To Boldly Go: A Starters Guide to Hand Made and DIY Films (2008)

“This is a booklet for both those eager to begin in hand made film and those who already started but are keen to know more. It signifies a hope and commitment to making sure these techniques, tricks and handy tips remain openly available to all who might need them. Let’s not keep any secrets! These (chemical) receipts, printing processes, after dev. Effects, emulsion extras and celluloid experiments should be absolutely public.

Let’s make hand-made d-i-y films! Let’s make a lot! Images and texts have been gathered, harvested, illegally used, replenished and inspired by a plethora of found sources including those of David Leister, Greg Pope, Dirk De Bruyn, Maia Cybelle Carpenter, Frank Bruinsma, Steve Sanguedolce, Rebecca Moran, Jurgen Reble, Ben Russell, Jeff Scher and many many others.” (from the introduction)

Edited by Esther Urlus
Published at WORM Filmwerkplaats, Rotterdam, 2008
20 pages
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Katarína Rusnáková (ed.): V toku pohyblivých obrazov: Antológia textov o elektronickom a digitálnom umení v kontexte vizuálnej kultúry (2005) [Slovak]

Antológia textov o elektronickom a digitálnom umení v kontexte vizuálnej kultúry prináša aktuálne pohľady na mnohotvárnu problematiku súčasného elektronického a digitálneho umenia.

Autori textov: Nora Barry, Tilman Baumgärtel, Ursula Frohne, Sabine Himmelsbach, Verena Kuni, Peter Lunenfeld, Lev Manovich, Simon Penny, Peter Weibel.

Publisher Academy of Fine Arts, Bratislava, 2005
ISBN 8088675979, 9788088675976
193 pages

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Paul Sharits, Józef Robakowski: Attention: Light!, catalogue (2004)

“In the early 1980s, American artist Paul Sharits sent Józef Robakowski plans for a film entitled Attention: Light with the suggestion that Robakowski produce it in Poland. The film was to be a visual rendition of the Mazurka in F minor, Op. 68#4 by Frederick Chopin. Unfortunately, due to unmitigated circumstances including the imposition of martial law in Poland, Robakowski was unable to fulfill Sharits’ wish.

This unique project was eventually realised in 2004 and was the highlight of the program Attention: Light! held at the University at Buffalo’s Center for the Arts, and which featured works by Paul Sharits (T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G; Piece Mandala/End War; Word Movie-Flux Film 39; Tails) and Józef Robakowski (Test 1; Proba II/An Attempt II; 1,2,3,4…; Impulsatory/Impulsators; Video Piesni/Video Songs; Katy Energetyczne/The Energy Angles).

A black and white booklet, published in conjunction with the screening, features forwards by Edmund Cardoni (Hallwalls Executive Director) and Fritzie Brown (CEC ArtsLink Executive Director), essays by Joanna Raczynska (“Four Short Films by Paul Sharits”), Lukasz Ronduda (“Attention: Light!: Józef Robakowski’s Light Based Films and Video Works”), Józef Robakowski (“‘Art’ Friend-A Memoir”), Wieslaw Michalak (“Attention: Light! Technical Description”), and a coda by Malgorzata Potocka. The catalogue also features photos, film scores, and film stills.

Attention: Light was curated by CEC Arts Link curator in residence Lukasz Ronduda, and by Joanna Raczynska, Hallwalls Media Arts Director.”

Edited by Łukasz Ronduda
Publisher Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, 2004
Design Marianka Dobkowska and Krzysiek Bielecki
ISBN 8388277634
44 pages

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