> From: "tank.tv" <movies@tank.tv>
> Date: July 1, 2004 1:39:18 PM EDT
> To: rachel@rhizome.org
> Subject: tank.tv newsletter June /July
>
> tank.tv June / July 2004 newsletter
>
> It was there in the middle of red I found myself it was warm then cold
> a volcano erupting other me, car crashes, it was chaos I did not know
> where to go. They were shadows walking, no-one but shadows, I thought
> I could recognize Marc so I ran towards him but I could not feel
> anything it was just air and shadows, I was hot and confused where to
> run where to go they were no way out. I saw bird flying from someone's
> body I was running in circles and there in front of me was a bullfight
> all so bloody and chaotic bloody streets, I could not escape and it
> was just there just at the other end of my street. I was stuck there
> and that's how tank.tv came out this month, be careful tank.tv is hot
> and pretty bloody but enjoy it too it's hot, I don't know how it
> happen it must be the summer heat playing on my head.
>
> A few words on Grant McKean's 'I'm in you'
> Grant McKean's 'I'm in you' is a cheeky animation made using After
> effects. It opens with Jesus' crucified body hanging limp from the
> cross. The image has been cut from Velazquez's famous painting 'Chris
> on the cross' (1632) the original having been described as "the
> perfect representation of Christ". There is a clearing of a thoat then
> an uptempo beat starts and a new meaning is brought to rising from the
> dead, as Christs' arms and legs 'dance' in this Monty Python-esque
> video.
>
> tank.tv talks to artist Chris Furby who's work 'fragments from a lost
> civilisation no 0102' is now showing on tank.tv.
> tank.tv: How did you first get involved in film/video?
> Chris (CF): I wanted to work on theatre events at the time. People
> like the Welfare State from the UK and Meredith Monk from New York.
> They had a number of B/W half-inch Sony studio decks and portable
> video recorders that they used to document their events and work with
> the local kids. The portables weighed a tonne (almost literally) and
> the (analogue) tape was a pig to edit but that's where I first learnt
> to use video.
> tank.tv: What projects are you working on at the minute?
> CF: 1) 'Answer Me' a short live action DV film with actors
> Synopsis: An argument with a ghost about a pair of shoes!
> 2) A series of panoramic 'surreal' photomontages. Set one involves a
> rocking horse. Set two fire. (I'm avoiding giraffes and tubas with
> this set, obviously!)
> tank.tv: Your work has a lot of specical effects, what do you feel
> these add?
> CF: I'm not sure what I do could be classed as special effects. At
> least not in the Hollywood sense!! In the last few years my work has
> been an odd hybrid somewhere between cinema and animation. Animation
> that is, in the sense that each piece has been composed of still
> (digital) images - I never do any drawing!! So I always start with a
> photographic representation and then look to change it, to make an,
> absurd, satirical, or metaphorical point.
> tank.tv: What are your views on tank.tv?
> CF: If it did not exist someone would have to invent it.
> We also asked several of our regular contributors if they would like
> to help curate tank.tv this month by suggesting work that they find
> interesting. We would like to thank Chris Furby for introducing
> tank.tv to the work of Gabrielle Kelly.
>
>
> David Herbert's quirky video work is also showing this month on tank.tv
> David Herbert is a video artist, performance artist and installation
> artist living in Seattle, USA. His videos have shown in festivals
> across the US and around the world.
> Filmmaker's Statement
> At first everything appears 'normal'
> Then an odd situation arises
> The situation becomes even odder
> Then is resolved quickly with a punch line
> www.davidherbert.com
>
> tank.tv is pleased to announce a forecoming event and screening at the
> ICA from the 5th of August to the 5th of september.
>