Studying color theory

How many theories of color exist? I believe there is one for each style of art. In fact, if you're a student of art history you can distinguish one work of art from another merely on the basis of its colors. It isn't a simple task. In his long essays, John Cage, a master of color, offers some guidelines on how to study color. I learned a great deal from his books. I think I will study them once again. But I also need to see art through the eyes of the color masters, to apply their theories and to work with them. A book is merely a book as good as it may be.

Colour and abstract art

I prefer abstract art for its use of colour. I think colour has a primary role in abstraction, surely more than in representational art. In this I agree with Karl Scheffler: "our time, which, more than any other, depends on the past for its form, has produced a kind of painting in which colour is independent". I really think the early '900 artworks opened up a new era of visual freedom. Will we have another revoultion in art?

Abstract films: the first experiment

For a long time I thought the first films were made by Len Lye. Recently I found out that the first experiments in abstract film-making were made by Italian film-makers Arnaldo Ginna and Bruno Corra. I looked for information on the web, I searched for their film, I made hundreds of enquires, I even begged a movies newsgroup for info. Nothing happened.
Last month I discovered that their film "Chromatic music" didn't survive, only written notes exist. I'd kill to watch it! I must be satisfied with just these notes: green color; a red star appears, its tentacles cover the screen, then the green begines to absorb the red. I guess we really lost a masterpiece!

American elf supersite

James Kochalka upgrades his website. Now everyone can read his "American Elf"diary archives: you don't have to pay for them any more!

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Bruno Bozzetto

This month the Castelli Animati Festival celebrates the great talent of Italian animator and filmaker Bruno Bozzetto. I guess it'a bit of a paradox that Bozzetto is celebrated in Italy where they don't allow him to continue to produce his films. Italian tv is finally broadcasting his three animated films, after many many years of silence. Australian and Japanese tv, on the other hand, broadcast Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo" film at least once a year and his Signor Rossi shorts are released in Germany. When will Italy release his shorts films? I don't think they'll ever do it!

My first post

Who I am and What I want aren't questions that I 'll answer. This is my blog. We'll drool about underground comics, avant gard art and cinema.