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Images: Joshua Light Show Liquid Loops
New:
Edition Bauhaus: Media Art, PAL DVD - order on our main store page
Walter Ruttmann DVD set - PAL, 2 DVDs + booklet. Complete extant works of Walther Ruttmann. Edition Filmmuseum import, order on our main store page
Zeitgenossen: German Animation Collection. PAL DVD (2009 release) - on the Contemporary Artists' DVDs page
Aurora Edition 1 DVD - compilation, includes Mercurius and Energie! - PAL DVD - on the Contemporary Artists' DVDs page
Guy Sherwin: Optical Sound Films (PAL DVD set with book) - on the Contemporary Artists' DVDs page
New: The Painter Sam Francis (2008), by Jeffrey Perkins. DVD, NTSC, 85 mins. Forty years in the making, ‘The Painter Sam Francis’ is artist Jeffrey Perkins’ lyrical and intimate portrait of a friend, mentor, and leading light of American abstract art. Purchase through the Documentaries page.
Shoot Shoot Shoot: Avant-Garde Film of the 1960s & 1970s. UK Films - First time in distribution in the US! Visit Other Avant-Garde page
2008 and previous releases:
George Stadnik:
Three Times Three - Digital Lumia 2006-2008. DVD,
ntsc. Three new Digital Lumia compositions: Shadow X3 (2008),
Untitled (2008) and Mirror Mirror (2006). Approx 45 minutes. Please
visit our
Contemporary
VM Artists page. Added
in 2008.
Series of 4 New DVDs: Visual Music for Babies. A
new experience for young minds, Animated Classic Music for Babies combines
the majesty of classical music with the stimulating visuals of abstract animation.
Created especially for children under 3 years of age. $19.99 each dvd, purchase
through this special Order
Page
LUMIA: Thomas Wilfred and The Story of Light Art. DVD,
NTSC, Region-free. 81
minute Documentary. Lumia is the story of Thomas Wilfred and the birth
of light art. Includes lumia footage, interviews, and segments about artists
Charles Dockum, Chris Sidenius, Mary Hallock Greenewalt, and Earl Reiback. Includes
a brief clip from CVM's restoration of a 1952 Charles
Dockum Mobilcolor performance film. Purchase on our Documentaries
page.
3
Films by Elias Romero
(1968-1972), DVD, 2008. Elias Romero is considered to be the
Grandfather of the Light Show, beginning his experiments with liquids and overhead
projectors in 1956. This DVD features Stepping
Stones, his film of his vintage 1960s liquids
(an excerpt was seen in the 2005 Visual Music exhibition at MOCA LA and
Hirshhorn/Smithsonian), Za, Lapis Lazuli, and many bonus features
including a documentary. More description and order link on our
1960s page
Jordan Belson: Five Essential Films (DVD, 2007). Contains
Allures, Samadhi, Light, Fountain of Dreams (never before released) and
Epilogue. 1961 - 2005. "Jordan Belson is one of the greatest artists
of visual music. Belson creates lush vibrant experiences of exquisite color
and dynamic abstract phenomena evoking sacred celestial experiences." - William
Moritz. Curated by Belson, Produced/Published by CVM. NTSC, Region-free. Approx
45 mins. - see Main
Store Page. If you are ordering for a university or library please go
straight to the special Order
Page
For more information about the films on the DVD or about Jordan Belson, please visit our Belson research pages
Semiconductor
- Worlds in Flux (DVD, 2007).
Order on
Contemporary
VM Artists page
5 Thomas Wilfred LUMIA Compositions DVD
- Excerpts from 5 Lumia compositions by Thomas Wilfred. Wilfred was a
pioneer of Light Art, and coined the term Lumia to refer to an independent,
silent art form. His Lumia compositions have been featured in several
major museum exhibitions at Centre Pompidou, MOCA LA, Hirshhorn, Whitney Museum
and others. Order on Main
Store Page
Cinema DADA DVD
(Import,
PAL only). DVD plus 33 page booklet
(English and French). Contains Eggeling's Symphonie Diagonale, Man Ray's
Retour a la Raison and Emak Bakia, Clair/Picabia's Entr'acte,
Leger/Murphy's Ballet Mecanique, Richter's Rhythmus 21, Filmstudie
and Ghosts Before Breakfast. Co-produced by Re:Voir and Centre
Pompidou for the recent DADA exhibition. Available in PAL only - order on Main
Store Page
vE - jA (Book & DVD, 2006). Eskander, Xarene, Ed. vE-jA is a global snapshot of an exploding genre of tech-art performance: VJing and live audio-video. Order on Books & Journals page. Includes DVD with dozens of clips from VJs worldwide.
Joshua Light
Show Liquid Loops (1969) on DVD! Special signed edition. See 1960s
page
"Oskar Fischinger: Ten Films" - DVD, 2006, Produced by CVM. Order on Main Store Page OR order through our special Fischinger DVD order page (shipping to international customers is less expensive through this second option)
Ordering Information:
Via Credit Card - Follow the links to the order pages for each DVD, or
call CVM with your order via telephone at 213-683-1514 (Afternoons are best,
PST).
Via
Check - For dvds, videos and books, add $5.50 shipping for first item, $1.00
for each additional item, for shipping to US and Canada. International orders,
please inquire or use credit card links on each order page. CA residents please
add 9.25% tax.
Via University/Institutional
PO - contact us at CVM
Store. NOTE: Institutional rates listed do not include public performance
rights, only classroom use and non-paying educational use is permitted. Museum
exhibitions do NOT fall under these categories; no usage in museum exhibitions
is permitted for any of the dvds or videos sold by CVM, please inquire for information
on additional permissions and procedures for such requests.
Mailing address: Center for Visual Music, 453 South Spring Street, Suite. 834, Los Angeles, CA 90013. Videotapes are also available for pickup at our downtown Los Angeles Gallery Row office BY APPOINTMENT only (213-683-1514).
Prices listed do not include shipping. Please allow up to 2 weeks to fulfill order; most ship within 3 business days.
PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept returns unless product is defective.
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