Inside the Pleasure Dome: Fringe Film in Canada
Toronto: Gutter Press, 1997
ISBN 1896356109
For Inside the Pleasure Dome: Fringe Film in Canada, Mike Holboom interviews sixteen experimental film artists. In each interview, Holboom guides a conversation about the artist's filmography, their methodology, and the limitations they have encountered. The book celebrates experimental film production in Canada.
Contents:
Foreword by Atom Egoyan;
Introduction: Upon Leaving the Theatre by Mike Hoolboom;
Machines of Cinema by Michael Snow;
Painting the Light Fantastic by Carl Brown;
Sifted Evidence by Patricia Gruben;
Transitions by Barbara Sternberg;
Three Decades of Rage by Al Razutis;
Guns, Girls, and Guerillas by Penelope Buitenhuis;
The Place with Many Rooms is The Body by Fumiko Kiyooka;
I Was a Teenage Personality Crisis! by Peter Lipskis;
Out of the Closet by Wrik Mead;
Her Soil is Gold by Annette Mangaard;
Sex, Madness, and the Church by Steve Sanguedolce;
Lies My Father Told Me by Gary Popovich;
Pictures of Home by Philip Hoffman;
Girl From Moush by Gariné Torossian;
Last Days of Living by Richard Kerr;
Watching Death at Work by Mike Cartmell.
ITEM 1997.151 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
A to Z – Michael Snow
Walking Woman – Michael Snow
New York Eye and Ear Control – Michael Snow
Wavelength – Michael Snow
Standard Time – Michael Snow
La Region Centrale – Michael Snow
Urban Fire – Carl Brown
Condensation of Sensation – Carl Brown
Mine's Bedlam – Carl Brown
Re: Entry – Carl Brown
The Central Character – Patricia Gruben
Sifted Evidence – Patricia Gruben
Low Visibility – Patricia Gruben
Deep Sleep – Patricia Gruben
Ley Lines – Patricia Gruben
Opus 40 – Barbara Sternberg
Transitions – Barbara Sternberg
A Trilogy – Barbara Sternberg
Tending Towards the Horizontal – Barbara Sternberg
At Present – Barbara Sternberg
2 X 2 – Al Razutis
Visual Alchemy – Al Razutis
Portrait – Al Razutis
Visual Essays: Origins of Film – Al Razutis
Amerika – Al Razutis
They Shoot Pigs Don't They – Penelope Buitenhuis
Disposable – Penelope Buitenhuis
Indifference – Penelope Buitenhuis
Combat Not Conform – Penelope Buitenhuis
Llaw – Penelope Buitenhuis
Clouds – Fumiko Kiyooka
A Place with Many Rooms – Fumiko Kiyooka
Says – Fumiko Kiyooka
Creation – Fumiko Kiyooka
Julia Dream – Peter Lipskis
Spare Parts – Peter Lipskis
Trance America Impressions – Peter Lipskis
The Green Flag – Peter Lipskis
Colour Experiments – Peter Lipskis
The Face of Freedom – Wrik Mead
It Helped My Mind Relax – Wrik Mead
Jesus Saves – Wrik Mead
What Isabelle Wants – Wrik Mead
Closet Case – Wrik Mead
Nothing by Mouth – Annette Mangaard
She Bit Me Seriously – Annette Mangaard
A Dialogue With Vision – Annette Mangaard
Her Soil Is Gold – Annette Mangaard
The Tyranny of Architecture – Annette Mangaard
Full Moon Darkness – Steve Sanguedolce and Carl Brown
Woodbrdge – Steve Sanguedolce
Mexico – Steve Sanguedolce and Mike Hoolboom
Sweetblood – Steve Sanguedolce
Away – Steve Sanguedolce
Layton Symphony – Gary Popovich
Immoral Memories – Gary Popovich
Caress – Gary Popovich
Elegy – Gary Popovich
Archeology of a Memory – Gary Popovich
On the Pond – Philip Hoffman
The Road Ended at the Beach – Philip Hoffman
river – Philip Hoffman
Kitchener-Berlin – Philip Hoffman
Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and Encarnacion – Philip Hoffman
Body and Soul – Gariné Torossian
Girl From Moush – Gariné Torossian
Drowning in Flames – Gariné Torossian
Visions – Gariné Torossian
Passions Crucified – Gariné Torossian
Hawkesville to Wallenstein – Richard Kerr
Vesta Lunch – Richard Kerr
Canal – Richard Kerr
On Land Over Water – Richard Kerr
The Last Days of Contrition – Richard Kerr
Narratives of Egypt – Mike Cartmell
Prologue: Infinite Obscure – Mike Cartmell
In the form of the Letter "X" – Mike Cartmell
Cartouche – Mike Cartmell
Dripping Water – Michael Snow
Back and Forth – Michael Snow
So Is This – Michael Snow
Seated Figures – Michael Snow
See You Later/ Au Revoir – Michael Snow
Rameau's Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) – Michael Snow
One Second in Montreal – Michael Snow
Side Seat Paintings Slides Sound Film – Michael Snow
Inauguration – Al Razutis
Poem: Elegy for Rose – Al Razutis
Processed Cello – Peter Lipskis
Home Movie – Peter Lipskis
Dance Masks: The World of Margaret Severn – Peter Lipskis
Homebelly – Wrik Mead
Warm – Wrik Mead
Haven – Wrik Mead
Deviate – Wrik Mead
Let Me Wrap My Arms Around You – Annette Mangaard
There is in Power...Seduction – Annette Mangaard
Line Through Bath – Annette Mangaard
Self Portrait Taking Stock – Gary Popovich
33 – Gary Popovich