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an independent publisher of books on cinema

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OUT TODAY! “I Walked Into My Shortcomings” by Ken Jacobs gathers the writings, teachings and interviews of Ken Jacobs, a singular figure in American art and experimental film. Packed with text & images, and Ken’s inimitable voice. thevisiblepress.com
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USA mail order & in person from anthologyfilmarchives.bigcar… NYC, and in Europe from re-voir.com Paris. UK & worldwide mail order thevisiblepress.com; bookshops via distributor publicknowledgebooks.com
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“The Whole Shebang” is a 14-venue NYC salute to two of experimental cinema’s most beloved icons, Ken & Flo Jacobs. Full schedule at kenandflojacobscelebration.n… Copies of "I Walked Into My Shortcomings" available at many of the venues. thevisiblepress.com/product/… #thewholeshebang
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Free event at @Birkbeck_BIMI, 6:30pm today: "Afterimage & Structural Film". Simon Field & @ianchris reflect on the structural film movement of the 1970s, showing examples by Hollis Frampton, Paul Sharits, John Smith & others. bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_even…
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Free screening of "Battle of Algiers" tonight at @Birkbeck_BIMI Friday 15 March 2024, 7pm. Birkbeck Cinema, 43 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PD. bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_even…
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"Afterimage: Counter Cinema, Radical Cinema" begins at @AnthologyFilm this Monday. 14 programs related to the British film journal "Afterimage" inc. Godard, Snow, Rainer, Ruiz, Lang, Frampton, Sanjinés & much more. anthologyfilmarchives.org/fi…
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"Afterimage Revisited" continues at @Birkbeck_BIMI with a Derek Jarman double bill this Friday (16 Feb, 6pm). FREE entry, book via bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_even…
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Afterimage Revisited, a fortnightly film series at @Birkbeck_BIMI, begins tomorrow (2 Feb, 6pm) with "Black God White Devil" by Glauber Rocher. FREE entry, book via bbk.ac.uk/events/remote_even…
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"Afterimage: For a New, Radical Cinema" begins today at Harvard @HFA_theatre with a screening of "Le vent d'est" (Wind from the East) by Godard, Gorin & Martin. For full details of this extraordinary film season see harvardfilmarchive.org/progr…
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The Visible Press will be at the @luxmovingimage Book Fair this Sunday (17 Dec 2024) from 12-4pm. All our available books will be on sale at radically discounted prices. Address & details at lux.org.uk/event/lux-book-fa…
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Last chance to see the exhibition of documents relating to the British film journal "Afterimage" @Cinematekbe. Final screenings of the series today (Yvonne Rainer) & tomorrow (Steve Farrer, Guy Sherwin, Lis Rhodes), intros by Mark Webber. cinematek.be/en/programma/af…
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“Afterimage: For a New Cinema” continues at @Cinematekbe until 22 June. This Sunday, @ianchris will introduce screenings dedicated to Derek Jarman (3pm) and Michael Snow (9pm). buff.ly/3PeQp8F
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We are excited to announce a major "Afterimage" film series in collaboration with @Cinematekbe and @courtisanefest. 12 programmes in Brussels, begins tomorrow with Simon Field introducing Godard, Vertov and Ciné-tracts. cinematek.be/en/programma/af…
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Lis Rhodes premieres a new work @ICALondon on 28 March 2023; part of the @Birkbeck_BIMI Essay Film Festival in association with @OpenCityDocs. The book "Telling Invents Told" is still available from thevisiblepress.com. ica.art/films/essay-film-fes…
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"This is a collection packed with ideas, including a few disputatious ones ... " @jrosenbaum2002 on "The Afterimage Reader" at @Cineaste_Mag online. cineaste.com/spring2023/the-… Buy the book from thevisiblepress.com/product/…
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See all these images & more ! "Afterimage Presents" tonight @filmmuseumwien. tinyurl.com/afterimagepresen…
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This Thursday! "Afterimage Presents" @filmmuseumwien: two programmes inspired by British film journal Afterimage inc. Godard, Frampton, Sherwin, Jarman, Keen & Rocha. Introduced by Simon Field & Mark Webber. #theafterimagereader tinyurl.com/afterimagepresen…
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Jean-Luc Godard's manifesto Que faire? (What Is To Be Done) first appeared in Afterimage No. 1 (1970). There will be a special screening of "British Sounds" introduced by Afterimage editor Simon Field at @ifru_london this Saturday. bit.ly/3GVKKPb
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"Afterimage Presents" two screenings in Vienna at @filmmuseumwien on 9 Feb 2023. Films by Godard, Frampton, Sherwin, Jarman, Keen & Glauber Rocha. "The Afterimage Reader" will be available for purchase. tinyurl.com/afterimagepresen…
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Jean-Luc Godard's "British Sounds" @ifru_london on 4 Feb 2023, introduced by Simon Field. Presented in association with @OpenCityDocs. "The Afterimage Reader" on sale at the screening. bit.ly/3GVKKPb
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