EXHIBITIONS
SeNef 2004 RETROSPECTIVE:
Click for essay by the filmmaker on the festival experience
SeNef (Seoul Net and Film Festival) 2004 - Seoul, Korea:
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A partial retrospective of film, video and 3D video by Al Razutis was presented as part of SeNef (Seoul Net and Film Festival) in September 2004, Seoul, Korea.
Installation works by Razutis presented at the Ilmin Museum of Art (SeNef - 'Samsung Media Lounge'), downtown Seoul, included a 3-screen video projection of 'Amerika'.
(click ^ title links for film descriptions,
< image link for WMV Win Media 30 sec. 500K Video clip).
A single monitor installation version of 'Why Don't You Just Leave' was also presented, along with a four-monitor stereoscopic 3D video presentation of 'West-Coast Artists in Light' holographic art documentary. The included stereoscopic 3D video selections featured the works of Fred Unterseher, Sharon McCormack, Melissa Crenshaw and Al Razutis.
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Razutis also served as President of the International Film Jury (see 'Digital Express') and also conducted a special workshop in '3D Video Art - Aesthetics and Technology'.
Additional public screenings of film-video works by Razutis included 'Visual Essays: Origins of Film' and a stereoscopic 3D video (projected) screening of 'Selections'.
This film exhibition was programmed by Felix Ji-Hoon Kim and the installation works were curated by Jeon Sung-kwon. The Director of this ambitious and visionary festival is Ahn C. Park.
Further information (in English or Korean), including past festival programs, is available at: WWW.SENEF.NET.
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OTHER SELECTED FILM - VIDEO EXHIBITIONS:
AMERIKA excerpts - screening in London, U.K., 2004:
Three short films from 'AMERIKA' were screened on August 7, 2004 at FILM - SPOOL - 3 as part of curated thematic film presentations:
The Wildwest Show (program: 'Cinematic and Televisual Interruptions'), A Message from our Sponsor (program: 'Oh! Poor Lacan!!'), and Photo Spot (program: 'To Make or Not to Make'). The show was curated in part by Saul Novella.
For more information on the venue and ongoing projects / exhibition site visit: The Horse Hospital.
AMERIKA - screening in Madison, Wisconsin, 2004:
AMERIKA by Al Razutis was presented by Starlight Cinema in Madison, Wisconsin on February 5, 2004 in three-screen format from DVD discs. The screening was organized by Stuart Zehner, the Starlight Cinema Coordinator.
AMERIKA 'classics' in Germany 2003:
Two classic films, 'Vortex' and '98.3KHz: (Bridge at Electrical Storm', which were independently released as shorts from
AMERIKA by Al Razutis were presented by Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst in Oldenburg, Germany in September and November , 2003.
These classic films from the early 70's represent works bridging experimental film with analog video (a 'heresy' in those days for most 'experimental' filmmakers). They were featured in a retrospective program, 'Tour de Force' of notable historical U.S. and international experimental films; program curated by Ralf Sausmikat of the European Media Arts Festival (EMAF).
VISUAL ESSAYS in the U.K. 2003:
Two component films from
VISUAL ESSAYS by Al Razutis. 'Ghost:Image' and 'For Artaud' were presented by The SPOOL - POOL in London, England on August 30th, 2003.
The films were featured in a program of collage - montage (U.S. and international) experimental films; program curated by Saulius Uzpelkis of The SPOOL - POOL.
AMERIKA in France 2003:
A three-screen presentation of
AMERIKA by Al Razutis was presented by MIRE in Nantes, France on April 19th, 2003.
Vancouver, Canada 2002:
A three-screen presentation of
AMERIKA by Al Razutis was presented at The BLINDING LIGHT!! - Vancouver, B.C. Canada on October 19th, 2002. The show was organized and curated by Alex MacKenzie and the screening was only the second time ever in North America that this film was presented in 3-screens (a typical format in Europe and elsewhere).
Filmmaker was in attendance to introduce the film and related topics.
Revued by Bryan Zandberg (2003) - Amerika....Amerika
2002 Germany:
A 5-show Retrospective of Avant-Garde Films and Videos by Al Razutis, including a presentation of Stereoscopic 3D video was held
at the 15th European Media Art Festival 2002, 24th to 28th of April, 2002 in Osnabrück, Germany. The principal curator - organizer for this retrospective was Ralf Sausmikat, a long time contributor to international film and video culture.
For a personal (filmmaker) review of the festival experience, see Personal Notes: Retrospective in OZ.
(Film - video titles below link to illustrated catalog descriptions.)
Featured film works by Razutis included Amerika (3-screens) and
Visual Essays by Al Razutis, as well as a program of 3D Video Selections and digital web-works (with performance) by Razutis.
EMAF Razutis Retrospective Catalog -- EMAF 2002 Complete TEXTS with PHOTOS / April, 2002 (746 K .PDF file)
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The European Media Arts Festival is one of the largest and best known festivals for experimental film, video-art and new media work in the world, and gains the highest reputation with the yearly exhibition presenting sculptural and interactive film, video and computer-installations."
Additional screenings of Razutis' works in Germany were held at
Kinemathek Karlsruhe> in Karlsruhe (May 3rd) - curated by Alfred Meyer, and Kommunales Kino, in Frieburg (May 4th) - curated by Wolfgang Lahmann.
These exhibtions were hosted by dedicated and exceptional staff (both administrative and technical), who are a credit to the active avant-garde and cultural scenes in Germany.
2002 Italy:
 Visual
Essays: Origins of Film by Al Razutis was featured at IX
International Film Studies Conference, Udine, Italy, on March
20-23, 2002. The International Film Studies Conference is hosted by the
University of Udine in Italy, and organized
by the Department of Storia e Tutela dei Beni Culturali
of Udine University since 1993.
The 2002 conference topic was "Film and its Multiples".
Also in 2002, Visual Essays was presented at Six-Pack Film Festival and Symposium on Early Cinema and the Avant-Garde Film (March 8- 13, 2002) in the Stadtkino Wien / Vienna / Austria.
Bridge at Electrical Storm is also featured in the traveling exhibition Magnetic North, organized by the Walker Art Center, Mineapolis, and Video Pool, Winnipeg. This six video program exhibition and retrospective of Canadian experimental video tours in 2001-2 and visits institutions in Saskatoon, Berkeley Calif., Hamilton Ontario, Calgary Alberta, Montreal Quebec, Cambridge Massachusetts and others.
Essay by Bruce Jenkins
on Razutis' Bridge at Electrical Storm
for Magnetic North Exhibition catalog
(jpeg images of successive pages - 200k per page)
1999 Exhibitions:
Bridge at Electrical Storm and Ghosts in the Machine were exhibited as part of the Media Art Bienalle, Wroclaw, Poland in April, 1999.
1998 3D Video Exhibitions:
Media history was made in Canada
when 3D video art by Al
Razutis was presented at the Pacific Cinematheque
Pacifique, Vancouver, Canada, on September
18 and 19th, 1998.
A 78 min. program of selected 3D video-art tapes was large-screen videoprojected, on two SHARP LCD 440 videoprojectors (cross-polarized), utilizing a de-mux box (for right - left eye channel separation and output to projectors) purchased from Andrew Woods, and the audience was provided with 300 polarized glasses loaned for the presentation by CN - Imax 3D (Vancouver) .
This exhibition was assisted by Video Out (Vancouver), Maya Martin distribution coordinator. Attempts by some members of Video In (Vancouver) to sabotage this showing were unsuccessful.
1998 U.S. Premiere Showing of 3D Video Art
On November 10, 1998, a program of 3D video art by Al Razutis was presented at the Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Oregon as a U.S. premiere presentation of Stereoscopic 3D video art.
This event, held in conjunction with the Festival, was coordinated by Howard Aaron, Associate Director of the Center, and featured the assistance of their great staff. The evening's show was held at the Guild Theater with dual-projection and silver screen.
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This site and its offspring, began in 1996 with the invitation of Urs Fries
of www.holonet.khm.de to post a few images from 'West-Coast Artists in Light' (video) and texts from Wavefront Holography Magazine on the holographic art gateway site developed by Mr. Fries at the University of Cologne.
From 1996 'Visual Alchemy on the net' was developed by Al Razutis to feature a progressive inclusion of new media and VRML content representing both the history and changing motion-picture 3D works of Al Razutis (your host, and author of this site).
The two individuals who provided the initial support (in the form of free hosting) for this site were Dwight Jones of Imagen Communications, the original home of www.alchemists.com, and Urs Fries of Holonet, Germany (present host of European mirror-site). Subsequent financial support has, at times, also been provided by Anne Popperwell, Danguole Varnas, Jerry Barenholtz, and Richard Karpinsky.
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asleep! Dreaming of Cheshire cats
chasing the tails of...fractals.
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