Buddha Before Buddhism
Buddha Before Buddhism 5: RaftNotes on a talk by Michael Stone at Centre of Gravity, June 11, 2013 Listening I’m just back from a five day conference of dharma teachers born after 1960. We come from such different traditions, different identity kits. Our elders … Continue reading
On Artists
Adam SwicaBasement Tapes: an interview with Adam Swica (May 6, 2013) Mike: How did you get interested in movies? Adam: I made super 8 movies and ran the film club in the Thistletown Collegiate Institute. It was a SEED alternative school, … Continue reading
Guest Speakers
Eating the DharmaNotes on a talk by Simone Moir at Centre of Gravity, June 2, 2013 Seat When I come to this room I’m reminded of my train travels in China. You can buy two kinds of seats: hard seats and soft … Continue reading
On Artists
John PorterMr. Super 8: an interview with John Porter John: I grew up in two different worlds. The first was on St. Clements Avenue, near Eglinton and Avenue Road. It was urban, downtown, fun. There were a lot of kids around, … Continue reading
On Artists
Edie SteinerPost Punk: an interview with Edie Steiner (May 13, 2013) Edie: I was in the media studies program at Ryerson in the early 1970s, my main discipline was fine art photography (social documentary studies and portraits). I made films because … Continue reading
On Artists
Christian MorrisonRomantic: an interview with Christian Morrison (April 2013) Christian: My favourite class at the Ontario College of Art was with Ross McLaren. I was there with my childhood friend and roommate Ian Cochrane who became very involved with the Funnel … Continue reading
On Artists
Peter ChapmanNotes (April 2013) Sadly, anything other than watching the films themselves brings back only memories of compromise, pretension and frippery; mostly on my part. It was important for me to have gone through that. Some people are born honest, others … Continue reading
On Artists
Martin RumsbyThe Funnel, Early 1986 by Martin Rumsby (May 2013) I first arrived in Canada in early November, 1985, touring five programs of recent New Zealand experimental and independent films. These ranged from 16mm political documentaries to super 8mm experimental work … Continue reading
On Artists
Midi OnoderaCamera Obscura for Dreams: an interview with Midi Onodera published in Practical Dreamers, ed. Mike Hoolboom, Coach House, 2008 I met her at the Funnel, Toronto’s avant hope and movie theatre and sometime equipment co-op. She was in charge of … Continue reading
On Artists
Patrick JenkinsBeginnings: an interview with Patrick Jenkins (April 2013) Patrick: I grew up in Brantford Ontario, a small town. I went to high school in the early seventies and wanted to be a painter, a visual artist, that was my career … Continue reading
