Poor Predictions/Great arrogance/ "One Never Knows"

Wow. If it were not for the development of creative arts technology, I would not have the means to work, and create, in the prolific fashion that I do. Thank Gawd for the great developments that have evolved for the modern-day artist. Today we have so much more to select from, despite the loss felt by our dumb feelings of romanticism (i.e. our difficulty "letting go" of our accustomed tools).

Bye. ..



Dear Bloggersville,

I am excited to inform you of the release of a terrific new compilation of contemporary found footage experimental films entitled "The Festival of (in)appropriation #1 - 4." Founded in 2009 under the auspices of Los Angeles Filmforum, the Festival of (in)appropriation has quickly become a premiere venue for screening contemporary short experimental found footage films. Each of the films in the festival repurposes found film, video, and/or audio materials in inventive and provocative ways, producing new meanings and new connections between preexisting texts. Now, for the first time, a selection of films from the Festival of (in)appropriation is available on DVD! These 45 films are a treasure trove for anyone interested in experimental found footage film or appropriation art in general. For rights reasons, the compilation is only available for purchase by colleges, universities, and other educational or research institutions. So if you would like your school or institution to own this amazing collection, please request that they buy this great collection.

Participating filmmakers include: Jaimz Asmundson, Colin Barton, Roger Beebe, Gregg Biermann, Marcin Blajecki, Matthew Causey, Lauren Cook, Joey Huertas, Steve Cossman, Brandon Downing, Clint Enns, McLean Fahnestock, Peter Freund, LJ Frezza, Brian Frye, Dave Griffiths, Elizabeth Henry, Caroline Koebel, Wago Kreider, Julian Krubasik, Tanja M. Laden, Ryan Lamb, Penny Lane, Daniel Martinico, Mike Maryniuk, Evan Meaney, Clark Nikolai, Heidi Phillips, Jennifer Proctor, Gerard Freixes Ribera, Tasman Richardson, Dillon Rickman, Catherine Ross, Jorge Sa, Oriol Sanchez, Stuart Sandford, Raquel Schefer, Kelly Sears, Scott Stark, Ann Steuernagel, Leslie Supnet, Shashwati Talukdar, and Sasha Waters Freyer. 

All the best,
Jane Public Duh Informant


p.s.  Location scouting for barns is not as easy at one thinks. ttfn...