episode all the way from Canada!
Filmmakers...
2021-10-0748 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 21 Naughty & Nice with Anna Thew (PART 2)Anna Thew returns to the show for a lively discussion of her film works, including Cling Film, which has been known to generate considerable controversy, particularly when shown in the UK. Much of the work, however is very personal and has universal appeal, whether humorous, or tragic. We'll also discuss broader themes connected to the films including the AIDS crisis and the role of arts in education.
Filmmakers discussed in this episode include
Luis Buñuel
Jean Cocteau
Takahiko Iimura
Kenneth Anger
Carolee Schneemann
Yann B...
2021-07-0130 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 20 Creative Rituals with Anna Thew (PART 1)Painter turned filmmaker Anna Thew discusses her first steps in filmmaking, leading to her feature film Hilda was a Goodlooker, which dramatises her mother's reminiscences and Behind Closed Doors, which deals with the trauma of losing her mother suddenly. Anna's cinema is deeply personal and yet possesses universal appeal, which will be approachable to audiences everywhere. Highly literate and indeed cine-literate, these are works that amply reward repeated viewings to explore their links to other works.
Find a selection of Anna's films on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user4605273
Filmmakers discussed in this...
2021-06-2430 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 19 Seriously Playful with John Smith (PART 2)Contains brief strong language.
Join film artist John Smith as he explores some of the major works of his career from his breakthrough film The Girl Chewing Gum, through documentary works including Blight and Home Suite, to his most recent works in the video medium including the Hotel Diaries, The Kiss and Citadel.
A number of John's recent films can be found on YouTube including Dad's Stick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx2hPQ2S08k&t=25s
Several more films and excerpts are available on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/johnsmithfilms/videos
2021-06-1729 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 18 Associations with John Smith (PART 1)Contains brief strong language.
Legendary London-based artist-filmmaker John Smith joins H2EEF to discuss the beginnings of his career leading up to his breakthrough film The Girl Chewing Gum. Smith's films are renowned for their sense of humour, often used to illustrate a more serious underlying point. His works are shown all over the world including, at the time of recording, on Mubi.
Popular with audiences everywhere, John's films are heavily informed by the notions of structural film, though they do not comfortably fit this, or any other description. With a deep focus on the p...
2021-06-1029 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 17 Myron Ort: Eikono-KlastShifting 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 M...
2021-06-0328 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 16 No Metaphor with Myron Ort (PART 1)Myron Ort, filmmaker, painter, musician, composer, repairer of antique cuban drums, restorer of vintage cars and expert on Latin-American music, talks to H2EEF about his unique film works. Spanning most forms of experimental practice and heavily influenced by the 60s psychedelic scene and Gestalt psychology, using hand painted film, multi-exposure films, film portrait, found footage and more, Myron's work is really deserving of a wider audience. In this first part of our discussion, we discuss the influences of the 60s Bay Area scene on the filmmaker's work and in particular his psychedelic films and the film that Stan...
2021-05-2728 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 15 A World Assembled with Toby TatumFilmmaker Toby Tatum joins H2EEF to discuss his extraordinary body of work. Tatum's work is a landscape of the mind, with pieces often set in gardens and grottos and featuring mind-bending visual effects, particularly involving composite imagery. Meditative, dreamlike and sometimes dark, these are unashamedly romantic film works that invite the viewer to participate in a completely unique view of the world.
View Toby's films at: https://vimeo.com/tobytatum
Figures discussed in this episode include:
Alex Cox
Borja Calvo
Erik Davis
2021-05-2030 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 14 Let's See What Happens with Simon PayneSimon Payne produces works almost exclusively with video, often without using a camera. In these video pieces, patterns work themselves out quite systematically, through colour and well-defined shapes to create unique cinematic experiences, which compel the viewer to reflect upon what they are seeing as well as their relation to it. Sometimes, these are frenetic and colourful, and other times, subdued and meditative, these pieces are shot through with a true spirit of experimentation, exploring what unexpected results might be produced by using shape, light and colour in various ways. In short, they are driven by a quest to...
2021-05-1332 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 13 The Deeply Representational Cinema of MM SerraFilmmaker MM Serra discusses her extraordinary film work. Serra's work often incorporates documentary in a textural exploration of the film medium. Her films empower the viewer by allowing them to share in the empowerment of her film's subjects, often real people pushed to, or testing limits, but always viewed in the most humane and approachable manner. As Jonas Mekas put it: they are REAL films about REAL people "One of the most difficult things to do in cinema."
Filmmakers discussed in this episode include:
Jonas Mekas
Marcel Duchamp
Shirley Clarke
2021-05-0630 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 12 NYFMC With MM SerraFilmmaker and Executive Director of the New York Filmmakers' Co-Op MM Serra talks to How to Enjoy Experimental Film about the work of the Co-Op and and her extraordinary work in keeping the amazing institution running. Founded by a group of artists in the 60s, the NYFMC is one of the most exciting and diverse non-profit collections of artists and experimental film on the planet.
You can support them by visiting https://film-makerscoop.com
View some films in distribution here: https://vimeo.com/nacgfmc
Or purchase films on DVD co-produced by the Co-Op a...
2021-04-2928 min
How to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 11 Composing Images with Joost RekveldArtist and filmmaker Joost Rekveld discusses his singular approach to creating image works. Making films using machinery and software, often of his own design, his abstract works are mesmerising and incorporate a scientific research alongside a lifelong interest in musical composition (Rekveld trained as a composer) to create work that is as rigorous in its attitude to content as it is to form.
Read about his research project Dialogues with Machines at http://www.joostrekveld.net
Buy his films on DVD & Blu Ray at: https://re-voir.com/shop/en/joost-rekveld/1040-joost-rekveld-11-films.html
F...
2021-04-2231 min
How to Enjoy Experimental FilmComing Soon...Coming soon, 10 new episodes of How to Enjoy Experimental Film!
Featuring (in order of appearance in this trailer)
MM Serra
Joost Rekveld
Toby Tatum
Anna Thew
Myron Ort
John Smith
&
Simon Payne
2021-04-1501 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 10 Maya Deren: Roundtable Discussion with Steven Woloshen & Charlie HewisonSomething a little different for our 10th epsode. Here, we have a very welcome return from Steven Woloshen along with Charlie Hewison, an expert on experimental film & PhD candidate currently in Paris. We discuss our own personal interpretations of some of Deren's puzzles as well as discussing the ways in which her influence has been felt ever since.
2021-02-1134 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 9 Structural Film: A Problematic Label with Nicky HamlynRenowned filmmaker & artist Nicky Hamlyn, who has occasionally been linked to the label of "Structural Film" discusses the meanings and interpretations of this label in relation to his own work as well as to the works of other filmmakers.
Find some of Nicky's work here: https://vimeo.com/user56141429
3 DVDs of Nicky's work are also available from the BFI store.
A selection of filmmakers discussed in this episode:
Ernie Gehr
Michael Snow
Peter Gidal
Chris Welsby
William Raban
Maya Deren
2021-02-0430 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 8 Breaking the Box with Diana ReichenbachArtist, filmmaker and anthropologist Diana Reichenbach makes films for conventional cinema settings as well as immersive films created in "Fulldome"- 360 degree projected films.
We discuss making experimental work for projection in a dome as well as filmmaking for virtual reality experiences as well as reproducing Fulldome films online and in non 3D spaces, combining analog and digital methods and the challenges of virtual experiences.
See some of Diana's work here: https://vimeo.com/dianareichenbach
and here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVudNJWwm2k
Filmmakers discussed in...
2021-01-2829 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 7 Listening With Your Eyes with Jean DetheuxIn this episode, we explore the idea of "visual music" with artist Jean Detheux, who has a unique approach to marrying audio and visual material in his films.
Differing from the likes of Oskar Fischinger and Norman McLaren, Detheux rejects the idea of animation in a traditional sense, making the whole cinema screen into his canvas on which living paintings emerge before your eyes.
Regularly collaborating with musicians for live performances, he aims to create a dialogue between music and image and a whole world into which the audience can enter.
Check out ov...
2021-01-2131 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 6 Filmmaker = Frankenstein?! With Steven Woloshen (PART 2)A very welcome return from artist Steven Woloshen, this time discussing his own filmmaking work and methods as well as the importance of encouraging others to attempt direct filmmaking for themselves.
See Steven's work on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user6129068
Filmmakers discussed in this episode:
Stan Brakhage
Willard Maas
Bruce Conner
Norman McLaren
Standish Lawder
Hollis Frampton
Steven Woloshen recommends:
Bastien Dupriez
Gina Kamentsky
Julian Antonisz
José Antonio Sistiaga
Karl Lemieux
2021-01-1429 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 5 "Filmmaking at Arm's Length" with Steven WoloshenPART 1 OF 2: Artist, writer and infectiously enthusiastic advocate of direct filmmaking Steven Woloshen discusses some of the history of this form of experimental filmmaking. You'll also hear why Steven wants everyone to have a go at working directly on film for themselves and express his passion for workshops to make his approach approachable and accessible to as many as possible. You won't want to miss part 2!
Filmmakers discussed in this episode:
Norman McLaren
Len Lye
Hans Richter
Steven Woloshen
Dziga Vertov
Steven Woloshen recommends:
2020-12-2329 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 4 Silent Experimentation with Neil BrandFresh from his triumphant BBC series The Sound of TV, Writer, composer, presenter and pianist Neil Brand discusses some of the earliest of cinema and how experimental processes influenced almost all cinema pioneers.
For more information and to support his work, visit https://www.neilbrand.com
Filmmakers discussed in this episode
Lumière Brothers
Georges Méliès
Burt Acres
Dziga Vertov
Sergei Eisenstein
F.W. Murnau
Ladislas Starevich
Godfrey Reggio
Walter Ruttmann
D.W. Gri...
2020-12-1731 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 3 "Gaze vs. Graze" with Vicky SmithDr. Vicky Smith discusses her work in film and her desire to communicate to the embodied viewer through multiple senses.
Vicky's DVD can be purchased here: https://luxmovingimage.square.site/product/vicky-smith-grainy-realism/127?cp=true&sa=false&sbp=false&q=true
Find more of her work on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user26846409
Filmmakers discussed in this episode:
Len Lye
Guy Sherwin
Man Ray
Normal McLaren
Critics/ Authors discussed:
P. Adams Sitney
Laura Marks
Vicky Recommends:
Annabel N...
2020-12-1031 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 2 Loud Films with Stefano MiragliaArtist & Curator Stefano Miraglia discusses his work in film production and exhibition as well as his thoughts on the co-operative Collectif Jeune Cinema.
Filmmakers discussed in this Episode:
Leandro Varella
Nick Collins
Stefano Recommends:
Elisa Celda
Tinne Zenner
Gautam Valluri
Eva Kolcze
Joseph Bernard
Lis Rhodes
Malcolm LeGrice
Anna Thew
2020-12-0329 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmH2EEF 1: What is Experimental Film with Pip ChodorovPip Chodorov: Filmmaker, musician and film teacher offers his insight to the use of the term experimental in relation to cinema. Thanks to the kind people at Re:Voir in Paris, who facilitated this interview.
A Selection of the filmmakers discussed in this episode:
Jonas Mekas
Stan Brakhage
Maya Deren
Ken Jacobs
Peter Kubelka
Jay Rosenblatt
Alan Berliner
Paul Sharits
Robert Breer
Stan Vanderbeek
Len Lye
Maurice Lemaitre
Hans Richter
2020-11-2627 minHow to Enjoy Experimental FilmTrailerComing soon to a podcast outlet near you!
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Voices heard in this trailer: (in order of appearance) Diana Reichenbach, Jean Detheux, Neil Brand, Stefano Miraglia, Joost Rekveld, MM Serra, Nicky Hamlyn, Vicky Smith, Steven Woloshen, Pip Chodorov
Experimental film shows are not great in number, but H2EEF are proud not to be the only one out there, so do check out Into the Mothlight and Experimental Film Podcast as well to keep the discussion going!
2020-10-2601 min