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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 3d

Seconded. Wild place!

Also…Ibsen’s grave?

James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 3d

Light Matter 2025 programs are here! 76 films. 12 World, 16 US, 9 South American, and 5 Argentina premieres. An international partnership dedicated to experimental film, video, and media art. Nov 7-9 in Alfred NY. Nov 22-23 in Buenos Aires.

www.lightmatterfilmfestival.com

Light Matter Film Festival

Light Matter is a new festival dedicated to experimental film and media arts in Alfred NY.

www.lightmatterfilmfestival.com

James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 10d

I could still get a ticket as of this morning, but alas I did not get one.

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 10d

Did you end up going?

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 10d

I really need to make a decision. 😂

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 11d

Impossible to measure the impact Ken Jacobs has had not just on experimental film, but 20th and 21st art writ large. An actual legend. RIP.

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 15d

Now I’ve discovered they are playing NYC when I’m there. But I was gonna go to the opera. 😂 Surely I’m the only one in the city going “Hmm. Mozart or Swans? Mozart or Swans? I just can’t decide!”

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Alex Fields @afields9.bsky.social · 16d

Happy October—here’s a list of 100 avant-garde horror films I recommend, and links to watch the large majority of them.

100 Avant-Garde Horror Films

(and where to see them)

notreconciled.substack.com

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 15d

Palm Sunday! Nice. :)

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · 15d

Very confused by the Lodolo usage. Ah well.

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 22

Nooooooweeeeeéééééé

James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 20

I haven’t been following the bracket at closely these days, but I intended to write about Deep Listening. Whoops. It’s having a respectable showing here. If you haven’t engaged with PO’s work, please do.

James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 20

Pauline, all day.

The Best Album of 1989 @bestalbumbrackets.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Best Album of 1989 Round 1 Match #63
#22 Neil Young, FREEDOM
vs.
#107 Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis, DEEP LISTENING

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The Best Album of 1989 Match #63: Neil Young vs. Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis

This is the Best Album of 1989 match for Wednesday, August 20th 9:00am CST. It will be open for 24 hours, and the winner will move onto Round 2 of the bracket. If you haven’t heard either album, I hig...

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 15

Light Matter submission deadline extended to next Friday August 22. Because 1200+ submissions for ~60 spots wasn't difficult enough.

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 8

I've received queries about individual lists. Some contributors agreed to share, others didn't. I can compile + publish independently (maybe on LM site?), but it will take time. Getting this together has been a big lift. And 1000+ LM submissions & rapidly approaching semester await. I'm tired.

James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Totally understand. If anyone invites me onto a podcast to discuss (lol), this would be a point of conversation I’d be happy to engage.

Part of the issue is choosing an individual work by, say, New Red Order, who received 5 votes for 4 different films. So missed both lists. Many similar examples.

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Given the number of individual submissions, the published results suggest consensus where there is none."

I agree with you and get the frustration. I reached out to as many people as I could to try to cover Cinema (film, video, media, installation, etc). Most artists you mention received votes.

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

It would have been a hit, but it didn't make sense in the context of the installation / exhibition and trying to frame that work. Wasn't because we don't love Dusty Stacks!

(Fwiw, 10 different films of hers received votes. Lots of variation among voters).

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

I floated re-performing Dusty Stacks to Jodie last year when we were working on her exhibition + LM lecture/performance. We moved onto other ideas rather quickly. 🤣

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

:/

James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

In response to the NYT lists, I called for contributors to submit 15 titles for Best Experimental Cinema of the 21st Century.

109 ballots, 940 films, and 550 artists later, these are the results.

Huge thanks to @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy for stepping up to publish.

tinyurl.com/484u9f2z

The 63 Best Experimental Films of the 21st Century (So Far) - Filmmaker Magazine

Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.

tinyurl.com

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Perhaps should not broadcast this widely, but I believe there is only one film in Currents that has even been submitted for LM this year. Not sure what to think or say about that. "What planet am I on?"

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Coming soon

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 3

Never heard. No votes outside of mine for 21st century poll. Amazing film. 🤷‍♂️

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James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Aug 3

Deadline is today. No extensions!

James Hansen @jpjameshansen.bsky.social · Jul 29

If you are submitting a list for my Best Experimental Cinema of the 21st Century poll, you now have until 11:59 on Sunday August 3.

If you'd like to participate by submitting an unranked list of 15 titles, let me know. I've received 65 votes and would still love to have more.

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