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Senses of Cinema #44

story © Michael Betancourt | published August 27, 2007 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



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Senses of Cinema #44 has a lot of articles on experimental film.



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More on Valorization...

story © Michael Betancourt | published August 1, 2007 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



theory: DIGITAL CAPITALISM

Bright Lights Film Journal has published an example of the valorization process in action. "The Valorized Artist; Incorporation in the Perpetual Art machine [PAM].






 
On The Digital Author

story © Michael Betancourt | published June 13, 2007 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



theory: DIGITAL CAPITALISM

My article, "The Valorization of the Author" has been publized by Hz. This is an extension of ideas prposed in The Aura of the Digital.






 
Thought Forms Illustrations

story © Michael Betancourt | published May 8, 2007 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



movies: AESTHETICS

Thought Forms illustrations scanned and put on-line for your information. Besant's book may have been influential on early abstraction, especially both Kandinski and (possibly) Fischinger. Note the illustration that looks a lot like Fischinger's work.






 
Print Out Your Videos as "Film!"

story © Michael Betancourt | published April 25, 2007 | permalink | TwitThis Digg Facebook StumbleUpon  |  View Printable Version



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Here's a program that will print out video viles arranged so you can make them into "film." Inkjet Printed Film Process renders them onto paper. I imagine this would make a mess of the projector, though. It's more of a conceptual thing than something I would actually consider running through a real projector...