Rewind: The Physical TV Company
06/02/21 • 35 min
In this season’s edition of Rewind, we connect with Karen Pearlman and Richard James Allen, also known as The Physical TV Company: Australia’s premier company for the production and distribution of “stories told by the body.”
We discuss their multi-decade collaboration and how, among other things, they derive inspiration from classic cinema and reframe cinema’s history in the process.
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FEATURED
The Physical TV Company
@physicaltv @karenpearlman @richardjamesallen
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WOMAN WITH AN EDITING BENCH (2016)
Dir. by Karen Pearlman
DIGITAL AFTERLIVES (2018)
Dir. by Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
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Other Mentions:
Modern Times (1936)
Dir. Charlie Chaplin
BONUS MATERIAL
A Dance of Definitions - Article by Karen Pearlman
After the Facts - Article
Genres of Screendance Venn Diagram
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CHAPTERS
01:56 Introducing: The Physical TV Company
08:30 Woman with an Editing Bench
11:47 Embracing genre-fluidity
19:39 Overcoming The Tyranny of Distance
23:37 Digital Afterlives
27:59 Lessons learned & pearls of wisdom
33:27 Outro
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
June 4th - 6th
Online via Zoom
Introducing MAP Lab: Movement, Architecture, and Production. A brand new virtual workshop that culminates in the creation of your own (virtual) site-specific dance film!
In MAP Lab, you will have the opportunity to create your own tool kit for composing bodies in space in the virtual realm. Throughout the weekend, participants will take classes from renowned architects, dancers, and videographers, learning different topologies and mapping strategies to explore intersectionality of body and space. In between master classes, participants will have the opportunity to immediately apply what they've learned through the creation of their film. During these individual workshop sessions, participants can sign up for one on one consultations with Heidi Duckler to discuss their individual projects.This workshop is perfect for architects and students looking to expand their awareness of the relationship between the body and space, as well as different strategies for placing architecture on film.
We choose to view the virtual space as an opportunity to explore and challenge previous notions of the body and space. We find movement to be the momentum of architecture, and are seeking to investigate the ways in which different creative disciplines characterize space.
Join us for the chance to create your own spatial map for movement, architecture, and production in the virtual space!
No previous experience or equipment needed. For more information about scholarships or questions, please email [email protected].
Do you have an event you’d like to share on the show?
Submit your event announcement here by June 30.
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Got a question? Email us at [email protected]
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In this season’s edition of Rewind, we connect with Karen Pearlman and Richard James Allen, also known as The Physical TV Company: Australia’s premier company for the production and distribution of “stories told by the body.”
We discuss their multi-decade collaboration and how, among other things, they derive inspiration from classic cinema and reframe cinema’s history in the process.
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FEATURED
The Physical TV Company
@physicaltv @karenpearlman @richardjamesallen
-
WOMAN WITH AN EDITING BENCH (2016)
Dir. by Karen Pearlman
DIGITAL AFTERLIVES (2018)
Dir. by Richard James Allen & Karen Pearlman
-
Other Mentions:
Modern Times (1936)
Dir. Charlie Chaplin
BONUS MATERIAL
A Dance of Definitions - Article by Karen Pearlman
After the Facts - Article
Genres of Screendance Venn Diagram
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CHAPTERS
01:56 Introducing: The Physical TV Company
08:30 Woman with an Editing Bench
11:47 Embracing genre-fluidity
19:39 Overcoming The Tyranny of Distance
23:37 Digital Afterlives
27:59 Lessons learned & pearls of wisdom
33:27 Outro
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
June 4th - 6th
Online via Zoom
Introducing MAP Lab: Movement, Architecture, and Production. A brand new virtual workshop that culminates in the creation of your own (virtual) site-specific dance film!
In MAP Lab, you will have the opportunity to create your own tool kit for composing bodies in space in the virtual realm. Throughout the weekend, participants will take classes from renowned architects, dancers, and videographers, learning different topologies and mapping strategies to explore intersectionality of body and space. In between master classes, participants will have the opportunity to immediately apply what they've learned through the creation of their film. During these individual workshop sessions, participants can sign up for one on one consultations with Heidi Duckler to discuss their individual projects.This workshop is perfect for architects and students looking to expand their awareness of the relationship between the body and space, as well as different strategies for placing architecture on film.
We choose to view the virtual space as an opportunity to explore and challenge previous notions of the body and space. We find movement to be the momentum of architecture, and are seeking to investigate the ways in which different creative disciplines characterize space.
Join us for the chance to create your own spatial map for movement, architecture, and production in the virtual space!
No previous experience or equipment needed. For more information about scholarships or questions, please email [email protected].
Do you have an event you’d like to share on the show?
Submit your event announcement here by June 30.
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Got a question? Email us at [email protected]
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Previous Episode
Old Technologies New Perspectives
Though we live in a time where sophisticated technologies are part of daily life, we have noticed a nostalgia and trend towards using Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm film.
Even though these analog methods can be more tedious, expensive and limiting, artists are still drawn to these precursors of the digital camera. We are seeing more experimentation by going into the past and combining methods from across decades.
In this episode we highlight dancefilms that these old technologies and with new perspectives in a way that is free of gimmicks and full of noteworthy awesomeness.
We also discuss challenges and perks to these methods and, of course, how good ideas and creativity s dance with tech rather than rely entirely on it.
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FEATURED
Dir. by Robert Uehlin
Mend (2019)
Dir. by Jackson Kroopf and Chris Emile
Escape (2020)
Dir. by Heidi Duckler Dance Theater & Felipe Diaz Galarce
Other Mentions
Bombshell: The Hedy Lemarr Story
Frameform Season 1 Episode 3 interview with Talia Shea Levin
Frameform Season 1 Episode 4 Interview with Eric Cheung
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CHAPTERS
1:00 Intro
5:00 Responding to our hyperdigitized relationship with technology
12:20 House of Joy
22:30 Mend
28:58 Escape
33:28 The benefit and magic of recording
36:58 Our favorite older tech
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Do you have an event you’d like to share on the show?
Submit your event announcement here by June 30.
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Got a question? Email us at [email protected]
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Next Episode
Viewfinder: Timeless Movers
Western cultural norms tend to define a certain age threshold for societal value, which the dance world tends to lower at all turns. In the dance field, it’s normal to see professional dance artists hanging up their shoes before the age of forty, leaving a dearth of voices, perspectives and experiences that could push the field forward.
The Frameform team discusses how the inclusion of elder dancers both in front of and behind the camera can provide a greater variety and depth of stories told in dance film and steer the field away from overused and potentially harmful tropes.
This episode also includes an interview with Ingrid Nachstern, which chronicles her process of starting to create dance work and dance films later in life and touches on the themes and experiences behind the film Shoe Horn/Office
Follow Ingrid Nachstern @countesstyraska and @nightstardancecompany
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FEATURED
ALL (2017)
Dir by Sarah C Prinz + Danny Rosenberg
Shoe Horn/Office (2018)
Dir. by Ingrid Nachtern
WAKE (2019)
Dir. Naomi Turner and Katie Beard
Clare’s Film Rec - Small Axe | Lovers Rock
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CHAPTERS
00:10 Start
05:11 ALL
13:55 Interview with Ingrid Nachstern
37:30 Thoughts on Shoe Horn/Office
41:35 Making work no matter how old you are
45:01 WAKE
50:03 How would the films be different with younger movers?
56:41 Close
57:13 Announcements
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Poznań, Poland
Online + In-Person
June 14th - June 20
Do you have an event you’d like to share on the show?
Submit your event announcement here by June 30.
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Got a question? Email us at [email protected]
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