tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE 16mm Filmography

(from late 1975e.v. to february, 2023e.v.)

(in order of most recent to oldest)

{tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE can be contacted @ <idioideo at verizon dot net>}

 

713. "APT 6"

- original source material from February 21-27, 1983

- a document of the 6th International Neoist Apartment Festival featuring work by the Neoists, Boris Wanowitch, Richard Mayer, Boys du Severe, Alan Lord, Gordon W Zealot, Monty Cantsin (Istvan Kantor), Marcel Mongeau, TTP, Napoleon Moffat, tENTATIVELY a cONVENIENCE, François "Moondog" Mignault

- constructed primaily of instamatic stills & audio cassette recordings from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 1920 X 1440, 30fps, Stereo

- 3:44:23

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/u8KUb-8Kutg

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/apt-6

 

703. "Easter Island Bunny"

- an improved document of the April 19, 1987 event shot by Lizard Media Systems & featuring the work of Steve Estes; tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; John Sheehan; Laughing Tree; Neil Feather; & No Tourist Attraction

- 640 X 480, 29.97, Stereo

- 1:40:20

- edit by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE finished & put online November 10, 2022

- on my onesownsthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/nU0RiNrowa0

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/easter-island-bunny

 

596. "tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE Interviewed by Kent Bye February 16, 2002E.V."

- shit by Kent Bye; edited & titled by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE who alos enlarged upon the interview - especially by including footage shot by Kent Bye of his Frame of Reference puppet theater (1975) - This uses a little of the 16mm "Exquisite Corpse" - hence its inclusion on this list.

- 45:34

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/6E8U-O0b21U

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/tENTInterviewKent

 

299. a. "HiTEC 021 'Full' Group" - w/ framing titles

- Clockwise w/ the Wheel of Fortune @ 12 O'Clock:

- Ilona Auth: tap dancing, WoF spinning; Ben Opie: alto sax, thingamagoop; Kerrith Livengood: flute; Ben Harris: violin; Dave Bernabo: acoustic guitar; Johan Nystrom: percussion; William Wedler: percussion; tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: grand piano, percussion; Unfinished Symphonies: electronic keyboard; Joy: acoustic guitar; Erok: trombone; Jonathan Brodsky: monome with mabalhabla software; Kenny Haney: bass clarinet; James Gyre: darbouka, flute, bicycle; Hyla Willis: erhu, small noisemaker; Tony Balko: 16mm camera

- Sunday, September 14, 2008; etc..

- 0:07:57

b. "HiTEC 021 'Full' Group" - w/ partial titles

- Tony Balko: 16mm camera

- Sunday, September 14, 2008; etc..

- 0:07:57

c. "HiTEC 021 'Full' Group" - w/ full titles

- Tony Balko: 16mm camera

- Sunday, September 14, 2008; etc..

- 0:07:57

- on my onesownthoughts YouYube channel here: https://youtu.be/e0thj_1lWlA

 

169. a. "Volunteers Collective 21"

- in collaboration with Orgone Cinema, Sharyn Lee Frederick, & David Prentice (shot by Alisa Dix)

- 'directed' by & played in by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- {unfinished}

- 16mm sound

- app. 12:00 (This should be around 7:55 - I don't know what the 12:00 is)

- July '95

b. "Volunteers Collective 21"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- limited interest almost presentable fall '96 edit by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- This might be the version that has scratch editing added onto the end - it might be around 12:00

- an excerpt from this is in the context of "UNCERTS" on my onesownthoughts YouTube chnnael here: https://youtu.be/ShRgYeTSK40?t=1h7m5s

c. "Volunteers Collective 21"

- I finally got rid of the extremely noisy Auricon sound & substitued the correctly synced auido from the room recording, I also added titles

- 8:04

- on the Internet Atchive here: https://archive.org/details/idioideo_verizon_VC21

 

168. "Peterson's Restaurant"

- in collaboration w/ Orgone Cinema (shot by Michael Johnsen)

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 14:56

- 1st 1/2 of '95

- see the script & further writings about this here: http://idioideo.pleintekst.nl/Petersons.html

- NTSC SD (720X480), 29.97 fps, Stereo

- on my onesownthoughst YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/m8ty3ReloA4

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/petersons-restaurant

 

167. "Grounded!"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 6:00

- May '95

 

166. "How Orgone Cinema Treats Its Visiting Filmmakers"

- in collaboration w/ Orgone Cinema (shot by Michael Johnsen)

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 5:40

- january-may '95

 

165. "Funny Farm Summit Meeting"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 14:00

- august '94 - july '95

 

164. a. "Psychological Playfair"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 5:30

- march-may '94

b. "Boota"

- 16mm & 1/2" VHS cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 5:58

 

163. "Diszey Spots"

- 16mm

- 11:20

- october-december '93

 

156. "National Cancer Institute Documentary"

- 16mm

- 3:20

- '93

 

151. a. "Our"

- w/ Rebecca Barten

- 16mm (silent)

- 11:49

- '92

b. "Our"

-> 1/2" VHS cassette (w/ sound)

- '92/'93

- YouTube URL: http://youtu.be/u4nZGBPPOyM

- YouTube EMBED: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/u4nZGBPPOyM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

c. "Our"

-> 1/2" VHS cassette (telephoto circle transfer)(w/ sound)

 

147. a. "Bob Cobbing/Movie Trivia/Hypnopedagogy"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette (single layer fish-eye transfer w/ white spandex screen)

- 28:30 or 57:00

- '91-'93

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/OsqqA7MwdL4

b. "Bob Cobbing/Movie Trivia/Hypnopedagogy"

- 16mm (double layer optical print)

- 29:45 or 59:30

- '91-'94

- actually 58:26 in the following:

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/bRxG1rc50bM

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/BobCobbing

 

146. a. "The "Official" John Lennon's Erection as Blocking Our View Homage & Cheese Sandwich"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 25:30

- '90-'92

- YouTube URL: http://youtu.be/z9f7mzn2euc

b. "The "Official" John Lennon's Erection as Blocking Our View Homage & Cheese Sandwich" ("techno-sensualist" version)

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 25:30

- '90-'93

c. "The "Official" John Lennon's Erection as Blocking Our View Homage & Cheese Sandwich"

- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 1:24:00

- '90-'95

- onesownthoughts YouTube channel URL: http://youtu.be/nRqfWwHAdqA

 

[139. ""Official" part of "Singing Bridges""

[in the possession of the "Coyotes" - shelved due to lack of finances]

- duration unknown (less than 5:00)

- 16mm

- '90]

 

129. "Barfroom"

- 16mm w/ optical sound

- 4:15

- '89-'90

- online at 640 X 480, 29.97fps, Stereo

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/fgI8lYPGig4

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/barfroom

 

128. "Ward of Mouth"

- shot by Richard Tryzno Ellsberry

- directed, edited, & DidActed in by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 16mm w/ optical sound

- 4:50

- '89

- online at 640 X 480, 29.97fps, Stereo

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/euNLIeNOdWc

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/ward-of-mouth

 

050. "Transparent Smile (Monty Cantsin Performing With White Colours)"

- Monty Cantsin (ie: Steve Estes), Monty Cantsin (ie: Joan Lobell), Monty Cantsin (ie:tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE) w/ sound by various Monty Cantsins (primarily John Berndt & Jimmy Hedges)

- 16mm w/ optical sound

- 17:00

- '85

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here broken into 2 parts:

pt 1: https://youtu.be/EGc-rohmq4k

pt 2: https://youtu.be/p84MiQDrsnc

- On the version of "VAUDIO" that I've put online I've rejoined the 2 parts:

"Transparent Smile (Monty Cantsin performing with White Colours)" (1984-1985) - the original VAUDIO version of this was of an early print of the film before I'd added scratching to the internegative. This is the same version that's on YouTube already except that the earlier upload is in 2 parts. - https://youtu.be/yamGE-mVW8A?t=15m1s

- 640 X 480, 29.97p, Stereo

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/transparent-smile

 

31. a. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 1}

[in the collection of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Audio Visual Department]

- shot by Steve Estes

- Norkin Grip (Leanne Johnson)

- directed by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 16mm (primarily negative) (silent)

- 9:40

- '83 (etc..)

b. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 2}

- (primarily positive)

c. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 3}

- version 1 transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette w/ sound added

d. "Sound Along w/ t he Bounding Ball(s)" {version 4}

- version 3 intercut w/ the screening of version 2 @ Jefferson Presents (as shot by Gordon Nelson) on Jan 27, 2007 w/ live soundtrack from LaDonna Smith; Greg Pierce; Steve Boyle; & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- w/ soundtrack credits added

- 9:53

- edit finished december 24, '09

 

29. a. "Pee on "Bob"'s Head" {version 1}

- shot by Lizard Media Systems

- directed & DidActed in by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE

- 1/2" VHS cassette

- 7:40

- early '83

b. "Pee on "Bob"'s Head" {version 2}

- reshot off TV screen by Chris [last name forgotten]

- 16mm (mostly negative) w/ optical sound

- 10:40

 

028. "Exquisite Corpse"

- 1st layer shot by Nancy Andrews & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, 2nd layer shot by John Ellsberry

- 16mm loop

- indefinite duration

- october '82

- online at 640 X 480, Silent

- 1:00

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/626O-4rc9A8

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/exquisite-corpse

 

25. a. "Subtitles (16mm version)" {version 1}

[in the collection of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Audio-Visual Department]

- 16mm

- 9:55 (at 24FPS)

- '80-'82

b. "Subtitles (16mm version)" {version 2}

- 12:30

- online at 640 X 480, 29.97, Stereo

- 11:38

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/HtfIBZDWe28

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/subtitles-16mm-version

 

24. "A Double Negative As Not A Positive"

- w/ Hannah Aviva (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE DidActing under the name of E.G.Head)

- unsplit regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette

- 2:00

- '82

 

021. a. "Subtitles (unsplit regular 8 version)"

- unsplit regular 8

- 9:50

- '81-'82

b. "Subtitles (unsplit regular 8 version)" (digitized for online)

- 640 X 480, 29.97fps, Stereo

- 10:30

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/4A4Qv0RC-Eg

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/subtitles-unsplit-regular-8-version

 

014. "Silent Speed"

- unsplit regular-8mm loop

- indefinite duration

- mid '81

- 640 X 480, silent - indefinite duration, :57 in uploaded version

- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/a4bJePK94lA

- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/silent-speed

 

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