tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE Filmography
(from late 1975e.v. to march 2016e.v.)
(in order of most recent to oldest)
{tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE can be contacted @ <idioideo at verizon dot net>}
203. a. "Where We're"
- w/ text written by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera
- w/ readings from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE; etta cetera; Sharyn Lee Neccai; John Evans; Phat Man Dee
- synthesizer usic from tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE w/ violin samples from David Prentice
- shot in Pittsburgh; Founders Grove, Humboldt Redwoods State Park; Black Rock City, Nevada (during Burning Man '99); etc.. - using found filmstrips provided by Jubal Brown + 35mm motion picture film provided by Laura Kikauka
- 35mm filmstrip w/ prerecorded sound
- 2:03:30
- october '98 - november '99
b. "Where We're"
- w/ transfer assistance from John Evans
- 35mm filmstrip & recorded sound transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette both as a filmstrip & as a 35mm film (this latter in 16 ways)
c. "Where We're Trailer #1"
- 35mm filmstrip & recorded sound transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette as a 35mm film (in 16 ways)
- 11:16
d. "Where We're Trailer #2"
- 35mm filmstrip & recorded sound transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette as a 35mm film (in 8 ways)
- 5:37
e. "Where We're" (w/ Windsor Generic Tour)
- In the collection of Peter "Brainpang" Warner
- similar to a. except that various vaudeo f/x are used as well as slightly more complicated transfer techniques + footage from the Generic Tour in Windsor is added + a snippet of mystery footage + additional sound from "Livid at the Schmaltzwald" by John Henry Nyenhuis & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- 2:01:56
f. "Where We're" (w/ Windsor Generic Tour, etc..)
- similar to e. except that additional footage from the Pittsburgh Generic Tour, the "Black Rectangle over the Eye" presentation in Baltimore (that involved a screening of the filmstrip version of "Where We're"), & the American Urological Association is inserted
- 2:01:56
201. a. "Shuffle Mode"
- 35mm filmstrip w/ spoken or prerecorded sound
- 3:03
- september - october '99
b. "Shuffle Mode"
- slide show w/ spoken or prerecorded sound
- variable duration - app. 5:00
195. a. "In Perplexing Pursuit of the Prodigy Paleontologist" {version 1}
- shot in Northern California @ Lassen National Volcanic Park & @ Founders Grove, Humboldt Redwoods State Park
- 35mm Möbius strip filmstrip & audio cassette
- 18:25
- october '98 / march '99
b. "In Perplexing Pursuit of the Prodigy Paleontologist" {version 2}
- shot at the Southern Rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, at the Painted Desert & Petrified Forest in New Mexico, & at a lava field in New Mexico
- 35mm Möbius strip filmstrip & audio cassette
- 17:31
- october '98 / march '99
194. "Say Cheese! - 5 Days in Wisconsin"
- a trip thru the House on the Rock to Dreamtime Village to Dr. Evermor's Forevertron to Sid Boyum's backyard to the Hmong Reception & Banquet for General Vang Pao at the La Crosse Civic Arena
- with the assistance of etta cetera
- 35mm filmstrip & audio cassette
- 53:27
- october '98 - january '99
193. a. "Air Drops" {filmstrip version}
- quasi-documentation of a project in collaboration with Delta Bravo
- with the assistance of Juliet Lima & Sierra Lima Foxtrot November
- 35mm filmstrip
- indefinite duration
- september-november '98
b. "Air Drops" {vaudeo version 1}
- tANGO, aLPHA cHARLIE
- quasi-documentation of a project in collaboration with Delta Bravo
- with the assistance of Alpha Charlie, Juliet Lima, Juliet Papa, Sierra Lima Foxtrot November, & Mike Juliet
- 35mm filmstrip, 8mm vaudeo, slides, stills, audio cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 19:30
- september '97 - september '98
c. "Air Drops" {vaudeo version 2}
- using snippets from Current Affairs Films' "UFO'S: WHO'S WATCHING US?" & George Antheil's 2nd Piano Sonata: "The Airplane" (1st movement)
- 35mm filmstrips, 8mm vaudeo, slides, stills, audio cassettes -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 14:20
- september '97 - november '98
192. "A History of the Toronto Railway Lands Central & West - Part 3"
- tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE etta cetera
- 35mm filmstrip
- indefinite duration
- august '98
191. "Death Bed Aerobics"
- Party Teen on Couch #2 etta cetera
- 2 35mm filmstrips & audio cassette
- 4:45
- july '98
176. "The Postman Always Rings the Homunculous of Woody Allen & Hollis Frampton Twice"
- 35mm filmstrip & audio cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 8:24
- july '96
175. "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"
- a collection of footage donated to me by John Berndt (4 X 50'), Mannette Letter (2 X 50'), Laure Drogoul (app 50'), Richard/Susan Henderson (2 X 50'), Florian Cramer (app 8 X 50'), Gen Ken Montgomery (7 X 50'), Boris Wanowitch (50'), Monty Cantsin/Istvan Kantor (app 10'); + excerpts from a home-movie version of "War and Peace"; + "porno" made by "unknowns"; + excerpts from "Mike Film" (see #3), "Crab Feast(s)" (see #11), "Luskin's" (see #56), "International Neoist/Tourist Day" (see #60), "Sponging off the Mandlebrot Set" (see #128), + out-takes from "Balling Tim Ore is Best" (see #49), "6 Fingers Crossed Country T.Ore/Tour" (see #55), "Vex 1990E.V." (see #135); + the entirety of "It's Not A Matter of Life & Death: Part Z: Stereo Brain (preface)" (see #62) & "Re-Runs" (see #132); + previously unused footage labelled: "Finish Off the Roll Film Using Intervalometer Shot from my House to Second Story Books to the Science Fiction Book Store etc..", "'Live' Autopsy" (shot for me by Martha Colburn w/ the assistance of Bill Haas), & "Funny Farm Disco Room"; + footage shot especially for it including the title, credit, & "Satanic Liposuction" scene (shot by Greg Pierce), etc..
- (cr)edited (to/)by anonymous
- soundtrack provided by Anonymous, John Berndt, & Gen Ken Montgomery
- super 8
- 1:17:00
- (footage from '78 - '98) edited from fall '95 - summer '98
{170. a. "Collective Film Production"
- made by The Embodiment of the Institute - mainly instigated & w/ found footage provided by Terry Klein
- vaudeo portion shot by Julia Dzwonkoski & tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- super 8 manipulations by Terry Klein, Julia Dzwonkoski, Ghen Dennis, tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE, Jody Lafond, Barb Lattanzi, Keith Sanborn, & Anya Lewin
- 8mm vaudeo & super 8 -> 8mm vaudeo
- 18:30
- october 24, '95
b. "Collective Film Production"
- 8mm vaudeo & super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 15:54
- october 24, '95 / may 16, '99
c. "Collective Film Production"
- 8mm vaudeo & super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 15:36
- october 24, '95 / may 17, '99
- my contribution was somewhat small - hence the bracketing}
167. 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
- July '95
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- limited interest almost presentable fall '96 edit by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
166. "Peterson's Restaurant"
- in collaboration w/ Orgone Cinema (shot by Michael Johnsen)
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 14:56
- 1st 1/2 of '95
165. "Grounded!"
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 6:00
- May '95
164. "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
163. "Funny Farm Summit Meeting"
- 16mm -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 14:00
- august '94 - july '95
162. 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
161. "Diszey Spots"
- 16mm
- 11:20
- october-december '93
154. "National Cancer Institute Documentary"
- 16mm
- 3:20
- '93
149. 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)
145. 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
b. "Bob Cobbing/Movie Trivia/Hypnopedagogy"
- 16mm (double layer optical print)
- 29:45 or 59:30
- '91-'94
144. 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
- YouTube EMBED: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/z9f7mzn2euc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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
- onesownthoughts YouTube channel URL: http://youtu.be/nRqfWwHAdqA
- EMBED: <iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nRqfWwHAdqA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe
141. "Double Height" {pronounced like "Hate"}
- 2 regular 8 films for 2 side-by-side projections (also transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette)
- 2:00
- '91
[138. ""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]
132. a. "Vex 1990E.V."
- w/ sound from Dick Turner
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 6:20
- march 19 & 20, '90 (etc..)
b. "Vex 1990E.V." (for YouTube)
- w/ titles added december 25, '09
[131. "Assateague"
[film version in the collection of Dee-Dee Ranged]
- super 8 (transferred to 1/2" VHS cassette)
- 2:00
- '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
[126. "Re-Runs"
[incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"]
- super 8
- app 3:00
- '90]
[125. "Sponging off the Mandlebrot Set"
[excerpts incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!" with the remainder discarded]
- super 8
- app 3:00
- '89]
119. "Filmers Almanac Contribution"
[in the collection of S'Pool]
- super 8
- 3:20
- '88
94. "Appearing Act"
[in the collection of Laura A. Trussell]
- w/ Laura A. Trussell
- super 8
- 2:30
- '88
93. "You Haven't Heard the Record, You Haven't Read the Book, Now! Don't See the Movie!"
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 27:00
- '88
62. "It's Not A Matter of Life & Death: Part Z: Stereo Brain (preface)"
[the film version is incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"]
- shot by Nathan Long
- directed by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- '87
61. "15 Hours of Video at 23 Times Its Original Speed"
- {regular 8, super 8, unsplit regular 8, 16mm, & 1/2" VHS cassette -> 1/2" VHS cassette ->} super 8
-> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 39:47
- '87
60. "International Neoist/Tourist Day"
[excerpts of the silent film incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!" - with the remainder discarded]
- w/ John Sheehan, Martha Peterson, & Laura Trussell
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- march 24, '87 (etc..)
56. "Luskin's"
[only "worth" presenting as an A.V. aid to a description of the event that it's a quasi-document of - excerpts from the film incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!! - with the rest discarded]
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 9:15
- december '86
53. "War & Peace"
- super 8
- app 1:10-1:45
- '86
[52. "International Neoist Day"
[present location unknown - probably in the collection of 1 of the members of the 6 Fingers League]
- w/ Joan Lobell
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- march 24, '86]
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
49. "Balling Tim Ore is Best"
- Dick Hertz & Tim Ore (ie:tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE)
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 16:00
- august '85
48. "Fuckin' @"
[the film version of this is incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!"]
- directed, shot, & acted in by unknowns
- sound added by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- title suggested by Alan Barysh
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 5:00
- '85
47. "July 4th Anti-Patriotic Picnic"
- w/ O.J.Dart
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 3:20
- July 4th, '85
46. a. "See-Saw" {version 1}
- See-Saw made by O.J.Dart
- regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 15:20
- '85
b. "See-Saw" {version 2}
- w/ processing overkill
43. "Les Promenades Hysteriques"
[double film/double projection version destroyed by Reinhardt U. Sevöl]
- made as part of TON TOCOCK SCHISME (Reinhardt U. Sevöl, Via Vidorae, &tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE)
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 10:00
- '84
42. "Neoist Guide Dog"
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 2:30
- '84
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
26. "Skin Exchange"
[discarded - a vaudeo version exists as part of "A Night at des Refusés during the 5th International Neoist Apartment Festival"]
- regular 8
- unknown duration
- march '82
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
21. "Subtitles (unsplit regular 8 version)"
- unsplit regular 8
- 9:50
- '81-'82
20. a. "Seriousness is Death" [film version discarded] {version 1}
- w/ Hannah Aviva
- regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 4:30
- '82
b. "Seriousness is Death" [film version discarded] {version 2}
- vaudeo version reedited & soundtrack changed
- 3:14
- '82/'93
c. "Seriousness is Death" {version 3}
- March 25, 2016 version with some explanatory titles added
- 5:13
- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/fIr1_U-dDHI
19. "Subtitles (regular 8 version)" [film version discarded] (includes "Seriousness is Death")
- regular 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 27:00
- '81-'82
[17. "Testing" [given away]
- super 8
- app 3:00
- '81]
016. "____________________________________ "
- regular 8
- 4:49
- '81
- transferred to vaudeo as NTSC SD, silent
- on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/4csnKmHNUAU
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/20220416_20220416_1756
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
11. "Crab Feast(s)" [the only section "worth" presenting of this, "Crab Feast 2&1/2ish" {app 3:00}, was conceived of & shot by John Ellsberry - excerpts from the film "Crab Feast 2" (conceived of & directed by Gayle 26/X & shot by Susan Henderson) are incorporated into "Satanic Liposuction, Neoasm?!, & YOU!!" - all other film portions were discarded]
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 10:35
- '79-'80 (etc..)
10. "Subtitles (super 8 version)"
- soundtrack made in collaboration w/ Richard (Ellsberry), Patti Karl, Kirby Malone, Pam Purdy, Ed "Lizard" Rosen, Steve Stec, Laurie Stepp, David Yaffe, & Norman Yeh
- super 8 -> 1/2" VHS cassette
- 52:20
- '80-'82
[5. "Collaboration w/ Marshall Reese" [discarded]
- super 8
- app. 3:00
- fall '78]
4. "Ghost*
(of Lamar "Chip" Layfield / Carol / Pat Brown /tentatively, a convenience)
(of films by entities other than myself)
of my Mike Film project
* - a Projectionist's Nightmare"
- super 8 (an 'inappropriate' 1/2" VHS cassette version exists)
- indefinite duration
- fall '78 (etc..)
003. "Mike Film"
- super 8
- indefinite duration
- fall '78
- a display of some of the frames + commentary is on my onesownthoughts YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/N77zjW-9miQ
- also available on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/mike-film
1. a. "Lamar "Chip" Layfield / Carol / Pat Brown /tentatively, a convenience"
- super 8
- indefinite duration
- fall '74
b. "Lamar "Chip" Layfield / Carol / Pat Brown /tentatively, a convenience" {'inappropriate' quasi-document of semi-correct gambling presentation}
- featuring Dan Sacktan as the gambler
- 1/2" VHS cassette
- 32:10
- fall '74/january '95
to the tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE movie-making "Press: Criticism, Interviews, Reviews" home-page
to the "tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE - Sprocket Scientist" home-page
to the "FLICKER" home-page for the alternative cinematic experience
to find out more about why the S.P.C.S.M.E.F. (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Sea Monkeys by Experimental Filmmakers) is so important
for info on tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE's tape/CD publishing label: WIdémoUTH
to see an underdeveloped site re the N.A.A.M.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Multi-Colored Peoples)