O vento praticamente me carregou hoje. Isabel foi piada perto da ventania que está por aqui. Mas o importante é que eu fui na faculdade e que foi o último dia oficial de aula. Ainda existem mais duas quintas-feiras que eu tenho comparecer, mas não conta mais para a nota. Como esse blog é super visitado, e eu recebi uma porção de idéias sobre o Cultural Commentary, eu acabei escrevendo sobre O American Museum of the Moving Image. O AMMI é um local super gostoso e para quem gosta de cinema e imagem em geral acaba se tornando fantástico. Eu vou colocar o texto aqui, para quem se sentir inspirado visitar o local, que fica perdido em Astoria (foi feito às pressas, portanto deve existir erros, além de que está mal-estruturado...)
More than a museum about cinema, I found, in this hidden spot in Astoria, a Museum about the image. The American Museum of Moving Image, located at 35 Avenue and 36 Street is dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media and to examining their impact on culture and society.
The place grabbed my attention when I was looking for exhibitions of foreign movies in alternative theaters. The World Cinema Fridays is the Museum's exciting new show for current movies from around the world, with a diverse programming for a diverse audience, its held all Fridays at the Riklis Theater. The films come from the international film festival circuit, and are not in theatrical distribution in the United States. The current exhibition brings the Cinema Tropical, Cinema India! and Fist and Sword: Classic Martial-Arts Films programs.
The Cinema Tropical is a source for Latin American film in NY, a comprehensive and collaborative project between institutions, organizations and individuals that work in the promotion of Latin American cinema. Great movies that will never be shown at the regular theaters can been seen at the AMMI, like SATURDAY (SABADO) from Argentina and WAR TAKES (TOMAS DE GUERRA) from Colombia.
The Cinema India! promotes and exhibits Indian cinema in the United States with curate screenings that offer audiences an eclectic and discriminating selection of the contemporary Indian film. You can check the recent success of Monsoon Wedding and the Academy-Award nominated Lagaan.
To showcase the evolution of martial- arts movies the exhibition Fist and Sword: Classic Martial-Arts Films bring productions from the Occident like SWORD OF DOOM from Japan.
Apart from the movies, the museum has the exhibit Behind the Screen that shows the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than a thousand film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques. While walking around the dark blue room, I could touch some of the equipments used to make the movies, pieces and pictures that reveal the directors and production jobs.
The “Illusion of Motion” is a part of the exhibit that makes you think about the moving image, which is a succession of still images, that can produce the appearance of motion, when each image is a bit different from the one before, we seem to see only one image of something moving. There are examples of images like drawing and cartons, photographs, slides and films projectors, and the whole process of animation, including the newest technology used to produce the cartoons movies.
Also, recording equipments and explanation for every one is available, you can find since the first recording camera ever used by the movie industry into the higher technology camera used now that’s makes Film and television can create or capture moments of great beauty, high emotion, or historical significance. The components necessary to record an image like lights and sound have their own place and the professionals that work with them and how they do it is very well explained.
Those are only few aspects of making a movie that are showed at the AMMI, a complete visit to the place, exploring the image world takes hours, if not days. Besides Behind the Screen, the museum has ALT>DigitalMedia show, that consists in suggesting new approaches to, and uses of, the computed moving image.
The Museum owns artifacts from every stage of producing, promoting, and exhibiting motion pictures and television, and has exceptional collections of television sets, licensed merchandise, rare photographs, and video and computer games. The holdings include cameras, props, models, costumes, and stage sets; film projectors and theater furnishings; merchandise tie-ins like lunch boxes and toys, fan magazines, and posters; and commissioned works of art.
To finalize the visit there is a modern store inside the building, where amazing photography cameras that take nine pictures in one shot and are called Logographyc can be bought. There are also lots of books about cinema, movies, production, directing; kits for drawing, with sketches and pencils, animation kits, and everything that’s related to the image.
The Educational Programs offered by the museum vary between workshops, tours, and special programs for professors, kids and students. The prices are accordingly with the duration. The AMMIs philosophy is maintaining the nation's largest permanent collection of moving image artifacts and by offering exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, seminars, and other education programs are perfectly being reached in this magic image place.
The Museum hours are from mid-day to 8.00pm. On Friday evening admission is free to the Galleries from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and the Museum Shop and Café remain open until show time. Reservations and Information call 718-784-4520.
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Eu acabei indo cedo demais para a faculdade e acabei entrando dentro da Barnes & Noble para uma visita. Sai de lá com dois livros, o que eu tenho que ler para escrever uma resenha para a faculdade na semana que vem, e um que há tempos eu pensava em comprar.
The Lipstick Chronicles
Bring Me Your Love
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A família que eu fui conehcer caiu por água abaixo. O salário oferecido não era suficiente para pagar meu transporte.
More than a museum about cinema, I found, in this hidden spot in Astoria, a Museum about the image. The American Museum of Moving Image, located at 35 Avenue and 36 Street is dedicated to educating the public about the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media and to examining their impact on culture and society.
The place grabbed my attention when I was looking for exhibitions of foreign movies in alternative theaters. The World Cinema Fridays is the Museum's exciting new show for current movies from around the world, with a diverse programming for a diverse audience, its held all Fridays at the Riklis Theater. The films come from the international film festival circuit, and are not in theatrical distribution in the United States. The current exhibition brings the Cinema Tropical, Cinema India! and Fist and Sword: Classic Martial-Arts Films programs.
The Cinema Tropical is a source for Latin American film in NY, a comprehensive and collaborative project between institutions, organizations and individuals that work in the promotion of Latin American cinema. Great movies that will never be shown at the regular theaters can been seen at the AMMI, like SATURDAY (SABADO) from Argentina and WAR TAKES (TOMAS DE GUERRA) from Colombia.
The Cinema India! promotes and exhibits Indian cinema in the United States with curate screenings that offer audiences an eclectic and discriminating selection of the contemporary Indian film. You can check the recent success of Monsoon Wedding and the Academy-Award nominated Lagaan.
To showcase the evolution of martial- arts movies the exhibition Fist and Sword: Classic Martial-Arts Films bring productions from the Occident like SWORD OF DOOM from Japan.
Apart from the movies, the museum has the exhibit Behind the Screen that shows the many processes involved in producing, marketing, and exhibiting the moving image, with more than a thousand film and television artifacts, computer-based interactive experiences, commissioned installations, audio-visual materials, and demonstrations of professional equipment and techniques. While walking around the dark blue room, I could touch some of the equipments used to make the movies, pieces and pictures that reveal the directors and production jobs.
The “Illusion of Motion” is a part of the exhibit that makes you think about the moving image, which is a succession of still images, that can produce the appearance of motion, when each image is a bit different from the one before, we seem to see only one image of something moving. There are examples of images like drawing and cartons, photographs, slides and films projectors, and the whole process of animation, including the newest technology used to produce the cartoons movies.
Also, recording equipments and explanation for every one is available, you can find since the first recording camera ever used by the movie industry into the higher technology camera used now that’s makes Film and television can create or capture moments of great beauty, high emotion, or historical significance. The components necessary to record an image like lights and sound have their own place and the professionals that work with them and how they do it is very well explained.
Those are only few aspects of making a movie that are showed at the AMMI, a complete visit to the place, exploring the image world takes hours, if not days. Besides Behind the Screen, the museum has ALT>DigitalMedia show, that consists in suggesting new approaches to, and uses of, the computed moving image.
The Museum owns artifacts from every stage of producing, promoting, and exhibiting motion pictures and television, and has exceptional collections of television sets, licensed merchandise, rare photographs, and video and computer games. The holdings include cameras, props, models, costumes, and stage sets; film projectors and theater furnishings; merchandise tie-ins like lunch boxes and toys, fan magazines, and posters; and commissioned works of art.
To finalize the visit there is a modern store inside the building, where amazing photography cameras that take nine pictures in one shot and are called Logographyc can be bought. There are also lots of books about cinema, movies, production, directing; kits for drawing, with sketches and pencils, animation kits, and everything that’s related to the image.
The Educational Programs offered by the museum vary between workshops, tours, and special programs for professors, kids and students. The prices are accordingly with the duration. The AMMIs philosophy is maintaining the nation's largest permanent collection of moving image artifacts and by offering exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, seminars, and other education programs are perfectly being reached in this magic image place.
The Museum hours are from mid-day to 8.00pm. On Friday evening admission is free to the Galleries from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and the Museum Shop and Café remain open until show time. Reservations and Information call 718-784-4520.
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Eu acabei indo cedo demais para a faculdade e acabei entrando dentro da Barnes & Noble para uma visita. Sai de lá com dois livros, o que eu tenho que ler para escrever uma resenha para a faculdade na semana que vem, e um que há tempos eu pensava em comprar.
The Lipstick Chronicles
Bring Me Your Love
***
A família que eu fui conehcer caiu por água abaixo. O salário oferecido não era suficiente para pagar meu transporte.
