I have to say Matt's presentation on Jonas Mekas was awesome I was very intrigued the entire time. One thing that really stood out to me about Mekas was his connection with the pop art culture in New York. I have always been fascinated by the works of Andy Warhol but have never heard of Jonas Mekas until now. It is very apparent they both had an influence on one another in their on respective art mediums.
In Melody-Fayth's presentation on Eggeling and Richter I was blown away at the amount of detail that these artists put into each and every frame of their films. The use of film for its plasticity is an entirely new idea to me, but it seems very fitting. Films are much more malleable than other art mediums in the physical and non-physical form.
Len Lye seems like a very unique individual. I would be very interested to see what kind of work he would be doing now if he was still alive. His film 'Colour Box' is quite a trip. His use of sound with specific movements and colors definitely seems to fit into the absolute cinema.
I feel like if I was alive the same time as Harry Smith we would be best friends. His use of actual popular music in his films rather that a compilation of sounds brings a sort of new attractiveness. I also really like how he talked about the interconnectedness of art and culture, which becomes very apparent during his time.
Unfortunately I could not find the article on absolute cinema anywhere online of in my email, but I do know it talks about absolute cinema being purely the sound and visuals being looked at just for their form. There are no people or stories involved, it is all about looking at the art as a form of art.
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